Like most drive wiping devices, the Guard Dog employs massively powerful magnets that not only render hard drives useless, but VHS tapes, DAT tapes, ZIP drives, and any other magnetic media to boot.

ENGADGET: Military-grade "Guard Dog" hard drive degausser

Now, in the latest Release Preview of Windows 8 the folks at Redmond have gone out of their way and disabled the ability to boot directly to Windows Media Center -- a feature required for any proper HTPC build.

ENGADGET: Two more nails in the coffin for Media Center, start-up options and tuner certification

Gronkowski, who has been in a walking boot, hasn't spoken with the media since the night of the win over the Ravens.

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