I’ve been beta-testing Universe Point’s ION Backup this week, and after sending so much feedback to the development team, I feel almost as though I’d already written the review. Because the program is still in beta, some of the things I mention may have changed by the time the release candidate (that’s the official version) comes out. The installation package for ION is a modest 23 MB. If that … [Read more...]

After I published last week’s Backup Reminder about FAM, I got a snarky response from the tech support guy at VW Solutions saying “I believe the problem was that the program is too advanced for you; this kind of review is something I expect from someone of your caliber. We received an outstanding review from PC World; they are the type of people that actually know how to use a computer.” I don’t … [Read more...]

Yesterday I woke up to one of the worst product pitches I’ve ever received in the history of this e-zine/blog. Not that I get flooded by hundreds of them every day, but people do send me requests for product reviews, affiliate partnerships, and the like. (The best pitch so far, as you know if you’ve been reading for a while, came from Seagate/Maxtor.) The problem started before I even opened the … [Read more...]