Cucku didn’t invent “social backup,” but they are, to the best of my knowledge, the only backup provider that uses Skype’s peer-to-peer network to transfer your files to your chosen partner’s computer. This is both original and clever. Partnering with Skype not only saves them building their own network, it brings them to the attention of Skype’s millions of users (more than 10 million of them … [Read more...]
Backing Up Your Netbook
My main computer, Enheduanna (Enna for short), is a 17” HP Pavilion dv8040us laptop. She occupies a good deal of lap and weighs about 40 lbs. (I know the official stats on the dv8000 series say it’s less than that, but once I pack her up with the power cables, it sure feels like 40 lbs.) As a desktop replacement, Enna is wonderful, but she does suffer a bit in the portability department. My … [Read more...]
Call for Reviews: Dmailer Backup and Dmailer Sync
I did actually have a plan for what to write about this week. Two plans, even, depending on whether the VIA ARTiGO A2000 I’m supposed to be reviewing arrived. But the ARTiGO has yet to show up, and while I’ve taken a quick look at the demo and downloaded some of the sales docs for Hosted FTP, I haven’t had a chance to examine it properly. (And we won’t even go into the argument I lost with my CD … [Read more...]
Free Titan Backup Software for Backup Blog Readers
Flavius Saracut over at Neobyte Solutions just made me a very generous offer: free copies of Titan Backup 1.5 (the not-quite-latest version) for readers of this blog/newsletter. If you want to upgrade to the latest version, 2.5, you can do so at a discount by using the coupon code NEOB-B916. The regular price for the software is $39.95. I’m just taking a quick look at Titan myself. It has all the … [Read more...]
Undelete 2009—Nice Theory, but No Substitute for Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-28-08
Some weeks ago I was approached by Diskeeper and asked to review two products: Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier and Undelete Professional 2009. I’ll talk a bit more about Diskeeper and how defragmentation relates to backups in a future Backup Reminder. Today’s subject is Undelete. The first thing Undelete asks you when you install it is whether you have any files that you need to recover right now using … [Read more...]
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