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more about #backup more comments → veronykah: How timely this is for me, I just upgraded to an iPhone from a Blackberry Pearl 8100 and I am realized the SIM on the pear is virtually useless in ter... more » bagellord: I back up my contacts and calendar with Google Sync on my Blackberry. Words pretty darn well. I usually send my pictures to my picassa album after I s... more » skierpage: If you have a CDMA dumbphone, "BitPim is a program that allows you to view and manipulate data on many CDMA phones from LG, Samsung, Sanyo and other m... more » Jacubious: I use MyPhone and it is probably the best part of my experience with WinMo. It just does its thing automatically every night, and I can access the ser... more » Fractal the Meek: For anyone in WinMo, I'll vouch for PIM Backup, especially if your device has microSD or the like. It really is fantastic, though ugly. more » dragon:ONE: Windows Mobile also has some other great restore programs - some even provided by the carrier. My FUZE came installed with Sprite Mobile Backup and f... more » joandrade: Where's the BlackBerry love? more » kakarotthemonkey: I concur with the other comments - BlackBerry is a glaring omission to this article. Still very helpful on the other major smartphone's OSes though. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Mac users can use ISync to back up their Symbian based Nokia phones. Nokia also has Mac apps to transfer media & tether the phone as well. more » TheWerewolf - Sotto voce: No disrespect - but... Why in God's name would anyone go to such lengths to make a simple process so mindnumbingly complicated? A 500GB pocketdrive c... more » Audi5000: None of these suggestions do much for multiple TBs of data. They should sell harddrives in double packs! more » Barry99705: Or use BackBlaze. It's not free, but it's $5 a month for unlimited backups. If you pay by the year you get two months free. Personally I use a mac ... more » SpriteMV: A little tip for those throwing lots of files to SkyDrive: Try uploading in IE rather than firefox. This will give you an interface to drag many fil... more » dingus: Important files go on my NAS, which gets backed up weekly to a bare 3.5" drive via a drive dock. That drive gets swapped every month with one in a sa... more » Kaiser-Machead: Sorry, but I'm going to have to shake my cane at this, and ramble on about how I don't trust the goldarned clouds to store my valuable moving pictures... more » -
#howto
How To: Back Up Any Smartphone
You back up your computers, or at least know that you should. But what about your smartphones? They carry massive amounts of personal data, and are subjected to life-or-death situations on a daily basis. Here's how to back them up: More » -
#howto
How To: Back Up All Your Stuff For Free, No Hard Drive Needed
People don't neglect backing up their computers because it's hard—it isn't, at all. No, people file into the inevitable death march of data loss for one reason: Backing up usually costs money. But it doesn't have to.
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#usb
X-Power 1 iPhone USB Cord Comes With Built-In Rechargable Battery And....Gives Orgasms To Kristen Bell
The X-Power 1 USB cord has a built-in rechargeable battery to give you a bit of backup power on the go (assuming you remember to take the cord with you). Their ad seems to imply more than that though. More » -
#ps3
PS3's 2.70 External Video Backup Works, But You Can't Stream
It's been a couple months since the PS3 2.70 firmware update, but we've finally gotten the chance to test out the external video storage. In two words: it works. More » -
#backup
Time Warp Backs Up Your Time Machine, Er, Backups to Amazon's S3 Service
One of the more interesting, ways to keep your precious Time Machine backups safe: Time Warp is a $25 app (free while in beta) that compresses and encrypts your backups, then uploads them to your Amazon S3 account. More » -
#timemachine
How to Use Time Machine Backups on Windows Home Server (or Any Networked Storage)
One of the lame things about Time Machine is that backups over the network are only officially supported on Time Capsule. Luckily, even if you don't have one of HP's Time Machine-compatible Home Servers, you can make it work. More » -
#bluray
Blu-ray Managed Copy Full-Res Backups Are Only Good in Theory
The idea behind Blu-ray Managed Copy sounds good—it'll let you make one full-res backup copy of a Blu-ray disc, and studios are required to support it beginning next year. But needing brand new hardware is just the start. More » -
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#homeserver
Acer Aspire easyStore Expandable 1TB Windows Home Server Cube Is $400
Acer's Aspire easyStore is on the cheaper and smaller side of pre-built Windows Home Server configs at $400, but unlike some at that price, this little cube actually has three hot-swappable HDD bays to expand its 1TB of storage. Full specs: More » -
#windowsmobile
Microsoft My Phone Beta Open to the Public
My Phone, Microsoft's new over-the-air backup system for Windows Mobile phones, is available for free in a public beta. Jason called it "fairly good" and even "fancy", so it's definitely worth a try. [WM Dev] -
#backup
Seagate Replica Is Time Machine for Windows PCs
For all of Windows 7's niceties, it still doesn't have an appropriately slick built-in backup system like Time Machine. Enter Seagate Replica, which Rob at BoingBoing Gadgets says works perfectly, just like Time Machine. More » -
#concepts
Concept Hard Drive Provides Intravenous Therapy for Peace of Mind
I wonder, if I shared this IV with any of my friends, do you think I could get any strange viruses? Is exchanging data anything like exchanging fluids? If so, no thank you. [Core77] -
#usb
Dock your USB Sticks In Corsair Voyager Port's Gentle Curves
Corsair's Voyager Port a semi-automated backup system, just waiting for your USB 2.0 flash drives to dock into. More » -
#myphone
Windows Mobile My Phone Impressions - It's a Fancy Backup Service
Windows Mobile fans hoping that Microsoft's My Phone over-the-air syncing service was going to be Mobile Me for WinMo can put those thoughts away. It's basically just a fancy backup service. But it works! More » -
#windows7
Win 7 Tip: Windows Home Server Is Almost 100% Compatible Already
It's not a huge surprise, but Windows Home Server's Connector software works just fine with Windows 7. Everything from the client to the backup software acts appropriately. More » -
#hp
Remember to Back Up: HP Deletes Your Data for the Letter "P"
It should be common sense to back up whenever you are sending your laptop off to be fixed, even for something small. According to Consumerist, one unlucky reader learned the hard way. More »
