http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how_to/4294038.html?page=1
This article explains how to recover files from a hard drive that has failed. There are two different ways that can ruin your files. You can have a logical failure or you can have a mechanical failure. The article explains that usually a hardware failure will result in a clicking sound when it is trying to access your files. The logical error can usually be fixed by just putting the drive in another computer as the slave drive, and downloading some recovery software. You can demo some recovery software on the internet before you buy so it shows how much data can be saved. The mechanical problem can be saved usually by taking it in to a specialist (anywhere from $500 to $2500). The article also has a funny "Worst case scenario page" about how they had a homemade "earthquake/flood doomsday scenario".
In general this was a great article, but they failed to mention the freezer trick. This will save you so much money. Instead of directly taking your hard drive to the specialist, try freezing it first. Just wrap it in some bubble wrap, freeze it overnight, and slave it on a working PC. http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html
This could be some secret information that you can hold over your friends head for a free lunch. It works most of the time, and doesn't make things worse.
This article just goes to show how easy the computer really is to fix. Download some software, and let it run. Anyone can access computer information. It's not like you have to be an expert to do any of these "software fixes". Operating on a computer is like operating on a car, if you don't know how to do it already, someone else does that can tell you (not do it for you), or you can Google it. Usually it's an easy fix.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Journal #14, November 30
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/1208/052.html?feed=rss_news
Most of the airport's wireless internet is unsecured. This is mostly not a big deal. If it cost over 20 thousand dollars to secure an airport I really don't think that the investment will be made by airports. They have other things they have to spend their money on, even though they do charge an arm and a leg for anything you buy. This is a good article that explains all the problems that airports are facing. They are stuck because they need wireless internet so they can run their business, but they don't want to secure it because it cost so much money. Now they might get hacked into and all sorts of information goodies could be taken. Seems like some sort of pickle. What would you do if you were the CEO of an airport. You either have to cut some spending on salaries or risk getting all your employees information stolen, and then you could be sued for who knows how much.
This is a great article. It seems like something you would find in "Ethics for the Information Age". I can already see the question "Is it wrong for David King to send hackers out for unsolicited security assessments?" Well my answer would be no. This seems like something that will help out airports. In the end David is just trying to make money by getting airports to buy his security. The byproduct of this, which turns the economy, is having the airports not waste their money, but protect themselves, and spend money. This will protect the people who work at the airport, and the customers, basically a win win unless you are the CEO of the airport.
You can't say that it's up to customers and employees to protect themselves, because most customers and employees expect that their e-mails sent at a wireless access point to be secure. If they get their information stolen, and find how it was because of the wireless security at an airport, I guarantee there will be a court date between customer and airport.
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/tech/tb_airhack111908
Most of the airport's wireless internet is unsecured. This is mostly not a big deal. If it cost over 20 thousand dollars to secure an airport I really don't think that the investment will be made by airports. They have other things they have to spend their money on, even though they do charge an arm and a leg for anything you buy. This is a good article that explains all the problems that airports are facing. They are stuck because they need wireless internet so they can run their business, but they don't want to secure it because it cost so much money. Now they might get hacked into and all sorts of information goodies could be taken. Seems like some sort of pickle. What would you do if you were the CEO of an airport. You either have to cut some spending on salaries or risk getting all your employees information stolen, and then you could be sued for who knows how much.
This is a great article. It seems like something you would find in "Ethics for the Information Age". I can already see the question "Is it wrong for David King to send hackers out for unsolicited security assessments?" Well my answer would be no. This seems like something that will help out airports. In the end David is just trying to make money by getting airports to buy his security. The byproduct of this, which turns the economy, is having the airports not waste their money, but protect themselves, and spend money. This will protect the people who work at the airport, and the customers, basically a win win unless you are the CEO of the airport.
You can't say that it's up to customers and employees to protect themselves, because most customers and employees expect that their e-mails sent at a wireless access point to be secure. If they get their information stolen, and find how it was because of the wireless security at an airport, I guarantee there will be a court date between customer and airport.
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/tech/tb_airhack111908
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