About 10 years ago, a prominent tech executive confidently informed me that computer files would become obsolete. The exec was Bret Taylor, who at the time was building a Microsoft Word alternative ...

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Question: My trusty old Pentium 4 machine has finally gone to that great bit bucket in the sky. The motherboard fried, but I was able to salvage the hard drive. I put the hard drive in an external ...

Nothing can be more upsetting than losing or having essential photos, videos, documents and other files corrupted on your computer. However, understanding how to restore and possibly repair these ...

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Dear Heloise: Regarding uploading pictures to your computer, I would also suggest making sure you have an online backup of all your computer files. A fire or a flood can destroy your computer and any ...

I can't believe it's enabled by default.

Locking down individual files is great, but a blanket encryption will prevent anyone from getting their paws on your files.