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So I'm working on the HDD of a laptop of a friend. I'm not sure wtf was done to this machine, but there has been a bit of reallocation due to bad sectors. Unfortunately, chkdsk seems to be running ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to take steps forward in efforts to protect taxpayer data. Two years ago, the IRS moved to provide more privacy for individual taxpayers; now, beginning on ...

When Brisbane radio producer Josh Edwards booked an appointment with his accountant to get his tax done, he had no idea that his tax file number (TFN) had been stolen. Edwards, who works for ABC Radio ...

Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...

Source: Flickr / Ken Teegardin CC BY-SA 2.0 A Tax File Number (TFN) is a number that is unique to each person in Australia. It connects their earnings, superannuation and taxation to them. It’s ...

There was a spike in deadly shark attacks reported globally in 2023, with one country bearing the brunt of incidents, a new report shows. The overall number of fatal incidents last year remained ...