How to Permanently Delete Data from Your Hard Drive (ReadWriteWeb)
According to the New York Times , a basic privacy measure that is often overlooked is the proper destruction of data on hard drives. An ongoing study by British Telecom says that most people don't realize that deleting a file doesn't actually remove the data from a computer. In fact, the BT research found that only 33 percent of second hand hard drives had been completely wiped clean. To ...
Hot Forum Topic - Mac Security and Drive Encryption (The Mac Observer)
Today TMO readers are talking about Mac security and file and hard drive encryption options
EASEUS Announces New Free Data Recovery (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
EASEUS Software, the innovative, dedicated data recovery software provider, today announced that the company is addressing the needs of PC users who encounter accidental file deletion with its EASEUS Deleted File Recovery software; and, it's totally free.
New data security checks for EDS (BBC News)
Computer giant EDS's data security standards are to be checked independently each year, MPs are told.
Backing up is cheaper than recovery (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Q: Your advice about backups came too late for me. My hard drive died, and I would like to get back some of the files on it, but I don’t know anything about data-recovery services.
Prison staff data lost for a year (KableNET)
Jack Straw, the justice minister, told Parliament on 20 November 2008 that the HP subsidiary is to undergo an annual audit of its security and pay for costs arising from the loss, including retraining.
Partition Server Magic Tool: EASEUS Partition Manager Server Edition V2.1 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
EASEUS Software, a leading software provider, announces the release of their latest server edition of Partition Manager Server V2.1, a product that provides easy and reliable hard drive partitioning and hard disk management.
Holiday travelers beware: Every 50 seconds a laptop goes missing at U.S. airports(1) (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Absolute Software Corporation , the leading provider of firmware-based, patented, laptop theft recovery, data protection and IT asset management solutions, has compiled travel tips to help ensure that your laptop gets to your destination with you safely and securely this holiday season.
Samsung begins mass production of 256GB SSDs (TechWorld)
Coming to a laptop near you soon. South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics has announced that it has started mass production of 256GB solid-state drives (SSDs), which should start appearing in laptops within the next few months.
World stocks dive amid new wave of job cuts (Channel NewsAsia)
LONDON - Global stock markets fell hard Thursday, with Tokyo losing nearly seven per cent and European indices deep in the red after sharp overnight losses on Wall Street and amid a fresh wave of major job cuts.