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Submission + - Microsoft Redesigns CHKDSK for Windows 8, Improves NTFS Health Model (hothardware.com)

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MojoKid

on Saturday May 12, 2012 @11:40AM

MojoKid writes: "Microsoft can't do anything to magically make hard drives stop failing when parts go bad, but Redmond is rolling out a new NTFS health model for Windows 8 with a redesigned CHKDSK tool for disk corruption detection and fixing. In past versions of the CHKDSK and NTFS health model, the file system volume was either deemed healthy or not healthy. In Windows 8, Microsoft is changing things up. Rather than hours of downtime, Windows 8 splits the process into phases that include "Detect Corruption," "Online Self-Healing," "Online Verification," "Online Identification & Logging," and "Precise & Rapid Correction.""

Comment Re:There is another thing to consider. (Score 2, Informative) 279

by mporcheron on Saturday January 26, 2008 @06:33AM (#22192072) Attached to: NPD Group Says "Wait! HD-DVD Isn't Dead Yet"

In the UK, I recall seeing this on the Beeb (six o'clock news) and I'm pretty sure Sky news. Mainstream media may be slow but something like this is quite major.

Submission + - Google's Street View could be unlawful in Europe (out-law.com)

Submitted by arallsopp on Thursday June 14, 2007 @06:14AM

arallsopp writes: European data protection laws restrict the commercial use of photographs where individuals are identifiable. The law sets extra requirements for so-called sensitive personal data: it demands explicit consent, not just notification. If Google's multi-lens camera cars come to Europe and inadvertently find themselves taking pictures of persons leaving a church or sexual health clinic, they may just need to pull over and start picking up signatures.

Vint Cerf on Net Security, Hacking, and Acting 45

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:46PM from the internet-hams dept.

ancientribe writes "Father of the Internet Vint Cerf talks candidly in an article on Dark Reading about his being a Googler, and the biggest problems with Internet security and what he sees as the most promising solutions. He says that he's only done a little casual hacking, and that the term 'hacker' no longer comes with the honor it once did. Cerf also reveals in this personal look at the Internet icon that his real dream was to be an actor."

Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting? 329

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:03PM from the lots-of-polishing-to-do dept.

ICA writes "It appears after years of criticism, Diebold may be ready to withdraw from electronic voting entirely. The company is concerned that this relatively small and marginally profitable unit is hurting the company's overall image."

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