Moving a file to the trash on your PC or Mac gets rid of it for good, right? Not so fast. These files can be seen by others later, and they could be slowing down your machine. Tap or click for my ...

Moving a file to the trash on your PC or Mac gets rid of it for good, right? Not so fast. These files can be seen by others later, and they could be slowing down your machine. Tap or click here for my ...

When you delete a file, you're not really removing the information. Two free programs--Eraser and SDelete--take very different approaches to secure file deletion. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about ...

My quest for a secure file deletion app started by accident. But it resulted in my finding a solid solution with Wipe. My approach to making sure nobody harvests sensitive data from my cast-away aging ...

Some people are unaware that deleted files can be recovered. If you want to remove files that can not be recovered, use the “Secure Delete” option. The Sysinternals SDelete tool can help us add Secure ...

Moving a file to the trash on your PC or Mac gets rid of it for good, right? Not so fast. These files can be seen by others later, and they could be slowing down your machine. Tap or click for my ...

I am looking for a program comparable to BCwipe for linux. Multi-pass, low-level file deletion and wiping. Any ideas?<BR><BR>I have just acquired a server about the weight of an Olson twin from a ...

Windows has several built-in ways to remove junk files, including Disk Cleanup and Storage Sense, but they rarely clear everything. Temporary caches, app logs, and leftovers from uninstalled programs ...

Worried about people looking at stuff on your Mac they’re not supposed to? StuffIt Deluxe maker Aladdin Systems, Inc. today announced the release of a new Mac application that they say is analogous to ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. The more distributed ...