People always ask me the best way to backup their computers. Lately, the best Free program that I have found is called GoodSync. This is truely a sync program and not a backup program, but I like to use Sync rather than Backup utilites because they give me better access to my files. This is a very easy program to use, and it is free. There is also a pay version for added features.
Here is how I backup my files:
1) Know where all of your important files are at. (Pictures, Music, Documents)
2) Buy a good external hard drive at least 400 GB. It should cost around $150 or less. (Don't pay more than that)
3) Set up the Sync Program to Sync files from left to right taking them from your internal hard drive to your external hard drive.
4) Keep the files on both drives (So if one fails you have the other.) Storage is Cheap!!
5) For important files, such as Photos I also send my pictures to Flickr to back them up online in case something happens at my house. (Fire, Burglary) It's not a bad idea to do this for all your important files.
6) Don't rely on CD's or DVD's to backup your data, they can get scratched, and then your data is gone.
7) Always keep your important files in more than one place.
8) Good luck.
This is the zip file for My Personal Folder 1.0 from Microsoft. It is a password encrypted program you put on your desktop to keep your files safe from probing eyes. As soon as Microsoft released it, they pulled it right back. IT managers were scared that people would forget their passwords and they would not be able to recover their files. Also parents were worried that their kids could hide things from them. Otherwise it is a great program.
** As with any encryption program DO NOT forget your password. Your data will not be able to be recovered if you forget it.
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 Promoter Group is looking for additional contributors to its initial draft of the group’s proposed specification with a goal to have it completed by the first half of 2008.
SuperSpeed USB will create a backward-compatible standard with the same ease-of-use and plug-and-play capabilities of previous USB computer connection technologies, ports and cabling. The personal USB interconnect is targeting to deliver over 10 times the speed of today's connection and will be optimized for lower power and improved protocol efficiency. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group public Web site (www.usb.org/usb30) outlines the process to become a contributor to the specification. A company must be a USB Implementers Forum member in good standing and sign a USB 3.0 contributor agreement. Once a company has joined, it will obtain access to the current draft of the specification. The site also includes a URL for Contributors to supply comments. The group plans to review the specification with contributors at a meeting in Las Vegas on Jan. 14-15.
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group, consisting of HP, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, NEC Corporation, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments Incorporated, is committed to preserving the existing USB device class driver infrastructure and investment, look and feel and ease-of-use of USB while continuing to expand this technology’s capabilities.
Meebo.com is a great site that allows you to consolidate all of your instant messaging services into one web site. The best feature of the site is that it allows you to log in using your web browser. You don't need to download an application to you desktop. Everything is done from right inside your browser. This is great because it allows you to log in from any computer without having to dump software on it. There is also a software client available if you prefer.
Ever notice how the guy in the gun store always looks the same no matter what gun store you go into.
Congratulations to the UNLV Rebels on their first round NCAA win over Georgia Tech. Next victim, Wisconsin.
Check out this video of Chuck Liddell in an interview. It looks like he is either drunk or on some type of medication. Regardless, it is a funny video, and he is still really scary. Hopefully he won't come after me for posting this.
Check out this weeks graphic comic from Heroes. If you have not been watching the show or reading the graphic novels, this is a great place to start. Every week they add to the story with these comics. The comics are a great place to find out about new characters.
BY ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press Writer
Patrolman Brian Johnson of the Franklin, Mass., Police Department studied a surveillance video showing two men using allegedly stolen credit cards at a Home Depot.
But when Johnson didn't recognize either man, he decided to involve people - a lot of them - to help crack the case. He posted a clip from a security camera on YouTube.com, Google Inc.'s video-sharing Web site, then e-mailed the clip's link to about 300 people and organizations saying the department was looking for the men.
"You don't have to be a technology wizard to figure out how to watch a video on YouTube," Johnson said of the decision to post on the site that hosts millions of amateur and commercial videos.
A handful of police departments have utilized YouTube as a law enforcement tool, putting up video of suspects and eliciting help from the Internet-using public in identifying them. Experts say the idea has promise, but it's too soon to tell whether it will have staying power amid constantly evolving technologies and the difficulty of making a video stand out among millions. Some also see a risk of fruitless tips, misidentifications or privacy problems.
In Johnson's case, the suspects were ultimately arrested. Though the video generated publicity and thousands of viewings online, Johnson is quick to credit the success to old-fashioned police work rather than the Web site.
"You've got to ask yourself, 'What's the penetration? How many people are going to watch it? What would make people watch it?" said Eugene O'Donnell, a former police officer and prosecutor who teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.
Perhaps the most-publicized example was in Hamilton, Ontario, in Canada, where police in December posted a 72-second surveillance video on YouTube in hopes of locating a suspect in a fatal stabbing outside a hip-hop concert. Detective Sgt. Jorge Lasso said the video ultimately received more than 35,000 "hits," and police had enough information within two weeks for an arrest.
Lasso said it's hard to know exactly what role YouTube played since the clip generated so much media attention. While other departments that posted on YouTube simply relied on a press release to let the public know, Lasso went straight to the population that mattered and announced the clip on Web sites frequented by hip-hop fans.
"We hoped there would be enough buzz created that people on their own would go to YouTube," Lasso said.
While the key witness in the case told police he hadn't even seen the YouTube video, Lasso is skeptical of that claim.
"There's no way that I'm going to be convinced that a 20-something didn't view that YouTube posting," he said.
Police in Aventura, Fla., working on an open homicide case from 2001 posted video from a supermarket security camera showing the victim chatting with a younger man considered a person of interest in the case. Sgt. Michael Bentolila narrates the video, pointing out a tattoo or birthmark on the man's arm and telling viewers to note how the man walks.
Bentolila, who publicized the clip through a press release, said he had not yet received any solid leads.
"This is just something else - an extra added feature that we can now use to get our message out there on a countrywide or worldwide basis," he said.
More often, it's police who find themselves the subject of YouTube posts.
Groups that monitor police behavior use the site to post videos of arrests they believe involve excessive force or abuse. A clip of a Los Angeles officer repeatedly punching a suspect in the face surfaced on the site last year, triggering an FBI investigation.
But police are reversing that dynamic by displaying surveillance footage of suspects.
Experts say it's logical for departments to connect with the public via the web, especially younger Internet users more likely to visit YouTube and more likely, say, to have information about a stabbing outside a hip-hop concert.
"I kind of applaud the fact that police are using the latest tools," said Michael Brady, a retired police chief in Charlestown, R.I. who teaches criminal law and criminal procedure at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I. "We tend to get stuck in technology deficits. We tend to want to stick with the old tried-and-true."
O'Donnell, the John Jay professor, said he liked that police were mining the public for information and said interest in real-life crime video speaks to the "natural inclination of people to want to play detective." But he worried that a department with limited resources could waste time responding to useless leads - or receive tips that are inconsistent.
A key question, he said, is "at what point do people just say 'another boring video'" and shut it off.
Robert Ellis Smith, a Providence-based privacy expert and publisher of the "Privacy Journal" newsletter, said video posted online should have the consent of bystanders or victims in order to protect their privacy. He also suggested the videos be dated and removed once any court proceedings are concluded.
"Victims of crimes are certainly entitled to be heard before that stuff is put on the Internet," Smith said.
Bentolila of Florida noted that in narrating the video, he specifically pointed out the suspect and focused viewers' attention on him. Lasso said he removed the clip within a day of the arrest being made.
"We're not asking anybody to say they are guilty or innocent," said Johnson, the Massachusetts officer. "The purpose of putting the video out is to identify them."
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C. said, legally, police can post surveillance video online as long as it doesn't somehow falsely accuse or defame someone.
In the Massachusetts case, Johnson posted the video in December on YouTube's news and politics section after a man reported his truck had been broken into and his credit cards stolen.
The clip generated chatter from nearby police departments already investigating similar cases, and an officer in another town viewed the video and said he recognized the men, Johnson said.
But it wasn't until police in Middleborough, Mass., responded to a disturbance at a Holiday Inn that the suspects were arrested. Lt. David Mackiewicz, who was involved in the arrest, said he didn't recognize the men through YouTube and didn't even know their pictures were on the site.
"Technology," Johnson said, "will never replace the feet-on-the-street."
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CompUSA announced that it will be closing half of its retail stores last week. This means that those stores closing will be going on clearance. CompUSA also announced that it would not be sending inventory back from those stores. What does this mean? Get ready if it is a store in your area because they will be closing out the entire store. Cheap, Cheap, Cheap prices. Some of the stores that are closing have already dropped off the CompUSA website. Check if your store is gone, and that is a good indication it is closing.
This video is of a rabbit attacking a snake. I had a rabbit just like this one when I was a kid. It attack a dog like this also.
This guy must be from Wisconsin. This has got to be one of the best inventions of the 21st century. All you need is a case of keystone and your remote control and you are ready to rock!!
Joost™ is a new way of watching TV on the internet, which uses new and established technologies to provide the best of both the internet and TV worlds. We're in the process of making it as TV-like as we can, with programmes, channels and adverts. You can also see some things that we think will enhance the TV experience: searching for programmes and channels, for example, as well as social features like chat. There are many more new features to come! Joost™ uses secure peer-to-peer technology to stream programmes to your computer. Unlike other TV and video-based web applications, it does not require users to download any files to their computers or browse through complicated websites. Joost is now accepting applications for Beta testers, it looks really cool.
