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How to Shred Files In Your Hard Drive for Free?

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Shredding is a process of completely removing data from your hard drive. Remember – even if you delete files from your hard disk, the data still remains in the hard disk and could potentially be recovered.

If you’re going to sell your computer’s hard drive, you probably need to shred the files present there because you might have stored sensitive information on there earlier and wouldn’t want anyone to get access to it.

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May 29th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

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Easily find and check MD5 hashes in Windows with HashTab

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File Hashes are used to verify the integrity of a file. You can use them to check if a file is intact and not corrupted. Checking MD5 sums might be a daunting task to some, but HashTab is a 100 KB utility for Windows Explorer that makes the job relatively easy.

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May 25th, 2008 at 6:09 pm

How to transfer settings and files from one computer to another with Magic Transfer

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If you’re looking for an easy way to transfer your files and Windows settings and other software preferences from one computer to another, Magic Transfer is a tool that you must check out.

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May 24th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

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SugarSync Giveaway Winners, Proto.in Blogger’s Passes Available

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SugarSync Winners

As promised, the three 30 GB Free Annual SugarSync subscriptions go to Narayanan Hariharan, Madhur Kapoor and Arun. Your SugarSync accounts will be upgraded soon with the 30GB space for one whole year! I’m sure you’ll find it useful, guys. Enjoy!

Proto.in 2008 Delhi!

And, Proto.in, dubbed India’s Startup Event is happening this year on July 18 and 19 at IIT, Delhi. The event brings entrepreneurs, techies, bloggers, and students together. It’s a platform for good exposure and you could showcase and present your technology ideas.

I’ve got around 3 bloggers’ passes for the event to giveaway. If you need one, leave a trackback here. I’ll make sure you get one for free!

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May 23rd, 2008 at 1:56 pm

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SugarSync Review and Three SugarSync 30 GB Annual Subscriptions Giveaway!

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SugarSync is a complete, and a really perfect online backup and file syncing solution for your data. In this post, I’ll be writing my review and thoughts on the application, how it works and why it’s better than some other online file syncing tools available out there.

I’ve got three 30-GB SugarSync annual subscriptions (each has a retail value of $49.99) to give away. You’ll find details on how you can grab one for yourself at the end of this post.

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May 16th, 2008 at 8:40 am

Top 7 Useful Adobe AIR Applications for Bloggers

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This is a guest post by technology blogger Rakshit Khare from Aarambh.

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May 15th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

How to Backup and Restore Contacts, Files and Other Settings from your Nokia Mobile Phone?

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It’s always good to have a backup copy of your contacts and other files and settings of your mobile phone so that if something goes wrong, you just need not worry about losing your data. Rather, you can just click and restore the created backup to your mobile phone and work seamlessly again!

Here’s how you can backup contacts, files and other settings from your Nokia mobile phone:

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May 11th, 2008 at 7:50 am

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“The Operation Could Not Be Completed” Error Message with Nokia Mobile Phones

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Recently, I encountered an error when trying to transfer some MP3 files to my dad’s Nokia 3110c mobile phone from my computer. Everytime I tried to copy and paste some files into the memory card present in the phone via the Nokia Phone Browser, it showed an error dialog with a message saying “The operation could not be completed”.

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May 10th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

One New York Times Website Trick You May Not Know About

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This is a guest post by Aseem Kishore, a technology enthusiast and lead blogger for Online-Tech-Tips.

I get my daily news from multiple sources, and my favourite online news source is the New York Times simply because it has the most well-written and engaging articles. Also, they cover just about every topic under the sun in great detail.

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May 2nd, 2008 at 8:58 am

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75 Free Evernote Invites for Killer Tech Tips Readers!

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Just a quick post to let you all know that I have 75 invites for the Evernote Note taking application to give away!

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Written by Shankar Ganesh

May 1st, 2008 at 10:04 am