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Article | 9/03/2011
Open source FreeOTFE encrypts disks handily
FreeOTFE may sound like a political bumper sticker, but it stands for "Free On The Fly Encryption." The "Free" part is self-explanatory; "On The Fly E...
Article | 5/02/2011
Prepare your PC for future data disasters
Reformatting and restoring a PC is not fun--in the way spending 2 hours in the dentist's chair is not fun. You have to back up all your data (and pray...
Article | 12/01/2011
Upload and view videos in Google Docs
Google Docs is becoming a more robust cloud-based productivity suite, and the addition of uploading, storing and viewing videos is a boon for sharing ...
Article | 25/11/2010
Top 5 free Google Apps add-ons for business
Google launched its Apps Marketplace back in March, effectively inviting companies to create business software for the cloud that would sit alongside ...
Article | 11/11/2010
Get 5GB of free cloud-sync storage from SugarSync
Wouldn't it be cool if you had a "magic" folder on your PC, one that automatically synced its contents with the Web, your other PCs, your cell phone, ...
Article | 5/11/2010
How to pick NAS for any business
Network-attached storage (NAS) can make your business easier to run and more efficient in multiple ways.
Article | 27/10/2010
Flash Drive 101: Copying files, removing viruses
The other day, my wife asked me how to copy a PowerPoint presentation to a flash drive so she could take it with her to school. I was a little shocked...
Article | 21/07/2010
Laptop tips: Add RAM, recycle a hard drive
It's been almost a year since I served up some nice, hot laptop tips--and that's inexcusable. I'll make it up to you this week with some useful advice...
Article | 5/05/2010
Keep your personal data off the market
In 2003, author and security pioneer Simson Garfinkel conducted a study of data he found on second-hand hard drives. On eBay, Garfinkel bought the har...
Article | 8/05/2010
Customize hard drive searches with Agent Ransack
Agent Ransack (free) allows for creating customized searches that go well beyond basic Windows searches. Its most powerful features are aimed at progr...
Article | 28/04/2010
How to: move your business to cloud computing
The Internet has changed the way people do nearly everything--from consuming media to performing research to maintaining relationships to communicatin...
Article | 27/04/2010
How to recover files from a NAS
After reading Recover Missing Files, Frederic Hugues asked about recovering them from a networked-attached storage (NAS) drive.
Article | 16/04/2010
Peripheral cable guide
From FireWire to Bluetooth, and from PATA to PS/2, we have information on all the plugs you need for your hard drives, cameras, phones, input devices,...
Article | 2/03/2010
Move data to a safer, separate partition in Windows 7
Cedric Crawley wants to keep Windows 7 and his applications in one partition, and his data in another.
Article | 19/01/2010
Windows 7's built-in backup
Robert wants to know if Windows 7's built-in backup program is worth using.
Article | 14/01/2010
Free up hard drive space, fast
Your hard drive is full. Normally that isn't such a big deal, but what if you need to grab a coworker's files before she leaves for a vacation, or wha...
Article | 13/01/2010
Disaster-proof your PC: image your drive
Last week I told you how to make a new computer hassle-free; to wit, I described how to create a system-repair disc, dump the junkware, and set up sec...
Article | 7/01/2010
How (and why) to partition your hard drive
Disk partitioning--separating one physical hard drive into multiple independent volumes--can relieve all sorts of computer-related headaches, and than...
Article | 1/01/2010
Restore data after motherboard death
Peter's motherboard died. How can he retrieve the data on his hard drive?
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