Focus on Cloud Storage

The term “The Cloud” has received a lot of play lately. I read about it almost daily in reviewing tech stories. Basically, the cloud is the Internet. Today’s top three articles focus on only one use of the cloud…as an external storage medium for your data. To me, that is presently its highest and best use.

Data should always be backed up to more than one kind of media…and at least one copy of your data should always be held off-site…in case of fire, flood, theft or other disasters. Many of you do your backups on to external drives…and that is just great. Better some backup than none. But in the event of a disaster such as those just mentioned, you could lose all your original data and the backups at the same time.

Here is where cloud storage comes in. It is a different kind of media than any other you have…and it is off-site. I recommend you read more about storing your most valuable data in the cloud and think about the possibilities. It just may save your bacon one day. - JRC

Cloud fight! Amazon Cloud Drive vs. Google Docs vs. Microsoft Skydrive - PCWorld

Analysis: The competition is getting more heated, and now the Box.net is entering the mix.

Use Multiple Online Cloud Storage Services for Free and Organized Backup

We recently reviewed a few popular cloud storage services in an attempt to help you choose the best one, but why should you necessarily have to choose just one? Instead, use them all to create an organized online backup system that's completely free. The concept is pretty simple: sign up for as many free cloud storage accounts as you need and utilize each one to back up different kinds of files.

Amazon Cloud Drive and Cloud Music Player - Review

Quietly, but relentlessly, online retailing giant Amazon has moved to establish itself as the cloud-based platform and ecosystem with the most value, and as astonishing as this sounds, this company may in fact be the most powerful competition that Apple, Google, and Microsoft will face in the coming years.

Malware E-mail Poses As Windows Security Update

E-mails posing as critical Microsoft Windows security updates are actually deploying corrupted files that can infect computers with a dangerous strand of malware. The security firm Sophos is warning users to be on the lookout for e-mails titled “Update your Windows,” which contain a letter purporting to be from Steve Lipner, Microsoft’s director of security assurance. The message informs recipients that Microsoft has issued a “high priority” security update for several versions of Windows, and instructs them to download the .zip file attached to the e-mail.

How to Fix Your Wireless Internet Connection Problems

Without question, your router is one of the most useful and convenient tech devices you own. But many of you probably view it as one of the biggest sources of frustration, anxiety, and downright anger. The fact is, setting up a home router—and keeping it running—is still more complicated and demanding of tech knowledge than the average user would like it to be.