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T-Mobile Offers Nest Secure + Nest Cam Indoor with Cellular Backups
As home security has slowly became a necessity, the home security systems have become more elaborate. With the newest technology incorporated in home security systems, security companies are now...
Man erases thousands of websites with a bad command
As one business owner showed, things can go spectacularly wrong when you don't backup properly. User "bleemboy," who runs a site-hosting business with 1,535 customers (!), wrote to a server forum saying he was using a bash script command to erase som...
Deal: Save 50% on a Backblaze Unlimited Backup 1-Yr Subscription
There’s no greater fear when it comes to today’s data driven world than losing all of your digital files. Whether your computer is hacked, or simply crashes, you need a good backup plan. And if you want to ensure your data is safe in the event of a fire or other disaster, you’ll want an off-site backup.
Fortunately, Backblaze has got you covered. For just $24.99(USD), they’ll back up all of your photos, movies, music, and documents for a full year. You can even recover files you accidentally deleted for up to 30 days. Backblaze works with Windows or Mac OS X computers, and unlike other services, storage is unlimited.
All of your data is stored in a secure and highly redundant data center, with 24-hour staffing, biometric security systems, and fully-redundant power. Backblaze works with Windows or Mac OS X computers, and unlike other services, storage is unlimited.
Your $24.99 buys you one year of unlimited storage, and can be renewed for subsequent years at the regular price of $50 or $5 a month. Head on over to the Technabob Shop now to get started with Backblaze.
Deal Of The Day: 79% Off On IDrive 1TB Hard Drive & 10TB Cloud Backup Bundle
Backing your files up is important, this much we’re sure you know. How you go about it is another question, with a ton of options available to you. iDrive has an offer that’s hard to pass up on. You’re looking at a 1TB external hard drive that you can send files to through WiFi. It’s easy and convenient, and your data will be secured with 256-bit encryption. But on top of the external drive, today’s deal gives you access to a 1 year subscription to their cloud-based backup service, which gives you an additional 10TB of storage. That’s 11TB for your stuff, in a hardware/cloud combination that’s both quick and flexible. You’d normally have been expected to pay $475 for this, but today’s deal prices it at $97.
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PSIO prototype loads PlayStation 1 ISOs on the console, no burned CD necessary (video)
Project PlayStation Input Output has been trying to load PlayStation 1 game images through the game system's parallel I/O port since 2010, and now it's ready to show off the first prototype. If piracy is your aim, then modchips that let users play burned discs and emulators that have been available through the console's 19-year history should suffice, but this project aims to bypass those methods. The potential benefits include easier homebrew support and playing of ripped discs on the original hardware without worrying about wearing out an aging console's laser. Eventually the team wants to load games and saves from an SD card, but in this demo video it's playing Klonoa: Door to Phantomile from an attached PC. As seen in the nearly ten minute video it does work, albeit slowly. As the video notes, optimizations for the USB controller and CD sectors that should speed things up have not been implemented yet. According to its FAQ, the PSIO team aims to have a final version done this year, you can check out the fruits of their labor after the break.
Source: PSIO, PSIO (YouTube)
Facebook to backup its servers with low-power storage devices at ‘Sub-Zero’ data center
Data backups come in all shapes and sizes. For some, they take the form of external hard drives or a slice of the amorphous cloud. As for Facebook, its upcoming solution is low-power deep-storage hardware contained within a 62,000 square-foot building in Prineville, Oregon near its existing Beaver State data center. Unofficially referred to as "Sub-Zero," the facility will store a copy of the social network's data in case its primary servers need to be restored in an emergency. Rather than continuously power HDDs that are only occasionally used, the new setup can conserve energy by lighting-up drives just when they're needed. One of the company's existing server racks eats up around 4.5 kilowatts, while those at Sub-Zero are each expected to consume approximately 1.5 kilowatts once they're up and running. Tom Furlong, Facebook's vice president of site operations, told Wired that there are hopes to create a similar structure alongside the firm's North Carolina data center. Since the Prineville project is still being planned, Zuckerberg & Co. have roughly six to nine months to suss out all the details before your photos are backed up at the new digs.
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Facebook to backup its servers with low-power storage devices at 'Sub-Zero' data center originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Wired | Email this | Comments Google Takeout introduces transfer tool for Google+ circles, merges your work and personal life
Those who extol the virtues of keeping one's personal and professional life separate probably never had to juggle two Google+ accounts. Folks saddled with a Google+ profile for both their personal Gmail account and their organization's Google Apps account can now migrate circles, blocks and other information from one account to another using Google Takeout. The new tool won't eliminate your double digital life completely, however -- content such as posts, profile information and comments don't migrate. The process takes time, too, kicking off with a seven day waiting period before restricting the user's Google+ access for 48 hours while Takeout boxes up the data. Still, this should make managing Circles across multiple accounts a little simpler. Check out the official Google help page at the source link below.
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Google Takeout introduces transfer tool for Google+ circles, merges your work and personal life originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft is still determined to explore every nook and cranny of Windows 8 on its way to the newly official October launch, and now it's swinging its attention towards File History, its revamped approach to preserving our data. The new component supplements Windows Backup, which Microsoft admits is "not a very popular" app, and is more than a little transparent in bringing OS X's set-it-and-forget-it Time Machine strategy to the Windows crowd. Not that we're complaining: the same basic philosophy of getting an automatic, version-aware backup of all our personal files is convenient on any platform, especially when we can get a temporary internal safeguard while we're on vacation. The differences in platforms have equal rewards and drawbacks, however. File History provides more control over backups than its Apple counterpart, including frequency (finally!) and backup age, but it can't be used to backup whole apps like with a Time Machine drive. As always with these in-depth Windows 8 explorations, there's much more to see at the source, so click on through if you've ever been worried about deleting a file by accident.
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Microsoft details Windows 8 File History, takes us through a Time Machine originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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