Disk Encryption and PGP

Oct 7, 2007 | 6 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – PGP’s “Whole Disc Encryption” sounds like a good idea. Everything is protected! But, what about the drawbacks of that? What about the fact that it’s considered a ‘feature’… one that can be disabled anytime a user chooses? Four of my friends [...]

Dealing with Hard Drives NAS, eSATA, and ZFS

Oct 4, 2007 | 4 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – The round table got into a pretty deep discussion about SATA drives, and different ways of getting more storage on your computer. Four of my friends joined me for this discussion: Kat, SC_Thor, Wirelesspacket, and last but certainly not least… Datalore. [...]

Second Hard Drive

Aug 31, 2007 | 10 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – A Community member wrote in to ask exactly when and why someone would need a second hard drive. In my mind, there is only ONE reason… and it’s a darn good one. Say it with me: DATA. BACKUP. PEACE. OF. MIND. [...]

Amazon S3 Web Services Pricing

May 1, 2007 | 6 Comments

Changes are afoot: This is a note to inform you about some changes we’re making to our pricing, effective June 1, 2007. With Amazon S3 recently celebrating its one year birthday, we took an in-depth look at how developers were using the service, and explored whether there were opportunities to further lower costs for our [...]