If you travel as frequently as I do, you've probably learned a few things about life on the road, tips that help you avoid problems and ensure that fluffy pillows are the biggest complaint you have, not lost data or crashed laptops. One of my favorite tips, one that I have seen people ignore with really terrible results more than once, is to never apply a security update, patch or other system change when you're...

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It was less than a year ago that I bought a 256MB thumb drive and thought "man, lots of space, that'll be handy". In fact, I added my keys and made it my keychain. Then I decided it was too small and upgraded to a Lexar "Jump Drive" with an impressive 512MB of space coupled with some encryption software that would ensure that if I lost the drive, I wouldn't be out of luck. Problem...

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