Contrary to what you might believe, some of your personalized files are compromised, and things have been this way for years. Your documents, pictures, and videos all have metadata information ...

In general, there is 'data attached to data (metadata)' in the data that is overflowing with the world, such as the shooting date and shooting equipment for photos, and the creator and organization ...

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Workshare, a specialist in collaboration software built around Microsoft Office applications, is aiming to alert businesses to the danger of hidden data lurking in their documents. The company on ...

The problem, said Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald, isn't in Vista's search function directly. Rather, the search feature will tempt users to add information to files' metadata to ...

What if the key to unlocking smarter, faster, and more precise data retrieval lay hidden in the metadata of your documents? Imagine querying a vast repository of technical manuals, only to be ...