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Trash Compactor 1.0.2 (Mac)

System Preference for Mac OS X 10.4 or later that allows you to automatically compact and securely delete your Trash. With Trash Compactor you configure a System Preference and then use your Trash normally, the automatic compaction and secure deletion happens in the background using the intervals that you set....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Item, BurningThumb.com, Trash Compactor, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-09-30

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HP Officejet 6310v or Photosmart C5140 plus Windows XP-an exercise in installation futility

My Samsung office printer/fax/scanner/copy machine/trash compactor/cat food dispensor bit the big one. Although it was a quirky machine having the requirement for very hard to find, expensive toner modules, it was possible to use most of its features from Linux, Mac OS X and both Windows XP and Vista. Since...

Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Printers, Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Levy trashes MacBook Air

As in he threw his in trash. Accidentally, that is. Newsweek technology columnist Steven Levy admitted in a recent post that he lost his MacBook Air loaner unit from Apple. He thinks that accidentally got recycled in a pile of newspapers. On Sundays in my apartment,...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Newsweek, Apartment, Pile, Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Data compression you can see

Data compression you can seepaper can scratch the the heck out of cd'sI tried storing cd's in a similar way to this in a zippered cd case.Sliding the cd's in and out repeatedly scratched the cd's very badly against the paper inserts.I'd suggest instead using a narrow jewel case, since...

Tags: Consumer electronics, data compression, music, FLAC, CD

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

News to know: Securing hotspots; Mac worm; eBay; IBM

Notable headlines:George Ou: A secure Wireless LAN hotspot for anonymous users.Ryan Naraine: Mac worm rumors swirl; Dai Zovi ships unofficial Mac OS X patch.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft establishes more anti-GPLv3 precautions. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Research's PlayAnywhere: A surface computer for the rest of us?eBay's Skype, PayPal strong; listings down.SOA...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-07-19

BigBelly, a solar-powered trash compactor

BigBelly, a solar-powered trash compactorWe have these in Santa Cruz!Saw a couple down in Capitola along the beach next to Zelda's. Pretty cool! ]:)Compacting bins don't affect landfill decompositionExcellent blog - but you reference Treehugger and it's erroneous misgiving about how sidewalk compactors might prevent landfill decomposition. Unfortunate to...

Tags: BigBelly, compactor

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

BigBelly, a solar-powered trash compactor

The National Public Radio NPR recently reported that the Chicago Park District has installed 25 solar-powered trash compactors to keep the beaches clean and safe. The BigBelly units look like ordinary trash cans, but can hold up to 4 to 6 times as much trash as ordinary units. And because...

Tags: Leisure, Health &, Medicine, Energy &, Environment

Blog posts 2007-07-18