January 7, 2009 9:12 PM PST
Destroy, don't delete your old hard drives
BBC News reports on a study by computing magazine Which? where they recovered 22,000 "deleted" files from eight computers purchased on eBay.
The recommended way to really make sure your data is gone is to take a hammer or drill to the drive and completely destroy it. Just think of all the YouTube fun to be had destroying computers and cell phones.
Dave Rosenberg dishes up "Software, Interrupted" with nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs to open-source enterprise software companies. He is co-founder of MuleSource and currently serves as the general manager of Hardy Way. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can contact Dave via e-mail at softwareinterrupted@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @daveofdoom. 
