The smallest unit of storage read or written on a disk. See magnetic disk.
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- Peak oil panic? Dubai or not Dubai?
- Harry, please ignore the deniersThey will try to quash any voice of reason. I believe they hope to maneuver themselves into a position where they can argue that they should not be affected by the consequences because they don't believe in man-made climate change. Pure selfishness.Keep it coming. We are...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-26
- Stellar Phoenix iPod Recovery 2.0 (Mac)
- Stellar iPod data recovery software recover music files, graphics, videos, documents which has been corrupted, damaged and deleted from iPod. It helps to create image of the crashed iPod to hard drive to recover music files to a safe location. It repair and recover file types such as MIDI, AIFF,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-22
- Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years
- Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Smart Partition Recovery 2.4 (Windows)
- When Explorer does not find a disk, this does not mean that the data has been lost. The data is OK most of the time, but a disk boot sector is damaged. Smart Partition Recovery restores deleted logical disks. In an automatic mode, Smart Partition Recovery will easily allow you...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Do former CEOs make better politicians than career diplomats?
- Well, The Poll is Evidence of the ProblemAt this point, those who think CEOs would not make good politicians outnumber those who do. But the original question was a comparison; do former CEOs make better diplomats than career politicians? Too many people have still been brainwashed into thinking that politicians...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- The Queen could better manage security of personal information than civil servants are
- Information in the health care sector, voter information are being either stolen or misplaced on a regular basis. Hundreds of incidents are occurring. by Doug Hanchard
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent
- My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Accord CD Ripper Xtreme 6.1.6 (Windows)
- Rip audio CD tracks to WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, FLAC, MP2, VQF, AIFF, AIFC, AIF, 3GP, AAC, M4A, M4B, MP4, MPC, MP+, MPP, WV, AU, SND, RAW, GSM, VOX, PCM, ADPCM, G721, G723, FAP, PAF, SVX, 8SVX, IFF, NIST, IRCAM, SF, VOC, W64, MAT, MAT4, MAT5, PVF, XI, HTK,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Android army keeps growing as Dell enlists; Will the mobile OS war follow PC history?
- Well, this is exactly what MS wanted to do with Win Mobile - that fizzled.I think that was mostly due to that fact that Win Mobile was is so bad.But, Android is the real thing, and is a great OS, to the point that nobody is even talking about Win...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- US defense department IT managers describe latest assault on complex and siloed IT systems
- Get rid of who is running it!From the way I understand it has beenhacked by criminals in China.Why keep funding broken methodologies NOother business would be around withsuch a sloppy track record.The private sector would be a better placefor this, than big wasteful Governmentspending!So far Oboma has done NOTHING except...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Apple ranks 3rd in smartphones, nipping at RIMs heels
- What's more surprising......is Apple failed to dislodge RIM in the quarter the 3GS was launched whilst RIM launched nothing new of note (a new Curve and... err... hmm).Why don't we see what happens over the year and then form an opinion?RE: Apple ranks 3rd in smartphones, nipping at RIMs heelsI...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...
- How do you like this....Microsoft has just patented "sudo":http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390RE: Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...Of course, Microsoft has been copying things from the Mac for years. Look at Windows and Mac OS from the very beginning... the Mac had a...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- DiskTools Pro 3.5.1 (Mac)
- DiskTools Pro is a total system utility for the Mac, and the only one that allows you to schedule when to perform important tasks such as file defragmentation, backup, and bad sector repair in a single, easy-to-use interface. This intuitive software utility also doesn't require you to boot from a...
- Software downloads 2009-11-12
- Rupert Murdoch and the dirty little secret about Google traffic...
- Dangerous generalisationsNEWCASTLE UK - While I might agree with your argument in the special case of WSJ your logic breaks down for newspapers in general. The WSJ is a broadsheet for a very small sector,the Financial World, as opposed to The Times or The SUN where the aim is the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- NetCDP Online Backup 3.0.60 (Windows)
- NetCDP Online Backup provides an extremely easy to use continuous online data backup application for Windows users. NetCDP automatically and continuously back up your selected folders to Amazon's S3 Simple Storage Service or a NAS server and virtualizes your backed up data as a local folder. It has the ability...
- Software downloads 2009-11-10
- Wireless users may be shut off if sharing copyrighted files
- ACTA: The Bigger Picturehttp://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/Not likely to happenWhy? Because the internet companies are not going to shut off paying customers just because they are accused of sharing files 'illegally'.... they will either tell the companies to file a lawsuit against the people in question or give them some REAL evidence that...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Thunderbird 3: Near-final version due next week
- Thunderbird 3It's about time. Thunderbird, to date, has been a disappointment when compared to its place in the email client sector, compared with Firefox's place in the browser sector.I haven't seen it or read the features yet, but I hope they have made real progress as I would be delighted...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- It's public versus private in dispute over electronics recycling laws
- It's public sector vs. private industry in dispute over local and state e-waste recycling laws. by Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?
- I hope soNVIDIA with x86-64 technology would be Next Big ThingTM, although I'd rather see a new architecture replace the aging x86. 64-bit is just a tack-on feature set of x86. I'd rather see something in line with IA64 from NVIDIA to shake up Intel. I'm sure...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Volume Calculator (Mobile)
- is a powerful application which enables you to quickly determine the volume and surface area of many three dimensional objects.Whether in school, on the job, or working in the field, this tool provides a professional look and feel while delivering accurate results.The Windows Mobile device lends itself well to support...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
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