Filed under: Security, Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Permanently erase Windows files in two clicks with RightDelete
by Lee Mathews Dec 18th 2008
Windows is a nice foundation, but there are some simple functions that have long been missing from the OS - like secure file deletion. RightDelete is just about the simplest app you'll find for adding that functionality. It's a free 156kb download for Windows 98 or better.
Extract and launch the executable and you'll be asked to confirm adding an entry to your context menu. You'll need the executable on your system to actually perform erasures, so don't just run it from inside the zip.
Once the menu entry has been added, just right click on any file and choose securely delete. You'll be prompted again to make sure you want to proceed with the deletion. The program utilizes the seven pass method, which is more than enough to prevent recovery with any normal applications.
It's fairly fast as well, wiping a 32mb file in just over two seconds.
[ via Freeware Files ]
Extract and launch the executable and you'll be asked to confirm adding an entry to your context menu. You'll need the executable on your system to actually perform erasures, so don't just run it from inside the zip.
Once the menu entry has been added, just right click on any file and choose securely delete. You'll be prompted again to make sure you want to proceed with the deletion. The program utilizes the seven pass method, which is more than enough to prevent recovery with any normal applications.
It's fairly fast as well, wiping a 32mb file in just over two seconds.
[ via Freeware Files ]
I rely on Firefox's History to keep my most frequently-accessed web sites available at a keypress. I can type any letter into the address bar and immediately choose among my favorite web sites whose URLs start with that letter. That's not the tip; read on. Unfortunately, the History gets polluted sometimes -- somehow a web site I have no interest in visiting frequently will find its way to the top of the list for some letter I use often, which really chafes me. For some reason I've ever been convinced that there's no way to delete individual URLs from the History without just clearing the whole thing. Turns out I was wrong. In Firefox, if you want to delete an individual entry from the History, just highlight it (either in the History sidebar or in the address bar drop-down) and press Shift+Delete. Gone, never to bother you again!
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
