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Techno-thanks for the good things

I sometimes wonder if folks reading my column think that I’m just a crusty, cranky curmudgeon who can’t see the good in anything.  It seems that if I’m not railing against Microsoft for being a bunch of Internet racketeers, then I’m ranting...

Delete your files for good

I wrote an article last year called Computer Forensics 101, which described the virtual impossibility (outside of physically destroying the hard drive) of truly deleting a file from your computer.  With that in mind, you still need to “sanitize” an old...

Why e-Voting stinks

By in large, our government systems and agencies do a fairly good job.  Services and protections are provided, and things generally flow in a positive way.  If they didn’t, our country would be in total chaos. Nevertheless, sometimes an idea comes along that is...

New Internet Explorer 7 seeks guinea pigs

Without much general media fanfare, Microsoft is finally releasing version 7 of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browsing program.  Pardon me if I’m less than excited. After grinding competitor Netscape into dust during the infamous “browser wars” of...