Posts Tagged ‘Algorithms’

Disk Wipe Software Prevent Restore

Friday, April 2, 2010 8:21 No Comments

Making sure that files cannot be recovered after they have been deleted is an essential task in several situations. It is for instance important to prevent data restoration before giving the storage device away or selling it to third parties. It is a privacy issue and some computer users do schedule these disk wiping tasks [...]

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Duplicate File Finder Duper

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:00 No Comments

Duplicate file finders can use different methodologies to find duiplicates. Some simply compare file names or types while others compute hashes or use algorithms to find duplicate files even if the size of the files is not the same. Duper is a free program for Windows, Linux and Mac that checks the file size of [...]

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Porn Detection Stick

Friday, March 12, 2010 16:40 No Comments

Paraben Forensics has come up with the Porn Detection Stick, a USB thumb drive which helps (I’m guessing suspicious spouses) snoop out pornographic images on your computer. The stick searches all the images on a Windows-based PC, scans them for pornographic content, and then creates a report of any images thought to be questionable. It [...]

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