At the March 28th FOSS Sig:

 

 

Darik’s Boot And Nuke
Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing
We securely wiped a hard drive before giving it away.

 

 

And we looked at these links:

• History Of Music » MakeUseOf Geeky Fun
• Ubuntu Touch, Firefox OS, and Tizen Ubuntu Touch, Firefox OS, and Tizen have been unveiled as Android challengers — but the mobile industry is backing the wrong horses.
• Apple’s award in Samsung trial chopped to $598 million from over $1 billion | The Verge Judge Lucy Koh has just delivered a serious blow to Cupertino in the Apple v. Samsung legal saga, cutting the damages awarded to the company down to $598,908,892 — and ordering a new trial…
• Five reasons why Windows 8 has failed | ZDNet The numbers are in and they don’t lie. Windows 8 market adoption numbers are well behind Microsoft’s greatest previous operating system failure, Vista.
• The secret origins of Google’s Chrome OS | ZDNet Many people know that Chrome OS is based on Linux. But where did Google’s operating system actually come from — and what is it made of today? Here’s its story.
• EU Commission fines Microsoft $731 million, but does it really matter? EU fines Microsoft $731 million dollars, browser wars, internet explorer, mozilla firefox, opera browser, chromium, browser choice in Windows, Web browsers
• Linux triumphant: Chrome OS resists cracking attempts Linux, once again, proved to be far more secure than most other operating systems as Google’s Linux-based Chrome OS shrugged off its attackers at the $3.14-million
• Pixabay – Public Domain Images Find and share stunning public domain images.
• Pixabay: Find Free High Quality Images To Use In Your Projects
• 4 Myths About Open Source We Should Put to Rest | Innovation Insights Growing consumerization of technology means an increasing number of people have control of what technologies they use…
• Why You Should Upgrade To USB 3.0
• The Minuum Keyboard Project Take back your mobile screen space and type anywhere, with Minuum—the little keyboard for big fingers.