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Have We Been Scared Into Better Backups?

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4:00PM February 1, 2012 | Angus Kidman

Floods, bushfires, earthquakes, nuclear disasters — if those events in 2011 didn’t demonstrate the importance of having a good backup and disaster recovery solution, I don’t know what would. But a recent survey suggests that plenty of businesses still haven’t got their backup strategy sorted. More »


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How To Fix The Stupid Things You Do Online

3:00AM January 31, 2012 | Adam Dachis

The internet can bring you a lot of joy, but it can also turn into a world of pain the moment you make one stupid mistake. Perhaps you’ve been feeding the trolls, using “password” as your password, or selling your soul for access to a “free” web app. Your dumb mistakes can come back to bite you in the arse if you aren’t careful. Here’s how you can save yourself from yourself online. More »


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Business Still Slack When Planning Recovery Locations

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12:00PM January 18, 2012 | Angus Kidman

Chances are you have a backup regime in place to ensure you don’t lose crucial work information from your computer systems. But do you have a plan that includes where everyone will work in the event of a major emergency? One recent study suggests the answer is probably “no”. More »


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SSD Migration Made Easy In Windows 7

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11:30AM December 18, 2011 | Logan Booker

A few months back, I was looking to migrate my aging Dell M1330 from its 160GB magnetic HDD to a Crucial M4 128GB SSD. I was reluctant to do a straightforward backup and clean install of Windows 7 onto the SSD, including reinstalling applications, if I could avoid it. So, I did some Google investigating and tried several open source options, before settling on Clonezilla. Sadly, after fluffing around for hours trying to configure a backup, Clonezilla would either hang or stop mid-way, a painful experience when backing up over 100GB of data. Little did I know there was a much easier way to get the job done. More »


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Bushfires Pose A Major Threat To Hard Drives

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10:30AM December 6, 2011 | Angus Kidman

Bushfire season has well and truly kicked off in Australia. The big technology lesson to remember? Make sure you’ve got a good backup strategy in place that includes both physical and offline options — while drive recovery techniques are impressive these days, bushfires represent one of the most challenging scenarios, since they can literally melt your hard drive. More »


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Five Best Online File Storage Services

3:00AM November 21, 2011 | Alan Henry

Working with the same files in multiple places used to be a hassle. You’d have to make sure to bring the file with you, email it to yourself, or save it in a place you could get to it later. Now, there are a number of online file storage and syncing services that will make your data available on as many computers as you like. Here’s a look at five of the best of those services. More »


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You Should Probably Stop Using Backify

3:28AM November 17, 2011 | Jason Chen

When we told you guys about Backify, we mentioned that 512GB for free seemed like too good of a deal to be legit, even if they were re-selling the Livedrive service. Turns out we were right, and Livedrive has since cut off access to Backify. More »


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Force iCloud To Back Up Any Document Type

6:00AM November 4, 2011 | Thorin Klosowski

OS X Lion: One of the problems with iCloud is that it only works if you’re using the Apple programs it supports, but Macworld forum poster CHM figured out a way to sync and backup your documents across computers without using iWork. More »


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AppExtractor Selectively Restores Data From Backed-Up ROMs

10:00PM October 17, 2011 | Alan Henry

Android (rooted:) If you use ROM Manager to do full-device backups of your Android phone like we explained, there may be times when you need to dig into one of those old backups to find something you deleted. With AppExtractor, you can selectively pull apps, data, SMS and MMS messages, and other files from your ROM Manager backups. More »


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Backify Gives 512GB Of Online Backup Storage For Free

7:30AM October 15, 2011 | Jason Chen

A new service called Backify is offering an insane 512GB of online storage for free just for signing up for their service. It’s the definition of freemium, with two additional tiers of unlimited backup and unlimited backup + “briefcase”, which is space you can use for anything, coming in at $US3 and $US5 a month, respectively. More »