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/ 17 December 2006

Experts warn about data loss on CDs

Think your data is safe, if it’s backed up on CDs? Think again, say experts. Data burned on to CDs does not last forever. ”Self-burned CDs sometimes last only a year before they’re no longer readable and the data is lost,” says computer science professor Matthias Hemmje from the Fern-Universitaet Hagen.

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/ 10 June 2005

‘Grandpa gang’ convicted

A German court on Friday found three elderly men, known as the ”grandpa gang”, guilty of bank robbery and sentenced them to between nine and 12 years in prison. Over a 16-year period, the trio robbed 14 German banks, stealing more than â,¬1-million (,23-million, R8,2-million).