The realization about the need to prepare for safeguarding crucial data on your hard disk may come a little too late when the computer or the hard disk has crashed.
Data loss could mean, for a small business, going out of business unfortunately, sometimes permanently. Rebuilding years of data is out of question. It is pertinent to know the whys and hows of data loss in order to understand data recovery better. Read the rest of this entry →
There is a calculated trend in all business corporations and firms: when the enterprise is getting bigger, its support of data increases its complexity, volume and value.
The larger your enterprise is, the more significant your data files become. The traditional tape backup can no longer produce in-depth data information about all the important features of your business.
That’s why many people get acknowledged to a more adequate file protection. A secure offsite backup system can be the possible solution. Read the rest of this entry →
Technology is an amazing thing. Computers these days can do everything. With so many new bells and whistles, computers and the Internet have become hunting grounds for child predators. They attempt to reach your child through your computer and they can use webcams to do it.
It’s as if The Jetsons are alive and living in the 21st century. You can actually talk to someone through your computer and see them face to face. Using webcams, video equipment and microphones, kids can project their image across cyberspace.
It’s new technology so kids are curious and excited. YouTube is a site devoted to video networking. Kids can upload videos of themselves doing everything from skateboarding to fixing their favorite milkshake. Once these videos are uploaded, people anywhere can see them. Read the rest of this entry →
What are clean rooms? Why is clean room data recovery important? We look at these issues first.
What Are Clean Rooms?
Clean rooms are rooms that have been designed to reduce the level of particulates in the air like dust aand airborne microbes. Clean room construction employs filters extensively.
Outside air is filtered to prevent dust entering the room. Filters and processes will be in place inside the room to remove internally generated contaminants during production and working areas are often further filtered locally such as laminar flow bench. Read the rest of this entry →
Repairing damaged partitions on is a risky business. Even if you use the best toolkit and are absolutely sure in what you are doing, you are still risking your files shall something go wrong.
Changes made to the damaged partition are irreversible; it is just too easy to overwrite an important system structure that holds vital information about your disk, files and data. Bottom line: it’s good to backup before performing data recovery. But is this really the best way to do it?
There is a different approach to do data recovery that is even safer. No need to backup and restore during the recovery. Read the rest of this entry →
Internet is great technology. Internet can be accessed by all ages, races, and all genders. More people can read about their favorite subjects without having run to the library or purchase an expensive encyclopedia set.
With more knowledge organized in a format that can be easy to search through, retrieve, and work with, more people can learn faster and do more research online.
This revolution in information technology and presentation comes with its own disadvantages. Not all information presented online is true or edited.
Not all websites are safe to access, and not all files that you download from the Internet are free from malicious programs that can give hackers access to your computer. Read the rest of this entry →
Besides operating system (OS) and the basic office applications, anti-virus and anti-spyware softwares top the chart of most important softwares for a computer.
Spyware Doctor is now one of the best spyware removers available in the market. It is highly powerful yet user-friendly, something which is not always true when computer security applications are concerned.
Spyware Doctor offers an easy-to-manage and effective protection from majority of security and privacy threats.
Spyware Doctor works by securing all the known possible security access points such as Windows registry, web browser cookies and plug-ins, running processes, important system components as well as all files and folders on hard drives. Read the rest of this entry →
Kaspersky Anti-virus has been a renowned antivirus software for years now. The company that develops the software is known as Kaspersky Labs.
Kaspersky Labs has been founded by professional Russian computer security experts and analysts in 1997.
The company has a reputation to often be the first to identify new viruses and to devise methods to combat them. Kaspersky Anti-virus has long been used in Russia and parts of Europe.
However, with its latest release of version 2009, it is believed that Kaspersky Anti-virus is now one of the most popular anti-virus software in the market, outperforming competing products of most of its US rivals such as Symantec and Trend Micro. Read the rest of this entry →
A mobile phone especially a smart phone or PDA phone is not just that nowadays. Formerly, mobile phone was only used as a mean of long-distance communication.
Now most phones in the market have multi function features, doubling up as organiser, calculator, GPS and internet devices.
A modern smart phone may not cost much in the US. However, personal information, work documents and sensitive data on the mobile are the valuable ones and surely you cannot afford to lose them.
Can you imagine losing your beloved phone or having the data on it stolen or destroyed by malicious attacks? Read the rest of this entry →
The open source community has developed privacy-related tools to help you keep your data and online activities private.
With these tools, you don’t have to spend big bucks just to purchase expensive security tools. Whether you are a developer, student, or new open source user, you’re sure to find tools here that can help keep your data secret.
Developer Tools
