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Free Tools to Wipe Your Drives Securely
Your PC's hard drive is packed with your personal data. So when you want to get rid of your system or drive, you should permanently erase your storage device drives before you get rid of them. If your drives are encrypted and you trust the encryption protocol (full disk encryption is pretty safe), all you have to do is delete your encryption keys. If you want to safeguard your privacy further--and prevent data theft down the road--here are a few cheap and simple tools designed to wipe your hard drive, solid-state drive, or USB flash drive thoroughly before you dispose of it.
By Alex Wawro | 26 April, 2012 23:29
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Stolen Macbook recovered via tweets, photos of thief
Another stolen laptop has been recovered with the one-two punch of laptop recovery software -- which took covertly took photos of the thief, a blog on Tumblr, and Twitter.
By Melanie Pinola | 06 June, 2011 04:58
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Skype for Android security flaw: What you need to know
A recently-discovered vulnerability in Skype's Android app could allow malicious apps access to your personal data. Here's what you need to know about this flaw and how to protect yourself.
By Liane Cassavoy | 17 April, 2011 01:57
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Is Apple getting Android inspiration?
As Android phones continue to outsell iPhones, Apple has been apparently getting some inspiration from Google's mobile OS. A series of screenshots received by 9 To 5 Mac show Apple is using internally a version of the iOS lock screen with the gesture-based lock system found on Android phones.
By Daniel Ionescu | 01 March, 2011 01:48
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Need large-capacity data storage? Try your intestine.
If you needed to score 900,000GB of data, how much do you think your storage system would weigh?
By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 20 January, 2011 02:57
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