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We're not going to front like we understand exactly how it works, but two IBM researchers in California have announced that they've gotten closer to controlling the orientation and magnetic spin of individual iron atoms on a copper surface, which would have huge implications for nanotech storage -- imagine the basic tech in your hard drive shrunk down the molecular level.
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You can participate in the Bitcoin network yourself, storing the keys to your Bitcoins in a wallet stored on your hard drive.
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Then there's encryption software to seal off your hard drive in case your computer goes for a walk.
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Under the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), a file stored on a hard drive in your home has greater protection than information stored with a third-party.
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And make backup disks of your hard drive, just in case.
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Once you e-file the return, take it off your hard drive and store it on a CD or flash drive in a safe place, like a lock box or safe.
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Simply plug it in to your computer, then connect the other manufacturer's hard drive and it instantly becomes a totally automatic Clickfree backup drive that searches, organizes and backs up all of your PC data and digital files.
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Video can be saved and archived directly to a hard drive, so you can watch what happens over time in your home or office.
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If a calamity (whether human-created or, as insurance companies like to say, an "act of God") befalls your household, your data will be safe in a sanctuary far, far away and not melted on that physical, external hard drive next to that poor old computer we've been trying to save!
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