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Master Boot Record (MBR), or partition sector, is the 512-byte boot sector that is the first sector ("Sector 0") of a partitioned data storage device such as a hard disk. (The boot sector of a non-partitioned device is a Volume Boot Record.) It is sometimes used for bootstrapping operating systems, containing a machine code program; sometimes used for holding part of a disk's partition table[1]; and sometimes used for uniquely identifying individual disk media, with a 32-bit data signature; although on some machines it is entirely unused.

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Courts and police turning to GPS-enforced restraining orders
GPS tracking bracelets are giving judges and police a new weapon to fight against abusive husbands and lovers. In several states, these bracelets now give authorities real-time tracking of high-risk offenders and will alert police when a restraining order has been violated. Studies show the bracelets have reduced repeat offenses, but not surprisingly the offenders went back to their criminal ways after the bracelets were taken off.
14 more people implicated in UCLA medical records snooping
The California Department of Public Health has issued its findings in the UCLA celebrity medical records snooping case. The department found 14 more people snooped into the records of famous people including Farrah Fawcett, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver. This brings the total to 68 people including physicians, nurses, administrative staff and one volunteer.
Five IRS workers indicted for snooping into taxpayer files
HSBC bank server grows legs and walks off
Why hack into a server when you can simply steal the damn thing. This is exactly what happened to a Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) server containing 159,000 customer accounts, after it went missing during a branch office rennovation.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
"Let's Talk Computers" goes on the air in 1989. The radio show is hosted by Alan and Sandra Ashendorf, and features insider conversations covering the latest hardware, software, and computer innovations. The weekly show is based in Nashville, Tennessee and ranks as one of the longest running radio computer talk shows.