Posted on December 14th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Storing information on the Internet makes some people nervous. It makes us nervous too. So how about having a private cloud? A “cloud” in computer talk is a storage place for information. Commercial ones for corporations and government tend to be huge. The “my-Ditto” is a book-sized box that can act as your own private cloud. It can handle up to four terabytes of storage if you pay $370 for the maximum capacity. Less capacity costs appropriately less. It has its own Internet address, which means you can access it from any device that can connect to the Internet.
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Posted on August 2nd, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
We were impressed when we heard from a small business owner who saved $640 a month on online calendar sharing, file sharing and email archiving by using a company called InfoStreet. Before she glommed onto that, she was using several other vendors. But we also thought, “Why not use Google Business Apps?”
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Posted on February 15th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
One zettabyte equals one trillion gigabytes. In ten years, five zettabytes of data will reside “in the cloud…”
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Posted on January 31st, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
File email into folders for later access, with Mail Manager from Oasys-Software.com.
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Posted on December 27th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
A new kind of laptop is coming in a few months that uses the Chrome web browser as its operating system.
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Posted on December 14th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Evernote is a free program for note taking.
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Posted on December 7th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Google demonstrated the new Chrome operating system today and launched the first Chrome Web Store.
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Posted on November 3rd, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
A PogoPlug is a device that lets you share files online without incurring fees for online storage.
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Posted on October 24th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
“The Idiot’s Guide to Google Chrome & Chrome OS” is a good guide to the online services Google already offers, such as word processing, slideshows and spreadsheets.
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Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
A new version of LogMeIn is even handier for controlling your gadgets from afar.
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