Memorex Announces Capacious "Mirror for Photos" Backup Solution
For those of you who tend to a take a boatload of photos everywhere you go, Memorex has come up with an external backup solution specifically for you. Dubbed "Mirror for Photos," it's basically a...
View ArticleConsiderate Laptop Thief Returns Victim's Data on USB Key
More often than not you would find that people who have just had their laptop stolen appear more concerned about the precious data that went with it than the machine itself. If you have ever consoled...
View ArticleIn Search of the Ultimate Back Up
Everyone, from your dad to your boss to Mama Microsoft, tells you “back up your files.” But what’s the best way to protect your collection of digital music, photos, videos, downloads – and your...
View ArticleMozy Closes Unlimited Data Buffet, Serves Up Tiered Storage
MozyHome subscribers woke up to a rather disappointing email this week in which they were informed that their unlimited data backup cap is changing to a tiered service that could potentially cost them...
View ArticleFlickr Flub Has Yahoo Rethinking Account Restoration Process
All is again well for Mirco Wilhelm, who earlier this week lost 4,000 images uploaded to Flickr over the course of five years when a Flickr employee inadvertently deleted his account, the LA Times...
View Article11 Painfully Obvious Back Up Mistakes to Avoid
It's rule numero uno - the most important, essential, imperative tip. The most necessary, and often most overlooked, step: Back up. If there were a list of PC rules, back up would be numbers one and...
View ArticleLaCie's CloudBox Combines Offline Storage with Online Backups
We're constantly preaching the importance of backing up data as a preventative measure against Murphy's Law. Hard drives fail, and while it never happens at a convenient time, having backups in place...
View ArticleHow To Save Your Game Data When You Change Hard Drives
Don't Leave The Past BehindThere's an old saying that goes "You can't take it with you when you die," but we disagree. Sure, you might suffer an XP loss or have a nifty +3 bastard sword disappear from...
View ArticleToshiba Adds USB 3.0 and Cloud Backups to Canvio Portable HDD Line
Toshiba is trying to cover all the bases with its new Canvio 3.0 portable hard drive line. These drives ship in 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB capacities for local backups, support fast transfers via SuperSpeed...
View ArticleWindows 8 Syncs Settings Across Devices Using Live ID
In a typically detailed post on the Building Windows 8 blog Monday, the Windows 8 team underlined the advantage of using a Windows Live ID to sign into different Windows devices. According to Katie...
View ArticleMegaUpload Data Safe and Sound for at Least Two More Weeks
After seizing MegaUpload and freezing its assets last week, U.S. District Attorney Neil MacBride wrote in a letter to the site's lawyers saying "hosting companies may begin deleting the contents of the...
View ArticleThe Backup Primer: Six Ways To Keep Your Data Safe
PC users must be optimists. Sure, we flame and troll and gripe about every little thing, but how on earth can you explain the fact that so many of us don't back up our data, other than raw,...
View ArticleHow to Set Up a PC
Set up a PC the right wayAll expecting parents have read What to Expect When You’re Expecting, because when that little bundle of joy drops out of mommy, you’d better be ready with lots of paper towels...
View ArticleAsustor Launches Atom Powered AS 3 Series NAS Boxes for Home Consumers
Not just a boring NAS boxThere usually isn't anything inherently sexy about Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, not unless you're really into storage chores and get unusually excited about the...
View ArticleSugarSync Turns Bitter Towards Freeloaders, Going Paid-Only in February 2014
The free ride is almost overSugarSync users who have been enjoying the service's free 2GB tier received some news today that they may find hard to swallow. Beginning February 8, 2014, SugarSync will no...
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