Live Mesh and Skydrive are both offerings from Microsoft. If you have a hotmail, msn, or live e-mail account, then you already have a Skydrive account as well. If you have a live space, you do too (for those who don’t use Microsoft’s e-mail but do use Live Spaces). Also, […]
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Paperless Infrastructure : Productivity501 This is a good concept article. They discuss the idea of a completely paperless infrastructure. It includes the idea that your bank or other business would send you the information through e-mail or through a desktop application (like a document channel), instead of sending you links […]
While not as quick and painless in setting up as Mozy was, iDrive appears to be a robust backup system as well. It offers the option of Continuous Backup, which will continually update 50MB of data that you select. The setup was a little different than Mozy in that you […]
How To Restore A Missing Security Tab in Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 If you’re running into issues where the Security Tab is missing from Internet Explorer’s Internet Options, then this article will help you to fix the problem. It’s also my first post on BrightHub. Hopefully the […]
I finally downloaded Mozy tonight and am running it on my computers. The installation took about 5 minutes or so (prolonged because it had to roll back a failed install that I didn’t know I had). Then I was prompted with a configuration window. Mozy did a pretty good job […]
This is part one in a series of posts about online backup systems. I’m going to look at what’s available, how much they cost, what limits are put on the user, and methods of accessing the system (clients). Also I’ll discuss the ease of use of each system. The main […]
Last week I talked about how I found the XBMC program and was able to watch my DVD on my laptop with Kubuntu. XBMC has been ported to Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and of course the X-Box. But, how is it for watching recorded TV? Tonight I decided to find out… […]
Virginia Won’t Pay Hacker’s Ransom Demand – InsideTech.com Recently a “cyber-criminal” (please note that I’m not using the overhyped and irresponsibly used term “hacker”) broke into the Virginia Department of Health’s database and stole a bunch of records. The criminal claimed that they also deleted the backups of the records […]
12 Tips for an Organized Desk : Productivity501 I received this article as a tweet on Twitter. Even though it’s two years old, it still has a lot of value. And while my desktop is no where near organized, I’m planning on utilizing as many of these tips as I […]
I’ve been trying out Kubuntu Linux on a fairly regular basis, and haven’t stuck with it at all. This weekend through a quirk of fate (and an ars technica article), I may have found one reason to give it more of a shot. Last night, I rented four movies from […]