There’s a groundswell for WiFi access. And this is mostly from commercial establishments which offer customers access to the internet while within store premises. The WiFi access is usually free, depending on the establishment. But more and more, it’s not just the commercial establishment which offers the WiFi connectivity but the mall management adding this [...]
Lacie, one of the pioneers in portable personal external storage devices has partnered with Carbonite to offer offsite backup services free for one year for every external hard drive device sold. This is an added bonus to LaCie buyers, giving them a greater sense of security and peace of mind knowing that they’ve got a [...]
A while back, there was a point in time when Iomega storage devices were the backup media of choice for desktops, small office and home office environments. Now that it’s an EMC company, it’s again becoming more aggressive in the backup media and data storage market for personal use, small office and home office.
Iomega recently [...]
A 13-layer network security appliance for the desktop or notebook, the Yoggie Gatekeeper series is a powerful accessory for personal use. The Gatekeeper comes in two flavors: the Gatekeepter ExpressCard and the Pico.
The only difference between these two devices is their size. The ExpressCard is about credit-card sized attachment, and the Pico is a USB [...]
I have two computers at home, both with DVD burners, and everyone in my family has their own USB thumb drives (either a 2GB or a 4GB drive), and all of this storage space sometimes seems to be not enough. With the cameras, mp3s, and CD-audio files as well as all those downloads, the free [...]
There’s a now a growing concern for privacy. With several prominent personalities’ email accounts being hacked, the regular person is suddenly aware that this could also happen to anyone’s email or any other internet account. But besides the hacking issues, which revolves around getting into someone else’s account with the correct username and password, another [...]
I’ve been using PCs for more than 25 years and in all those years I’ve learned that a hard disk crash happens when it happens. You might have an idea that it’s impending but you can never be really sure.
There are several ways to make sure that your data survives a hard disk crash. A [...]