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DataKiller Obliterates Hard Drive Data in a Second
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If you’ve got a bunch of data lying around on old hard drives, and want to make sure that nobody gets their hands on it, you could try reformatting the drives, but there’s always a chance that a data recovery service could pull the data off. You could also smash… |
May 17th, 2012
Anti-Wi-Fi Wallpaper Keeps Nosy Neighbors off Networks
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Unless you vary your passwords often, it’s possible that some tech-savvy neighbors have figured out the password to your Wi-Fi home network, and they could be using it to download massive amounts of data, porn and pirated movies, or to snoop on your personal network. Instead of getting caught by… |
May 10th, 2012
EZSAVE Lockdock Provides Easy Encryption for Storage Devices: Mass Encrypt
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Many modern external hard drives nowadays already include 256-bit AES encryption, but what if you still have spare hard drives and only want the encryption? You can try encrypting them with the EZSAVE Lockdock. It’s a USB 3.0 dock that lets you encrypt and set passwords for up to 50… |
April 19th, 2012
Sony Power Outlet Recognizes Devices and Users to Regulate Power: Convenient or Creepy?
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There are already several ways of tracking and restricting the Internet access of a specific device, but Sony has developed a concept that controls a much more basic commodity: electricity. Its Authentication Power Outlet concept has an embedded chip that can be made to remember not only individual gadgets but… |
March 19th, 2012
Google Security Paranoia Forces Sys Admins to Work in Miner Helmets
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According to some online surveys, a delay of a fraction of a second in loading content can be the difference between users visiting a site and not visiting a site. Search giants like Google spend massive sums of money to eek every millisecond of speed out of their servers. In… |
March 17th, 2012
Knuckle Blaster Doles out a Shocking Kind of Knuckle Sandwich
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I attended an all-girls school, so there was none of those after-school brawls and fistfights that I heard were a common occurrence at coed or all-boys schools. Some guys “cheat” by wearing brass knuckles because it lets them pack a meaner punch. But what packs the meanest punch of all… |
February 16th, 2012
BlackSMS iOS App Lets You Send Encrypted Text Messages
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In today’s digital and connected age, privacy is becoming an increasingly precious commodity. It’s much easier to write, read and archive digital messages, but as the recent iMessage fiasco has shown, it also creates new privacy and security risks. Users of iOS devices who want to be extra careful might… |
February 13th, 2012
PwnedList Lets You Know If You Got Hacked
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You might have noticed that there have been an increasing number of attacks on company servers and databases in recent times. Some groups hack for the fun of it all, although I don’t really see where the fun in causing such damage is, though. However, others hackers have more malicious… |
February 6th, 2012
TARDIS and R2-D2 Safes Secure Your Stuff Through the Power of Science Fiction
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Whether you’re into Doctor Who or Star Wars …(or both) – there’s a new way for you to secure your small valuables. These new digital “smartsafes” were spotted during the 2012 UK Toy Fair, and they look pretty nifty. |
January 25th, 2012
Japanese Car Seat Has Butt Recognition System
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A new car seat developed by the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo can automatically identify the person who is sitting on it. The seat uses a system of 360 pressure sensors that can remember what it feels like to be sat on by various people. So basically it… |
January 15th, 2012
