Password Protect CD/DVD & USB Drive/Memory Card with Master Voyager

4 01 2009

Password protect CD DVD USB driveAs a computer user, you may have some confidential data on the PC which needs to be password protected to keep away from prying eyes. Sometimes, data can be very costly in terms of it’s importance; you don’t want your company’s vital trade secrets out to public, right? With the proliferation of removable media like USB flash and memory cards, they have become a common tool to make backups or exchange information. Sometimes, huge backups are needed to be taken on DVD too. What if they contain really sensitive info and lands into hands of someone you don’t want to share with? This is the real need why …




Agnivo’s New Desktop PC : Intel Penryn under $800 Rs.32000

19 09 2008

Yes, even being a technology enthusiast, I was using a pretty outdated PC as my work desktop. Personally, I am a non believer of frequent upgrading; why scrap a thing while it servers you right? It was a Socket-A AMD Sempron 2200+ on Biostar nforce2 board based system I assembled myself in late 2003. It served me faithfully for more than 4 years working avg. 16 hours a day in this hot tropical Indian climate (yes, I don’t have AC). The mainboard failed in early August and system won’t even power on. As I need to remain online everyday due to my nature of work and profession, I needed to quickly think of some hardware, go buy and assemble them to get back to my …




Ready for Ultraportable Asus EEEPC 900 Series Sub-notebook?

16 03 2008

Asus EEEPC 9002007 was the year of the highly popular Asus EEEPC (or triple-E PC as some prefer to call them) . The 3E PC from Asus is a cheap ultra-portable sub-notebook that raised eyebrows all over the world considering it’s features, performance and target audience.

The notebook received rave reviews from the top gadget reviews from all over the world and Asus plans to sell millions of units in 2008. (they sold over 350,000 units in Q4 2007!)

Those of you who aren’t aware of the Asus EEEPC, let me introduce you to the laptop.

Asus EEEPC 700/701 Specifications

CPU : Intel Mobile Celeron 453 900MHz. (underclocked by default)
RAM : 512MB DDR2667 SO-DIMM (1 slot)
HDD : 2/4/8 GB …




Hard Disk Encryption for Data Security

29 10 2007

Hard disk data encryptionComputer data or digital information is one of the most sensitive and important assets of people, businesses and organizations today. Personal information, transactions, business secrets, plans and such other critical data are being increasingly stored on computer systems these days; with a lot of people and businesses going digital to minimize paperwork, increase efficiency, introduce automation and increase overall productivity. As the dependency on computers have increased, so has the number of portable devices like laptops and PDAs. With these, the chances of data theft, system compromise and intrusion activities have increased greatly.

System admins and security analysts claim that most of the data theft, intrusion, hacking, sabotage, etc. arise due to …




Portable Duplex Scanner : ScanShell 3000DN

16 10 2007

Scanshell 3000DN duplex portable scanner reviewIf you’re a person always on the move and often need to scan documents while you travel, then carrying around a normal scanner device isn’t feasible at all. To satisfy mobile scanning needs, there are many portable scanners available these days which are small in size, require no extra power source, light enough to carry, have fast scanning speeds and affordable too. Portable scanning devices can often be seen with busy executives and sales personnel on the move and do the job as expected; performing quite nearly to their bigger counterparts.

A good portable scanner is the ScanShell 3000DN which also boasts of full duplex scanning …