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Hard Drive Inspector Professional 3.32 build 259 (Windows)

Hard Drive Inspector Professional is a technology-based program, which allows controlling the state of your hard disk drives. As the access to electronic information becomes more and more vital in business and at home, Hard Drive Inspector allows exceeding the traditional limits of HDDs reliability, thus extending the level of...

Tags: Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows, User Data, AltrixSoft, Hard Drive Inspector Professional, Quik Tech Solutions USB Storage Adapter

Software downloads 2009-11-11

Snow Leopard bug deletes all user data (Updated)

Proves Apple is not perfectI know many ABMers that bashed Microsoft when a bug that only affected a very small user base came on in Windows 7 Release Candidate and said that Microsoft should pay and how can they release software with bugs. All software has bugs I don't...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, S**t, Snow Leopard, user data

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Snow Leopard bug deletes all user data (Updated)

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="180" caption=""I haz eat yur data!""][/caption] Several posts on the Apple Support forums (1, 2) dating back to 12 September indicate that some users have been losing all their data due to a nasty bug in Snow Leopard, a.k.a. Mac OS 10.6. ...

Tags: Apple Inc., User Data, Backups, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-13

How long should a Windows 7 upgrade really take?

Even if it takes 20 hours, it's still faster than starting from scratchIf you have a massive PC that needs 20 hours for upgrading, you'll need a week to re-install and configure all your apps before you have a configuration that's even remotely comparable. So even if it takes 20...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, clean install, user data, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

20 hour to upgrade Windows 7 ... maybe, but it's a fringe case

A typical engineerChris Hernandez is obviously a typical engineer who observed, measured and duly logged everything he did, for the purpose of being precise.When the data showed that they had indeed reached their stated goals he proudly publisized his findings on the net.In a typical engineer fashion he did not...

Tags: NOW IT, Microsoft Windows 7, Chris Hernandez, Microsoft Windows, user data, honesty, user profile, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Apple: GarageBand leaks user data to advertisers

Apple: GarageBand leaks user data to advertisersupdate very largeThe update is 139 mb. There must be much more to the update than just not changing Safari preferences.RE: Apple: GarageBand leaks user data to advertisersMaybe you should use less sensational headlines...or at least remotely accurate ones.There is much more than...

Tags: SECURITY, Apple Inc., GarageBand, user data, advertiser

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Apple: GarageBand leaks user data to advertisers

Apple today warned that its GarageBand software is leaking users' Web activity to third parties and advertisers. The company shipped GarageBand 5.1 to plug the hole and advise users to tweak their Safari browser preferences to avoid data leakage.  Here's the relevant information from Apple's advisory: ...

Tags: Apple Safari, Apple Inc., User Data, GarageBand, Advertiser, GarageBand 5.1, Default Preference, Channel Management, Marketing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Virtual Computer Releases NxTop 1.1 with System Workbenchâ„¢

Virtual Computer just launched a new release of its flagship product, NxTop. This new version, dubbed version 1.1, includes something the company is calling System Workbenchâ„¢. What does this really mean and will it open the doors to desktop virtualization to organizations watching from the sidelines? ...

Tags: Operating System, Environment, Backup, Virtual Environment, User Data, Image, Computer, Virtual Computer, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-07

21. More user data in default backup sets (21 changes to look for in the Windows 7 Release Candidate)

21. More user data in default backup sets (21 changes to look for in the Windows 7 Release Candidate)I prefer the Vista-style background and icons.But hey! Windows 7 is nice!What I do miss, though, is the classy look of Windows Media Player 11 that I did not get with Windows...

Tags: Backups, period key, Microsoft Windows 7, default backup set, Windows 7 Release Candidate, backup set, release candidate, user data, backup, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual Computer

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual ComputerOne Question - Why?Just because you CAN do it, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Virtualization barely makes sense in the datacenter only for poorly performing OSes like Windoze that cannot run more than one or two server programs at a time, so why would you bring...

Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, Virtual Computer, server, user data, Microsoft Windows, virtual machine, virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual Computer

Alex Vasilevsky, CTO of Virtual Computer, posted a tweet proclaiming that a milestone in the development of NxTop the other day (see The Launch of Virtual Computer, Inc. for more information). Since I've known Alex for quite a number of years, I just had to know what he was doing....

Tags: Desktop, Blade, Operating System, User Data, Client System, Virtual Machine, Computer, Virtual Computer, NxTop, Management System, NxTop Center NxTop Center, Desktop Virtualization, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-30

Yahoo will purge user data after 90 days; Ups privacy ante

Yahoo will purge user data after 90 days; Ups privacy anteTake that, you Gmail usersThis is very good news. With people trusting the "cloud" more and more, it is a relief to find some more emphasis on privacy. Of course, this is nothing when you consider how many...

Tags: SECURITY, chatroom, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., privacy, user data, United Parcel Service of America Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Yahoo will anonymize user data after 90 days; Ups privacy ante

Yahoo said Wednesday that it will makes its user logs anonymous within 90 days as it ups the ante on data retention policies. In a statement Techmeme, Yahoo said it would also make user data on page views, page clicks, ad views and ad clicks anonymous as...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, User Data, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-17

City of Miami Upgrades PCs to Improve Security, Reliability, Productivity, and Costs

As part of its plans to optimize its IT infrastructure, the City of Miami had to find an effective way to centrally store user data - a model that didn't work as well as desired with the Windows XP Professional operating system. The city chose to upgrade to the Windows...

Tags: Security, City, PC, User Data, Miami, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software

Case studies 2008-10-01

The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS

Yesterday, in passing, I mentioned that I'd like to see Windows evolve into an operating system where the OS, installed applications and user data were each contained in separate layers. I didn't go into any detail on this because, a) I thought I'd already covered it, and b) I didn't...

Tags: Operating System, Layer, User Data, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 95, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Viacom, Google cut deal on user data

Viacom, Google cut deal on user dataIf I see one I'll let you know NT&Viacom, Google cut deal on user dataOh this is funny. Google never cared about user privacy before and now that they are going to be sued into oblivion they suddenly care? I hope Viacom hits...

Tags: INTERNET, Digital media, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., user data

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Viacom, Google cut deal on user data

Compromise in the standoff over YouTube user data in the Viacom v. Google suit. Negotiators for the two companies have forged a deal in which Google hands over the data but without personally identifying information, Reuters reports. “We have reached agreement with Viacom and the class-action group,�...

Tags: Google Inc., Personally Identifiable Information, YouTube Inc., User Data, Viacom Inc., Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Viacom statement on YouTube user data

Viacom statement on YouTube user dataGreat news for the entire copyright communityDing dong ... the witch is dead! ... or at least she is starting to melt! Wow ... I would say this is very good news for the entire copyright industry. While potentially inconvenient to YouTube viewers, and understanding...

Tags: INTERNET, Digital media, user data, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Viacom statement on YouTube user data

Viacom is trying to alleviate concerns about how it will use the YouTube user data it requested in discovery â€" and that the judge in Viacom v Google approved. In a press release this week, Viacom explains: Viacom has not asked for and will not be obtaining...

Tags: YouTube Inc., User Data, Viacom Inc., Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user data

Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user dataWell it's not like anyone has EVER... used an IP address to take legal action against an individual....oh wait. They have.Never mind.RE: Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user dataGlad I am not a Google Log-Oner!Of course who's to say that the data...

Tags: YouTube user data, Viacom Inc., user data, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03