Category: Storage

Jul 05 2010

Backup Your Facebook, Twitter and Blog with Backupify

By Boydo in Cloud, Facebook, Social Networking, Storage, Technology, Twitter

Are there some things that you have uploaded to a social medium that you don’t have stored anywhere else? Perhaps you are implicitly relying on Facebook and Twitter remaining operational so that all those funny comments, memorable photos, shared links and event calendars are not lost? If you have been following this blog for a …

Backupify, Blogger, delicious, Facebook, Flickr, FriendFeed, Gmail, Google, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, Google Docs, Google Mail, Hotmail, Photobucket, Picasa, SQL, Twitter, Wordpress, XML
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Jul 03 2010

Always Eject External Drives Before Removal

By Boydo in CD-ROM, Flash, Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Optical, Storage, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Over the course of my career where USB flash drives and external flash drives have become more commonplace (compared to the 1990s where floppy disks and compact discs were king) I have been shocked by the number of people that simply pull out a drive without first ejecting it. In some cases, this has lead …

buffer, cache, CD, FAT, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, Flash, floppy disk, Hard Drive, NTFS, USB, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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Jul 02 2010

When All Else Fails, Use Malwarebytes

By Boydo in Anti-malware, Antivirus, BitTorrent, Browsers, Communications, Connectivity, Email, Flash, Hard Drive, Instant Messaging, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Optical, P2P, Security, Storage, Technology, Windows Vista

Today, a work colleague and friend of mine had an issue with her computer being overcome by a nasty piece of malware formally known as PolyCrypt and commonly disguised as “Security Master AV” (which looks a lot like the Windows Security Centre). The computer was still operational and remote accessible via LogMeIn (which I have …

anti-malware, BitTorrent, e-mail, floppy disk, Instant Messaging, Internet Explorer, LogMeIn, malware, Malwarebytes, McAfee, PolyCrypt, Security Master AV, UIPI, Windows, Windows Update, Windows Vista
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Jun 08 2010

Recuva – Get a Second Chance After Emptying the Recycle Bin

By Boydo in Communications, Email, Hard Drive, Storage, Technology

Have you ever accidentally deleted one or more valuable files when you have been doing a tidy up on your computers and then watch that file disappear before before your very eyes never to return? Maybe you deleted the wrong photo off your camera or perhaps an important e-mail on your computer? I know I …

backup, Email, Hard Drive, Recuva
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Jun 03 2010

Xmarks – Browser Bookmark and Password Syncing

By Boydo in Browsers, Chrome, Cloud, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Linux, MacOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Safari, Secure, Storage, Technology

If you use multiple computers you might find it annoying that you have to maintain your bookmarks across them all or having to re-enter your credentials to login to various websites. At home I use Firefox and Chrome as my primary browsers as well as a portable version of Firefox when I am out and …

AES, backup, Chrome, cloud computing, Firefox, Google, Internet Explorer, Safari, Xmarks
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Jun 02 2010

Hard Drive Capacities – Know What You Are Getting!

By Boydo in Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology

Over the years, you may have wondered whether or not you have been duped when you bought a new computer with a hard drive of a higher capacity that your current computer or maybe when you just buy a new drive to put into your existing computer. The shop of manufacturer may advertising one capacity …

May 30 2010

Parted Magic – Disk Partitioning Made Easy

By Boydo in CD-ROM, Flash, Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Optical, Storage, Technology, Windows 7

Once in a blue moon, you might find yourself in the situation where you need to slice up that huge hard drive (or maybe a smaller solid state drive) into multiple partitions. Partitions can make your data easier to manage by keeping logical types of data separate. For example, my computer is setup as follows: …

May 11 2010

Internet Explorer 9 Preview – Second Release

By Boydo in Browsers, Chrome, Flash, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Opera, Programming Languages, Storage, Technology

Microsoft quietly released its second update to the Internet Explorer 9 Preview. I gave an overview of the first release here if you want to get up to speed on how the original preview performed. From a look and feel perspective, it looks very much the same. All of the usual toolbars and menus are …

Acid3, Chrome, Google, IE9, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Microsoft, Opera, SSD
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May 07 2010

100th Blog – Roll the Highlights Reel!

By Boydo in Apple, Copyright, Film & Literature Classification, General, Hard Drive, iPad, Legal, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Power, Privacy, Storage, Technology, UPS, Windows Home Server

Today marks the 100th post on my blog and of course, no significant celebration of a milestone would not be complete without looking over some of highlights since the beginning. I’ve written some informative pieces looking at ways to improve the accessibility and reliability of the technology that we use in our everyday lives. In …

AFACT, Apple, censorship, filtering, Hard Drive, Hewlett Packard, HP, iiNet, ipad, Microsoft, Palm, R18+
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May 06 2010

SUPER – A Great Audio & Video Conversion Utility

By Boydo in Connectivity, DVD-ROM, Fixed, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Optical, Storage, Technology, Windows Home Server

Have you ever been caught in a situation where you need to have an audio or video file in a specific file? It could be one of those “just in case” things as you never know when you might need it. Anyway, I was caught in a situation this week where the CIO wanted to …

audio, codecs, DVD, LogMeIn, Microsoft, MP2, SUPER, video, Wake on LAN, Windows Home Server, WOL
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