SlimComputer also performs general cleaning routines that are designed to aid the defense of personal data by cleaning/deleting recorded information, including Internet caches, saved Internet files and log files from all of the major browsers, IM clients, etc.

At some point, Lincecum and the Giants will agree to something and all the headlines and speculation of the past few weeks will immediately fade into various Internet caches.

And, new to Version 1.1, is Norton Cleansweep, a dandy utility that scours the computer for unneeded, redundant or temporary files, including Internet caches and cookie crumbs.

For a long time, the legal position of services such as Internet caches was dubious under British law, with such copies technically being infringing.