What's on your hard drive? If you want privacy, it pays to find out what your computer saves and how to erase information that the delete button hardly touches
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Computer users can take several steps to protect sensitive files on their hard drives from outsiders. Users of word processing software, Web browsing software and E-mail may not be aware that potentially embarrassing files can be obtained. Examples include Kenneth W. Starr's investigation of subjects' computer use and the Justice Department's current investigation of Microsoft. Items such as E-mail messages, memorandums, love letters and financial data can embarrass users who thought they had erased the files. Investigators frequently rely on computer programs that document a user's activity. Some computer users may even not be aware of other information created in the hard drive. Law-enforcement agents, corporate and government spies, or special investigators are among those who may view computer files to gather key evidence. Most users may not be subject to these professionals, but co-workers or hackers may seek personal information.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Keeping up with the phoneses
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New modems that will provide more bandwidth to Internet users are expected to reach the market in 1997. The new V.34 bis modem standard will provide data transmission speeds of about 33.6-Kbps. V.34 bis will provide users with maximum bandwidth and performance that nears the theoretical limits of data transfer over the public switched telephone network. Current alternatives to the public network include ISDN lines, which provide speeds of 64,000 Kbps or 128,000 Kbps. Cable TV companies will soon offer another alternative in the form of cable modems that operate at millions of bits per second. An experimental A.D.S.L. technology promises equivalent speeds over phone wires. New modems based on a new V.56 standard promise to move data over ordinary phone lines at 46 Kbps. They are not being heavily promoted at this point because modem vendors want to sell their V.34 modems, but the V.56 modems are expected to be widely available in 1997.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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