What is the Cloud?

Aug 5, 2010 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Over on Lockergnome, PhidiasBob was wondering what – exactly – IS Cloud computing. He’s also curious about how it works. For the longest time, we knew where our data existed. It was typically found on our hard drive or even a [...]

Media Backup Dilemma

Mar 30, 2010 | 2 Comments

Eli writes (unedited): Hi Chris, OK, I consider myself a pretty tech-savvy guy. But I’ve recently come to this point where I feel like my faith in the digital age’s media revolution is verging on collapse. I’m hoping you may be the man to resolve my dilemma. I have around 250 gigs of data that [...]

Online Backup Service Review

Nov 24, 2009 | 5 Comments

This review was sponsored by KeepVault. Editorial was completed without sponsor intervention. Hardware crashes can – and will – happen to you at some point. It’s inevitable, and often unpredictable. You could be thinking to yourself that you’re safe. After all, your computer is fairly new, right? Or perhaps it’s not “acting funny” in any [...]

How to Save Money with Online Backup Service Discounts

May 2, 2009 | 4 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When is the last time you backed up your important data? I’m talking about things that cannot be reinstalled. I know people who have never done it at all, because they simply don’t know how or where to do so! I’m [...]

Online Backup Reviews and Coupons

Apr 18, 2009 | 14 Comments

When was the last time you backed up your computer? If the answer is “never” or “I don’t know what to use,” then you might try either Backblaze or SpiderOak. Online backup services trump traditional backup methods – so long as you have a broadband connection. 10 Reasons to Use Online Backup Services You know [...]

Carbonite Coupons

Sep 10, 2008 | 9 Comments

From: Lars Noldan Date: September 10, 2008 1:50:07 PM PDT To: Chris Pirillo Subject: Online Backup Options http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/06/01/internet-hard-drive/ Was written June 1st 2006 Over two years have passed, Have you re-evaluated Carbonite.com since then? I’m thinking about signing up for their online backup service but would really love to hear a fresh opinion of it [...]

Time Machine: Present and Future

Aug 22, 2007 | 11 Comments

Here’s a question that I’m not sure anybody’s answering effectively: I was watching the video where you were talking about service packs, and you brought up Time Machine coming in Leopard. the question I have about that is how will al that information be stored? That’s a lot of information if you can go back [...]

Online Backup Service Options

Jun 29, 2007 | 20 Comments

Lockergnome subscriber Troy Lokitz may have missed our online data backup segment, but his situation may be a bit out of the ordinary: I currently use the HP MediaVault with mirrored 300gig hard drives to store my data (aside from DVD backups, the mirrored hard drives contain my working copies of my data). I’ve been [...]