Are Your Backups Usable?
When I was preparing for my most recent visit to Cleveland to see my parents (that’s Cleveland, Ohio, for any of you reading this from outside the USA), my father said, “Bring a PC.” I haven’t traveled...
View ArticleLast Chance to Get a Free Copy of Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Compact
I happened across this in my Google Alerts the other day and figured I had to check it out. It’s true: until midnight tonight, January 19th, 2010, you can download a copy of Paragon Backup and Recovery...
View ArticleGoodSync—and File Backup, Too
A good two months ago—or perhaps not so good, from his point of view—the long-suffering Richard Krueger of SS|PR contacted me about GoodSync Enterprise, the new corporate version of GoodSync Pro, a...
View ArticleCloudBerry: Amazon S3 Backup the Easy Way
Back in January when I wrote about Automatic WordPress Backup, Andy K. from CloudBerry Lab popped up in the comments on the cross-post to the WordPress Asylum site asking why I had recommended S3Fox...
View ArticleParagon Backup & Recovery 10.1 Free Doesn’t Quite Live up to Its Name
Don’t worry, Paragon Backup & Recovery 10.1 Free Edition really is free. And it is a backup and recovery tool. But I’m not sure I would call it a paragon among programs of its kind, even though...
View ArticleDmailer Launches Free Online Backup Service to Compete with Mozy—But Not...
A couple of weeks ago a representative of Dmailer contacted me with information about their forthcoming, still-under-embargo release of a free version of their software that would also include 2 GB of...
View ArticleCatching Up on Backups
Well, this is embarrassing. The last time I wrote my so-called weekly column was more than a month ago. And, believe me, it’s not because nothing has been happening in the world of backups. Life got...
View ArticleNew Computer = New Backups
At the beginning of June, I got a new computer. It was high time: Enna is more than four years old now, and she’s pretty sluggish, and Windows XP is getting just a tiny bit outdated, though I preferred...
View ArticleBack to School Sale on Acronis True Image Home 2010
Acronis kindly notified me that they’re having a back-to-school sale on Acronis True Image Home 2010. Act now and you can get it for $29.99 instead of $49.99. I haven’t tried the home version of True...
View ArticleRebit 5: Better Than Ever, but Not Quite as “Ridiculously Simple”
I received my new Rebit 5 device, a charmingly slim, black 500 GB portable hard drive, on March 21st. (There was a time when Rebit wanted to get away from selling hardware, but that idea seems to have...
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