The Pandora Recovery 2.0 data recovery tool now recovers from both NTFS and FAT formatted drives and remains free to all.

It’s been a while since we’ve given you an update on some of the coverage our own David Gewirtz and the ZATZ magazines have been getting, and we also wanted to share some of the link-love back to those who wrote about us. So here are a few of the articles mentioning David’s work in the last few weeks:<UL><LI>Yahoo News, "GAOBashes Feds Sloppy E-mail Management"<LI>Aljazeera Magazine (yep, that Aljazeera), "Lost e-mails obscure ‘Plame-gate’"<LI>Pacific Free Press, "Bush Farewell: A Legacyof Continued Secrecy"<LI>ConnectIT News, "U.S.government cyber-security worse than previously thought"<LI>Certification Magazine, "E-MailExpert Addresses the White House’s IT Shortcomings"<LI>MC Press Online, "Hardware Encryption Offers Benefits over Software Encryption"</UL>A full list of recent coverage is on his Reviews Page. Stay tuned. With more interesting articles coming out and a pile of interviews scheduled over the next few months, we’re sure to have a lot more link-love to share throughout the summer.

The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) cautioned investors about a new identity theft scam designed to extract confidential information and cash from unwary individuals.

SIPC officials are investigating phony emails sent by a supposed "senior investment advisor" claiming to act for an SIPC member. Neither the individual nor the firm named in the message are involved in the solicitation. The email falsely claims the brokerage firm is acting on behalf of SIPC.

To get the information supposedly needed to file the claim, the sender includes a fake SIPC "Beneficiary Information for Automatic Deposit of Payment" form requiring information which could be used to withdraw funds from an investor’s accounts. The phony form even includes a false detailed form routing number: "SIPC 4531/09 (4-00)."

Investor reports about such e-mails sent in the name of SIPC should be directed to vdrew@sipc.org. Investors receiving any such suspicious e-mails are encouraged to forward the original e-mail to SIPC.

To learn more about how SIPC brokerage account liquidations work, go to http://www.sipc.org/pdf/SIPC_brochure_Investors_Guide_To_BD_Liquidations.pdf on the Web.

It was a bad day when Uncle Benji’s laptop was stolen. His new PC had Windows Vista on. Instead of agreeing to the EULA – which he actually read – he asked for a refund on the operating system.

For details on his saga: http://www.equiliberate.org/?q=node/3

Federal prosecutors say former KYW-TV anchor Larry Mendte gained access to Alycia Lane’s accounts from home and at work – some 537 times between January and May alone – and shared information he found with a reporter. Lane’s attorney said the motive was jealousy, but authorities were silent on Mendte’s motive and his method.

Disk Space Finder is a free tool to help you find out what is taking up the most disk space on a PC.

Bango has unveiled new technology to help website owners measure the value of mobile sites by accurately counting unique visitors browsing their site.

Scrapboy Digital Media Corporation announced the availability of Scrapboy, its Facebook desktop application, to users in North America. Scrapboy allows people to stay connected with their friends’ Facebook activities on their desktops and store those activities locally, not on a remote server.

As the country faces a recession, recommendation website THEFILTER.COM sees dramatic rise in the popularity of depressing music.

sigh… sing me no sad songs

Eastman Kodak Company announced that Albyn Housing Society has installed a ScanLink electronic document management (EDM) system along with a new duplex i1420 tabletop scanner to manage documentation generated in providing affordable rented housing in the Scottish Highlands.

Processing up to 60 pages per minute, the Kodak i1420 handles virtually all document sizes and shapes and features Kodak’s Perfect Page imaging technology to ensure quality scanning.