Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives - Data wiping - Gizmodo

Well written, comprehensive guide to disk wiping. Nicely done. Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives - Data wiping - Gizmodo

Monday, March 1, 2010

End of support for Windows XP with Service Pack (SP2) and Windows Vista without service packs - Windows Help & How-to

Microsoft users! Upgrade! Microsoft is ending support for Windows Vista (without Service Packs) on April 13, 2010. Support for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 will end on July 13, 2010. End of support for Windows XP with Service Pack (SP2) and Windows Vista without service packs - Windows Help & How-to

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Web site offers emergency information for deaf, blind � Homepage � The Palestine Herald, Palestine, Texas

Web site offers emergency information for deaf, blind � Homepage � The Palestine Herald, Palestine, Texas: "Topics include: general emergency preparedness, first aid, chemical emergencies, terrorism, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, winter storms, insect/animal hazards, infectious diseases, food safety, heat related safety, nuclear events, explosions, radiological events and more.

“The information is downloadable for people who need larger printed material, so they can read it or have for reference,” said Walker, who also pointed out that it could be printed to a Braille printer."

Con artists scam consumers with hearing impaired phone system - ABC 4.com - Salt Lake City, Utah News

Con artists scam consumers with hearing impaired phone system - ABC 4.com - Salt Lake City, Utah News: "Scam artists are attempting to use the Utah's 711 hearing impaired relay system to rip off local businesses. And right now it appears those who work with the system are having a hard time stopping the unethical and illegal practice."

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Google Squared: Let someone else do your brainstorming

Google Squared offers a way to both query and submit lists of similar items. Plug in a few terms you can think of and it will try to build a table of similar items. This can be very helpful with brainstorming: from a simple shopping list to trying to include every facet of linux security in a report. I tried linux and security and had to submit a few applications that are involved with those two terms. When I did I got a fairly long list of similar applications to consider within the context of those two terms. This could be an ideal format for idea mapping as well. The end of writer's block?