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...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-10-06: Re-establishing Backups
I reinstalled my computer last weekend in the hopes of eliminating some peculiar and fairly serious system errors. Since it wasn’t a case of total system failure, I had plenty of time to back up my files before starting. Every time I reinstall my machine, there are new things to back up beforehand and restore afterwards. My big new things for this machine were the newsreader that lets me get blog … [Read more...]