It’s always a worry when you get rid of a PC or hard drive that all sorts of personal data could be sitting on it waiting to be stolen. This is even more important when it comes to business computers. There have always been a huge variety of hard disk wiping packages available from third-parties, [...]
How To Download MP3 From The Hype Machine Website
The Hype Machine is a service that keeps track of posts on popular music blogs. It is a music aggregation service that links to the music blogs and offers to play the mp3 posted on those blogs directly on their website. Many Internet users use the Hype Machine to discover new music and music blogs. [...]
AT&T ships some iPhone 4′s but cancels others
US phone network AT&T was massively over-subscribed for orders for the new iPhone 4, with many people who tried pre-ordering a device on the launch day being greeted by a series or errors. The good news though is that the company has begun shipping some of the handsets to customers but mysteriously cancelling other orders. [...]
Setting up a network printer in Fedora 13
I have been bragging to everyone how user-friendly Fedora has become with it’s most recent release for a while now. Some people are prone to believe me and some are not. No matter where you stand, if you have any experience with Linux, you know there are certain aspects that can be a bit of [...]
Delete Data On SSD Permanently
Solid State Drives (SSD) are becoming increasingly popular and it seems it is only a matter of time until they replace the conventional platter-driven hard drives in computer systems around the world. SSDs work differently than platter-based hard drives, especially when it comes to read and write processes on the drive. The most effective way [...]
Restrict network access by time or IP address with Squid
There are a number of reasons why you would want to restrict network access. You run a cafe with web access or you have young or teenage children and you want them to only be able to use the network at certain times. Their are certainly tools out there to do this on a PC-by-PC [...]
Backup Save Games With Game Save Manager 2
Save games have been an essential part of the gaming experience ever since the first home video systems were introduced to the market. These saves ensure up until today that players can continue the game from the last save. The storage locations have changed especially in the online gaming sector where progress is usually stored [...]
CNIL: Google Street View Cars Have Recorded Passwords And Email Contents
Google’s Street View Cars came under immense international pressure earlier this year after it became known that the cars did not only take pictures of streets in countries they were operating in but also recording Wi-FI traffic. Google’s initial response to the allegations was that the recorded data was used to power and improve location [...]
How To View Blocked Youtube Videos
The popular video hosting site Youtube offers publishers the option to limit their videos to users from specific countries. Some BBC content is for instance only available for users from the UK while companies like Warner Music Group often restrict their music videos to visitors from the United States. The messages that users receive when [...]