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- Macs cost less than PCs - if you erase the disks
- From the why-didn't-I-think-of-that? department Over on Salon, Farhad Manjoo connected the dots between purchase price and resale value of Macs and PCs. He compared a bunch of systems and here's what he found: If you used your HP for a year and then sold...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple Macintosh, Disk, PC, Salon, Elegance, Secure Erase, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- How to REALLY erase a hard drive - Update
- A new version of HDerase.exe has been releasedGo direct to UCSD's Center for Magnetic Recording Research website to download version 3.2.HDerase.exe accesses an ATA disk drive's internal Secure Erase commands to wipe a disk clean. Merely deleting a file doesn't delete your data: the data is still on the disk...
- Tags: Disk drives, Security
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- Erasing hard drives
- Having read How to REALLY erase a hard drive by my ZDNet blogging colleague Robin Harris, I though Id share my views about erasing hard drives.When getting rid of old PCs or hard drives, people tend to fall into one of three categories:Just chuck it outThese folks just throw out...
- Tags: Thoughts, Security, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- How to REALLY erase a hard drive
- You may already know that "deleting" a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data?No? Then read on.What do you mean "delete" doesn't delete?File information is maintained in a directory so your operating system...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
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- ManageFusion 2008
- I'm sitting in the media workroom preparing for today's sessions at Symantec's ManageFusion 2008. The event is being held at the JW Marriott resort and conference center in the land of the Mouse, that is Orlando, FL. I'll be adding things to this post throughout the day as interesting things...
- Tags: Software, Application, Symantec Corp., Software Virtualization Solution Professional, Steve Morton, Security, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Live Webcast: The Privileged Account Management Debate
- There has been a furor of debate following the recent issues with the City of San Francisco and its administrator not divulging administrative passwords. Much of that debate has centered on whether other admins would perform similarly malicious acts following an employment termination. Some reports have this percentage...
- Tags: Password, Webcast, Account Management, Admin Password, Quest Software Inc., Sales Channel, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Webcasts 2008-10-15
- Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploits
- Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploitsPatch your applications...And don't run your browser with administrative rights (in case you forget to patch those applications, e.g., WinAmp, QuickTime, etc).If you're on Windows XP/2000 or Vista and you've foolishly turned off UAC, you can use this tool:http://www.download.com/RemoveAdmin/3000-2381_4-10824971.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10835515Thing is, RemoveAdmin is a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Secunia, popular security suite, exploit, security suite, Kaspersky, security
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emails
- It's been a source of contention on this blog and others whether Sarah Palin used her Yahoo accounts for any state business, or whether it was all family pictures and political stuff. It's a question that will eventually be sorted out by the courts because an Alaska judge just ordered...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Still pushing the obvious: Sun Ray
- Still pushing the obvious: Sun RayGreat for the environment to!Lasting up to 20 years and pulling 8-10 watts ( inc. network overhead ) reduces materials energy and waste... And once you buy more than IRO 50, cheaper purchase price, running costs, support maintenance updates and no upgrades...So why would any...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Recruitment & Selection, Anton, Sun Ray, security, Sun Microsystems Inc., attack
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Egnyte: using and sustaining Enterprise 2.0
- Egnyte, in a nutshell, is a software as a service, cloud storage application. But it's a lot more than just that. It feels like your online home of files, storage and where you put your valuables. Egnyte started out because the small business, which is...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, On-demand, Server, Enterprise 2.0, Egnyte, Backup Facility, Storage, Backups, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Touchscreen Asus Eee PC available for UK preorder
- Touchscreen Asus Eee PC available for UK preorderNice for a small kioskbut I can't think of a reason why someone would want this for mainstream usage, either at home or work. I mean it's not even a tablet, and that's a niche product.Very interested to see the final specsI don't...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Linux, Tablets, Notebooks, Touchscreen Asus Eee PC, touch screen
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- EU group demos quantum cryptography
- Under the auspices of the European Union, the world's largest quantum-encrypted network has been unveiled in Vienna, Silicon.com reports. It's the product of four years of work by 41 organizations from 12 countries, overseen by the SECOQC (Development of a Global Network for Secure Communication Based on...
- Tags: Cryptography, Quantum Cryptography, Cable, Network Technology, Digital Security, Security, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Deloitte laptop stolen: Clients at risk
- Deloitte laptop stolen: Clients at riskA little llarmist aren't we?Personally, I would not choose to store that information on a laptop in the first place. But you must have missed the part where it says:"The laptop was protected by a number of security measures, including start up password, operating...
- Tags: Notebooks, Potential victim, Union leader, Deloitte LLP, laptop computer, security
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Can virtualization help when times get tough?
- When times get tough, many organizations look for new ways to reduce costs while still being able to provide their customers with the products and services they need. This appears to be just such a time. Virtualization technology can most certainly be part of the solution. Let's review how each...
- Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- JaSFtp - Mac (zip)
- SFTP client secure FTP designed primary for automation of SFTP, FTP and related tasks. Goal is to create advanced SFTP and FTP tasks that can be scheduled automatically or run instantly. Supports a very flexible wildcard system to transfer multiple files at once. Supports subdirectory transfers. Includes flexible task scheduler....
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, HiTek Software, SFTP
- Software downloads 2008-10-13
- My Folder to My Computer (exe)
- My Folder to My Computer is a program designed to give users the option to secure their personal files in a folder that would be converted. With the help of this program, you can make your simple regular folder look like your 'My Computer'. In this release, the 'Tasks' and...
- Tags: Folder, Computer, Shadow Slash Teknologies, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2008-10-12
- Psystar OpenPro
- Ongoing lawsuits notwithstanding, Psystar remains the only desktop vendor other than Apple to offer PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Thanks to a new restore disc and improved software updating, this $2,660 Psystar OpenPro computer is much more secure than the lower-end Open Computer the company released back...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, insurance policy, Psystar, Psystar OpenPro, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, disc
- Product reviews 2008-10-11
- Klipsch Image X5 - headphones
- When it comes to portable devices, audio quality depends just as much on the headphones as it does on the audio specs of the player. So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that many people spend more on their headphones than they do on their MP3 players. In...
- Tags: ear piece, cord, Klipsch Image X5, headphone
- Product reviews 2008-10-10
- Norton AntiVirus 2009
- Symantec has been listening to its users, and this year the company delivers a slimmed-down and faster Norton Antivirus 2009. Almost all the security vendors have recognized the changing threat landscape and have rethought traditional protection. We especially like the Insight feature, which identifies "trusted" files and applications and doesn't...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Norton Co., Norton AntiVirus 2009, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Symantec Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-10
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