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Comment Only Use LTS (Score 2, Interesting) 1231

by peterindistantland on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @06:42PM (#29969806) Attached to: Some Early Adopters Stung By Ubuntu's Karmic Koala

Both Intrepid and a brief trial of Jaunty hurt me badly, now I just stick with 8.04 LTS, the only Ubuntu version that can be trusted. Fortunately backports are plenty out there. 6 months releasing cycles are a joke. Just look at how long Windows 7 has been tested before release.

Comment For one reason I agree with Kaspersky (Score 2, Insightful) 537

by peterindistantland on Saturday October 17, 2009 @12:01PM (#29778023) Attached to: Kaspersky CEO Wants End To Online Anonymity

In this way virus writers would be accountable for their activities and be arrested, provided that non-anonymity is enforced rigorously and the amount of work needed to bypass the system is prohibitive for someone who just wants to spread some virus. There are an outrageous number of viruses in the wild but millions of criminal programmers escape punishment.

The Homemade Hard Disk Destroyer 497

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 17, 2009 @08:51AM from the if-you-can-recover-that-you-earned-it dept.

Barence writes "All businesses have sensitive data they need to destroy when they replace PCs, but disposing of hard disks properly can be an expensive business. This has led one IT manager in the UK to come up with his own, homemade solution — Bustadrive. It uses a powerful 'hydraulic punch' to physically deform a hard disk, rendering it virtually unreadable, and requires nothing more than a pull of the lever on the front — similar to a drinks-can crusher. PC Pro tested the Bustadrive, and also sought the opinions of data destruction companies as to whether the device was really as effective as hoped, or just a fun way to mangle a hard disk or two."

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