I’ve worked in situations where I have had to wipe a client’s computer clean and assure them as such so they can safely pass that information to the agency that requires them to adhere to strict data removal protocols. Some state agencies provide me with their own proprietary software to do such work. Others rely on my good faith that I will erase the data in a way that someone else can not easily retrieve it by rummaging through the trash bin and running a fancy undelete program. As a home user or small business owner, your need for such drastic security measures are probably not needed but wouldn’t you sleep better at night knowing your sensitive information is not in the wrong hands? This is where Darik comes in.
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I checked my inbox and found this email. I had tried syncplicity before as a beta tester and while it has its’ good points, the bad ones made me remove the application from my computer.
Our engineering team has recently completed a ground-up analysis of the Mac beta client and the investigation found some issues which require some major changes in the client. Because of this, we’ve decided to pull back the Mac client beta until which point the engineering team has time to make some major changes. We intend to reassess our engineering schedule early next year.
Unfortunately, this does mean that as of July 31st, you will no longer be able to use Syncplicity with a Mac computer.
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My wife has an iPod Touch and she’s always behind in updates and new features because she feels she’s like a red headed step child when it comes to update from Apple. She is not alone. I don’t understand why Apple treats the iPod Touch so much different from their more hyped iPhone. Sure it makes them more money and gets all the media attention. Add a built in mic and bluetooth and the iPod Touch can be a phone too, via Skype.
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Many of you may have notice the address bar starting with Windows Vista having a new unique way of letting you finding out where you are in Windows Explorer. While most will welcome this change, some of you old school geeks who would rather have the full path with all the c:\ and \, would love to find a way to get this back. You can do it by pressing Alt+D in the window but that can get tedious.
The quickest solution is to install AveNoBreadCrumb
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Firefox is out today so I thought we’d look at the new features that it offers. Like other past updates, this one is sure to swallow up add-ons that were previously not built in. Also if you use many add-ons, you may want to wait a while or check to see if your favorite add-ons are compatible yet. I’ve check my four add-ons and they are ready to go so I took the plunge. Here is what I particularly like.
1. Undo a closed window – How many times have you accidentally closed a window full of tabs and wanted it back? Now just go to the History window and go to ‘recently closed window’
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Tab Tearing – This is one thing I haven’t played around with much but I think I’ll like it when I start using it more. Basically you drag a tab out in the open and it becomes a separate window. If you drag a tab that independent into a cluster of them, it joins nicely and you are rid of an extra window. I think
Chrome and the new
Safari already have this. Now I have the power too…muhahaahaha!
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