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The term computer appliance is a generic term for a class of computer devices that come pre-packaged and pre-wired from the factory with special features and functionality pre-configured and ready to use with only minimal setup. There are several types of devices that fall into this category such as storage appliances, network appliances, security appliances, anti-virus appliances and so forth. You can find this new tutorial I’ve written in my Tutorials section, under Computers as computer appliances.
I was curious just how big the biggest, largest USB flash drive available would be. This is one of those fun sorts of searches that tells you how far technology has advanced. So far, looks like Kingston’s 256GB USB flash drive is as large as it gets, for the time being. The Kingston DataTraveler 310 is a USB Key with 256GB of storage (pictured below and sold on Amazon). While I can find larger USB keys on Google, I can’t find them from a reputable memory or computer dealer.
Say goodbye to the old floppy disk. Does anybody carry them any more?
MAGICAL JELLY BEAN KEYFINDER
FROM: Magical Jelly Bean Software
(http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/)
PRICE: FREE
SUPPORTED OS: SEE BELOW
RECOMMENDATION: Highly Recommended
Sometimes you have to recover the key to your Microsoft Windows OS, or your Windows Office install, or Photoshop etc. The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder extracts license keys for you. Even when you don’t, it’s a good idea to run this software, save the keys to a file, print the file and store it with your installation CD’s, just in case.
Jelly Bean will extract, from the registry:
- Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista 7 license keys
- Windows Servers 2000, 2003, 2008 license keys
- Office XP, 2003, 2007 license keys
- Even extracts license keys from the registry hive of any drive connected to the computer. Pull out the hard drive from a blown computer plug it into a working computer and recover the keys!
- Save as .txt or .csv
Jelly Bean is free (as in free beer) and is open source and I highly recommend you download it, extract your keys to a file, print the file and store it somewhere safe with your installation CD’s, just in case.
I know, I know, I’ve warned you twice. But its that important.
One of our readers sent in this question:
What PC has the best state-of-the-art-system?
The PC with the Best, State of the Art system.
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Apple has been running ads with a guy in a suit representing the PC and another actor in jeans and a t-shirt as a Macintosh. Various commercials show the PC character being paranoid about viruses, Apple even goes so far as to dress the PC actor in a white clean room suit (it’s supposed to look like a biohazard suit). This is supposed to imply that a Macintosh computer is immune to security threats like viruses and malicious websites. It’s not.
In the dawn of Macintosh Time, the original Macintosh computers used Motorola and later IBM processors, neither of which was compatible with Intel processors. Thus, viruses that ran on a PC with an Intel processor would not run on a Macintosh which used the Motorola or IBM processor. Modern Macintosh computers now use Intel processors, (yes, you can still buy a Macintosh with a non Intel chip) so that myth bit the dust five years ago when Macintosh made the switch to Intel. Further complicating things is Java, which is a virtual environment that renders the actual processor used as meaningless. Java code runs anywhere there is a java engine to run it, which is all current Macintosh computers and PC’s.
Which brings us to the latest Java vulnerability in the Macintosh browser that lets sites hijack the Macintosh and run any command on it they wish, remotely. A security professional, frustrated by Apple not patching this bug even after knowing about it for six months and knowing there was code in the wild to exploit this Macintosh Java vulnerability, released a proof-of-concept piece of Java software to prove the Macintosh could be hacked via Apple’s Java engine. See Computerworld’s article: Angered by Apple delay, hacker posts Mac Java attack code.
CIO magazine’s Ira Winkler felt the hacker releasing the code was a ineffective at best and argued that it’s time for the FTC to investigate Mac Security.
My personal opinion?
I don’t have as big a problem with companies making insecure products, consumers just shouldn’t buy them if they know they are insecure and have a choice. I have a problem with companies misrepresenting products as being secure when they’re not, knowing full well that their consumers are not educated enough to know the difference.
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