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If you’re a Carbonite online backup customer, they’ve released yet another way to get at your files when away from your computer.  The company has released a Carbonite iPhone App (it works on iPod Touches as well). From the CEO of Carbonite: The Carbonite app gives me access to the backed up files from each [...]

Most people know that Carbonite is a good solution for backing up your PC or Mac. However, what a lot of people don’t know is that you can also access your backed-up files on the go. A while ago, Carbonite rolled out their new Remote File Access feature. To access it, go the Carbonite homepage. [...]

Recently I came across this tweet from Ross L. Kodner and he brought up a good point – one of the benefits of an online backup is having your data safe and sound. If you live in a city that is prone to earthquakes, hurricanes, etc., it kind of defeats the purpose to have your [...]

In the last few weeks, two online backup services, HP Upline and Yahoo Briefcase have both announced that they are closing. While some have said that this is a sign that the online backup market is not sustainable, both Mozy and Carbonite have been clever and used it as an opportunity . Nate from Mozy [...]

Recently I posted about how to backup your ScanSnap profile settings if you are on the Mac. Here is how to do it on Windows. The ScanSnap settings are stored in C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\PFU\ScanSnap. Obviously, “yourusername” would be replaced with your Windows username. If you can’t see the “Application Data” folder, go up to [...]

Dave Friend, the CEO of Carbonite, wrote a blog post the other day about his experience actually using his product. According to a recently released survey by Compuware, most data loss is attributable to either user negligence or malice. Only 1% of data loss is due to hackers. I loved the headline on this story: [...]

A new version of Carbonite (3.7) has been announced. Here is the PR-speak: “We spent a significant amount of time talking with customers for this upgrade of Carbonite,” said David Friend, founder and CEO of Carbonite. “We’ve always had the goal of Carbonite being the simplest online backup to use and we’ve been lauded for [...]

There has been a lot of debate lately about “living in the cloud” and whether to keep data and applications locally or stored out on the Internet with backup services like Mozy or Carbonite. Which is better for backing up your documents? Online Backup Pros: The data is (hopefully!) encrypted Depending on the service you [...]

Possibly None It could be that you already have all the software that you need. If you have a ScanSnap or other scanner, it will come with software to scan and possibly even convert it to a searchable PDF. It might even come with some simple document management software. If you have an external backup [...]