By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 12:55PM,
7 months ago
under
Spotlight Deals
If you own a computer, be it a desktop, laptop, or netbook, an external hard drive is a must-have accessory. They're great not only for providing extra storage space, but also for backing up your primary drive, moving large files between PCs, and archiving all your prized photos and videos.
Indeed, if you followed my advice of a couple weeks ago and
turned your PC into a DVR, you'll be glad to have extra storage for all your TV shows and movies. A single one-hour show recorded in HD can consume around 6 gigabytes (GB) of space.
So, how much storage space do you really need? A good rule of thumb: as much as you can afford.
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By benjamindsearle(view all posts by benjamindsearle)
at 6:57AM,
about a month ago
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Money Saving Tips
I read the news this fall about the floods in Thailand with about
the same level of interest that I suspect you all gave it. Natural
disasters always make me sad for the victims, but unless I knew
someone in the area it usually slips from my brain pretty quickly
afterward. The thing that I failed to realize was that Thailand is
a major manufacturing center for a lot of products that come
straight here to the US to be sold.
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By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 11:52AM,
3 months ago
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Newsworthy
Unintentionally hilarious photo courtesy of Backify's Web siteAbout a month ago I told you about
Backify, a new Web service offering a whopping 512 gigabytes of cloud storage absolutely free.
It sounded too good to be true, especially considering that established services like Dropbox and SugarSync limit their freebie accounts to 2GB and 5GB, respectively. Even Microsoft's Windows Live SkyDrive tops out at a comparatively anemic 25GB.
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By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 9:58AM,
3 months ago
under
Freebies
Pogoplug is getting into the cloud business.
In case the name doesn't ring a bell, the company makes
cool gizmos that let you plug ordinary USB hard drives and flash drives into your router, thereby turning them into network- and Web-accessible storage.
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