Been using this for a while. If ever you need to make sure that a hard drive is securely erased (decomissioning any old PC's, anyone?), this is free, thorough, and functional software that will do the trick.
Write all zeroes? Sure.
One random pass? No problem.
25 passes of structured data? Yep...and by the way, you're paranoid.
If you're a computer geek, read this...these things are going to cause a major shift in the CPU market, if they're close to the description...
Meet what appears to be the world's first working cyborg...even if it's basically just a couple of rat cells on a stick.
Been waiting for this since before Christmas...enjoy.
Sometimes, scientific discoveries are interesting *and* useful. This seems to be one of those times. Heck, with all of the new discoveries this year (HIV-resistance gene, nascent cancer vaccine, etc), I'm expecting that within 20 years, we'll be able to cure just about anything.
This would be comic genius, if he didn't seem to be serious:
What if they start charging a subscription fee for the updates? It only makes sense. This is a lucrative market and a potential recurring revenue stream worth billions of dollars, which might be too sweet to pass up. The anti-virus companies in comparison are already making billions of dollars by charging for subscriptions for their own weekly updates. Why shouldn't Microsoft jump on the bandwagon? A subscription model seems to be the holy grail of software licensing, as we've seen from so many products already.
It's funny, in a surreal kind of way. Apparently, Microsoft is going to take Windows' greatest weakness and turn it into a revenue stream. Yay for that (not).
Actually, here's how I see this shaping up. Having downloaded and installed said software, I noticed that MS asks if you want to validate your copy of windows. They also mention that you may be required to do so in the future to use this or other Microsoft software.
That tidbit says a lot about their future plans (to me, at least). If you're running an illegal copy, you can expect not to be able to benefit from this program, but why stop there? How hard would it be to tuck a validation requirement into windows update? I think what Microsoft has stumbled upon here is a good way to nip piracy in the bud. You want protection? You want updates? You better be running a copy of (insert product here) that you paid for.
Additionally, now Microsoft has a way to forcibly uninstall software that they don't want you using, or in slightly less paranoid terms, they can scare people into only using MS-sanctioned products by casting the ones they don't like as Spyware.
WARNING: Microsoft AntiSpyware has detected OpenOffice.org spyware on your PC. Do you want to remove it now? [yes] [no] [ignore always]
Maybe that's an extreme example, and then again, maybe not (WinPcap and WinVNC were both flagged as malicious software on my initial scan, as was Remote Administrator). It works well enough to be adopted by many, and IMHO, that's just what Microsoft is betting on.
I'm downloading mine now...sounds interesting, even if I don't feel I have much trouble with phishing scams. Cheers.
Are you a geek? Do you watch TV? Do you have about $1200 burning a hole in your pocket? Check out this link and find out what it takes to make your own DVR that can record 6 channels at the same time...
If you want your nostalgic memories of old videogames thrashed pretty soundly, you'll need to read this.
SPOILER WARNING: Kids in 2003 aren't especially fond of games from the 80's...
Interesting technology, and a good idea. I hate pasting labels onto CDs, personally...I'd buy one.
Keith, I don't know if you're looking at my 'blog these days, but if you are, I'm absolutely certain you'll want to check this site out. Heck, I might build a few of these myself...they're just cool...in a geeky, lego-centric kind of way...
They can try> to say that they didn't distribute any shots of MSN Search using Firefox, but I'm not buying it.
Buckle your seatbelt, update your virus definitions, and download those patches. Things are about to get rough for your PC.
From the "holy frigging crap, I hope they didn't actually put this to use" department...
More interesting than I guessed...no dial, real numbers, and no electricity or electronics involved.
Coolest project I've heard of...I can imagine bittorrent-based internet TV stations...
You have GOT to be kidding me. Isn't there something in the patent guidelines about "nonobviousness"? I guess there's only one thing for me to do. I must patent the "IS" operator and claim that their technological innovation is derivative...
Interesting...wonder if this had any effect on global warming...
