SCANNING YOUR PHOTOS

GoClickFree.com and Verbatim have photo DVDs that automatically back up digital photos. Canon has an easy to use scanner for turning regular prints into digital ones.

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YOUR VERY OWN CLOUD

The Netgear Stora is a really big hard drive that has its own address on the Internet.

PUTTING IT ALL ONLINE

Mozy and McAfee offer unlimited online backup for $5 a month.

NERO IS BURNING

Nero is offering a free version of their excellent Nero 9 software for burning text, numbers, photos, movies, etc., to CDs and DVDs.

THE DROP BOX

We’re on a never-ending quest for the perfect way to share large files, keep your home and work computers synced, and do it all for free. We think we found the solution at an Internet service called Dropbox.

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UBUNTU? WE BUNTU TOO

If your Windows computer won’t start and you need to get your files, try using a flash drive that has its own operating system.

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WAFER-THIN BACKUP

Automatic backup with a device the size of a credit card.

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NEW BACKUP DRIVE FROM SEAGATE

The Seagate Replica and the Rebit drive both provide “no-brainer” backup. Just plug them in and they start backing up your PC, including the operating system and all your programs.

RUNNING OUT OF TIVO SPACE?

Western Digital’s new TiVo extender gives you 600 hours of video.

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NO-BRAINER BACKUPS

A company called “Rebit” (think of the sound a frog makes) has come out with a hard drive that does all the thinking for you.

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