Trends and Advancements in Computer Technology
Digital cameras are devices which have both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you can store the equivalent of a dozen rolls of film at a time, delete bad photos immediately and download the photos to multiple devices.
But like everything else, there can be a dark side to digital photography: memory card corruption. Not [...]
Many people are under the impression that Apple products such as Mac computers and iPods never suffer a breakdown. While these are strong quality items they are no more immune to online sabotage than any other devise or application using downloads. Viruses and other malware can come aboard your Mac or iPod easily attached to [...]
PST files are the primary file system used in Microsoft Outlook. When messages are sent using outlook those messages are PST files. When the messages are stored they are stored as PST files. And when messages are compressed they are compressed as PST files. But PST files are apt to become damaged if file size [...]
Digital cameras and other small consumer electronic devices store information on inexpensive solid state memory cards. These cards will save image files in familiar file formats such as JPEG, PNG, GIF and around a dozen others. When these picture files are accidentally deleted before being downloaded it is generally assumed that the precious photographs are [...]
One of the most serious problems in personal computing is spyware. These sneaky programs can enter your computer and steal all your secret data. Even if you delete files, your data is not secure, as spyware will search out strings of numbers that it recognizes as being financial information. When you wish to remove private [...]
Computers using Windows 95 and 98 operating systems separate data on their hard disks using file allocation tables. Commonly referred to as FAT 16 and FAT 32 drives, these disk partitioning systems are prone to complete loss of data. Unfortunately, if one loses access to a segment of the hard drive due to a lost [...]
It amazes me that even considering that Windows operating systems incorporate a fail safe against accidentally deleting files, also known as the recycle bin, that somehow I manage from time to time to bypass the recycle bin and lose wanted files. I also have been known to absentmindedly empty the recycle bin when it is [...]
There are hundreds of programs available that promise to be able to recover deleted files. But what can these programs really do? Can they deep scan an entire hard drive? Some can. Can they find a deleted file by searching for the code specific to that file’s structure? A few can. And can they then [...]