This tutorial will demonstrate how to encrypt an entire partition on a hard drive.  You can use this to encrypt an entire drive, or a particular partition.  I use the Ubuntu Linux version of Truecrypt in this tutorial.  Depending on your operating system, you could have different options to choose from when it comes to
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This is a short tutorial on how to use Clonezilla to make a backup copy of your hard drive.  Having the backup copy will allow you to restore your drive back to this point in time in case of a hardware failure or data corruption.

Ever been working on your laptop and needed something that you left at home on your desktop? I do it all the time. I think I have found my solution. Dropbox is a internet “cloud” service that allows you to set a folder on your workstation as your “dropbox”. Anything in that folder will sync
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“Handbrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.” Handbrake is a nice tool to have when you like to archive your DVD collection to digital file. This has been a pretty big thing for me since the original XBox. I love to have a copy
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Fuppes is a multi platform UPnP A/V Media Server.  This software allows you to share media on your network using UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) and allows access to all of your media using a PS3, Xbox360, or any other UPnP compliant device.  Currently I am using Fuppes to share my media to my Xbox360 from
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