Our Anniversary giveaway closed last night and the winner is… Zakariae el Mesri He was pretty faithful in coming back and tweeting about the contest everyday and it was one of those tweets that was randomly selected. His prize of a year of Backblaze and a 1TB external hard drive have already been ordered and… Continue Reading
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Backblaze vs. CrashPlan
Two of the hottest online backup services, and our current number one and two picks, are Backblaze and CrashPlan. Both companies offer online backup but beyond that they have very different philosophies on how that backup should be done. Backblaze For Backblaze, as I have mentioned before, they simply backup everything. Instead of making the… Continue Reading
Backblaze Offering USB Flash Drive Restores
Backblaze is one of only a few companies that offer restores via an external medium like an external hard drive. They used to offer a DVD restore option for $99 but have just removed the DVD option and in its place are not offering a restore by a 28GB USB flash drive. The best part… Continue Reading
Mozy Stash vs. Dropbox
I have posted a Mozy Stash review, but thought one of the questions everyone is going to wonder is how Mozy Stash compares to Dropbox so here is a Stash versus Dropbox comparison for those wanting to know how Stash stacks up. Operating System Support One of the great things about Dropbox is the ability… Continue Reading
Mozy Launches Stash
Mozy has opened up Stash into a public beta, so if you are a Mozy user you can now sign up for Stash and start syncing files between devices. You don’t even have to have the Mozy backup software installed on all the devices you want to sync files to. You can also access the… Continue Reading
Carbonite Home Earns Coveted “Parent Tested Parent Approved” (PTPA) Seal of Approval
As a parent you look for advice on many different products and services from other parents. Carbonite recently won the Parent Tested Parent Approved seal of approval for their Carbonite Home service. The complete news release is included below for your information. Want to know more about Carbonite online backup? Read our complete Carbonite Review… Continue Reading
CrashPlan Apps Updated to Support Highest Security Settings
CrashPlan users who choose to use private passwords or their own private encryption keys are going to be happy to hear that they now can access their CrashPlan backup files using the mobile apps. Prevously it was not possible for these users to access their backed up files with the mobile app unless they switched… Continue Reading
Bitcasa Invites!
Update: Looks like all my invites are gone. When I get more I will post them. For now you can just signup for the waiting list. I have been trying out Bitcasa for a little while now and will have a full review as soon as I can. If you don’t want to wait for… Continue Reading
Crashplan Raises $52.5 Million in Funding
Considering the number of online backup services that have started and closed in the last 3 years, not to mention the various resellers that have been come and gone, it is nice to hear about a company raising funding to continue growing. Besides the injection of cash to Code 42 and Crashplan it is interesting… Continue Reading
Universal Online Backup for PCs, Macs, Smartphones and Tablets
IDrive is one of the few online backup services that offers backup not only for Windows and Mac computers but also for smartphones and tablets. IDrive has been a steady and constant innovator of online and mobile backup and at only $4.95/month for 150GB they offer a compelling service and now that you can backup… Continue Reading