The software package TrueCrypt offers easy to use functions for encrypting hard disk partitions, USB drives, and other external storage devices.
Once a filesystem is encrypted, TrueCrypt performs the decryption and encryption on-the-fly as files are accessed, without further user intervention.
The user can choose from several encryption algorithms (AES-256, Serpent, and Twofish).
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Saturday February 6, 2010
As a result of the 2006 patent indemnification pact with Novell, the owner of SUSE Linux, Microsoft ended up distributing about $240 million worth of subscription certificates for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. This amount is part of a $348 million payment to Novell. The licenses to SUSE Linux were purchased by 475 customers.
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Update for Nexus One Includes Multi-Touch Code
Wednesday February 3, 2010
The smartphone Nexus One, which went on sale a few weeks ago, has generally received positive reviews. It compares favorably with Apple's iPhone but didn't have the multi-touch functionality that lets you zoom in and out for example by touching the screen with two fingers and moving the contact points in different directions. This is now fixed. Google has released the first software update which adds the multi-touch functionality and other improvements.
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Sunday January 31, 2010
The final version of Firefox 3.6 has been released and has been downloaded more than 20 million times within a week. Improved security includes detection of out of date plugins to alert you to potential security risks.
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