How can I securely erase the data from a flash drive or camera card?

How can I securely erase the data from a flash drive or camera card?

I’ve got an old computer that has Office 2003 on it that I am about to replace. Should I get Office 2007 or Office 2010 if I am going to upgrade? — Kyle

LOS ANGELES - When Toyota Motor Corp. wanted to promote its new Scions to young buyers, it turned to one of the growing number of digital design companies doing business in the popular online universe “Second Life.”

RALEIGH, N.C. - Retailers across the country stayed open through the wee hours of Tuesday morning to sell the long-awaited Windows Vista operating system, even though most knew customers wouldn't be lining up out the door for the midnight launch of Microsoft Corp.'s latest product.

NEW YORK - "Wow" hasn't tended to be a big part of Bill Gates' vocabulary, but to hear him speak in the hours before Microsoft Corp.'s planned launch of the long-awaited Vista operating system, you'd never know it.

NEW YORK - For the first time in five years, Microsoft Corp. is finally unveiling a new system for operating personal computers. Now the company must persuade PC buyers that the launch really matters to them.

Q: I heard your debate on the radio on the Mac vs PC discussion and, like one caller, I am just buying my first computer. How do I figure out which way to go? — Katie

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Silicon Valley’s historic orchards have virtually disappeared but one notable fruit still stands: Apple. As the storied company celebrates its 30th birthday in a week, Apple Computer Inc. will have brushed off its bruises from product failures and arguably misguided decisions to emerge with a shine that’s more than skin-deep.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Silicon Valley’s historic orchards have virtually disappeared but one notable fruit still stands: Apple. As the storied company celebrates its 30th birthday in a week, Apple Computer Inc. will have brushed off its bruises from product failures and arguably misguided decisions to emerge with a shine that’s more than skin-deep.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Silicon Valley's historic orchards have virtually disappeared but one notable fruit still stands: Apple. As the storied company celebrates its 30th birthday in a week, Apple Computer Inc. will have brushed off its bruises from product failures and arguably misguided decisions to emerge with a shine that's more than skin-deep.

Catching a favorite TV show used to require being at the right place at the right time: plopped in front of a set whenever a network decided to broadcast something of interest.

We were lined up in front of the computer store, waiting for the stroke of midnight. The others were there to get a new operating system. I wanted to see history.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Further expanding beyond its roots in Internet search, Google Inc. plans to launch a long-rumored program Wednesday that provides both text instant messaging and computer-to-computer voice chat.

Sandra Griffiths has lived in Gilbert for 23 years, but she hasn’t seen the town’s rapid changes. She can hear them — in the sounds of speeding traffic on Elliot Road near her home.

Sandra Griffiths has lived in Gilbert for 23 years, but she hasn’t seen the town’s rapid changes. She can hear them — in the sounds of speeding traffic on Elliot Road near her home.

March 7, 2005

October 8, 2004

NEW ORLEANS - Ever since IBM Corp. asked a small company founded by Harvard dropout Bill Gates to build an operating system for its first personal computer, the PC industry has evolved in a dual universe. Hardware firms engineer faster systems, while software companies race to take advantage of that speed.

NEW ORLEANS - Ever since IBM Corp. asked a small company founded by Harvard dropout Bill Gates to build an operating system for its first personal computer, the PC industry has evolved in a dual universe. Hardware firms engineer faster systems, while software companies race to take advantage of that speed.