by Ron Miller

DaniWeb Review: Acronis Online Backup

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Overall this a fine backup choice. It provides a generous amount of space for a fair price. They could do a better job of defining how to get started, and the web site recovery could be better integrated with the desktop software, but after you get going, it's a very straight-forward process.

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Time to Reject Content App Silos

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Content Apps from publishers like the NYT seem convenient, but they lock us into content silos. It would better for publishers to dedicate their resources to good mobile web sites we view in browsers.

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Microsoft and Apple Should Follow Google out of China

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Like a 1930s Frank Capra fantasy, it's fun to imagine fellow technology powerhouses Microsoft and Apple following Google out China, but it's not going to happen. This isn't a movie and there's just too much money to be made there.

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iPad Proves Apple's Advantage Again

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Apple always finds a way to create lust for its products using a savvy mix of superior design, big build-up and marketing magic.

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Google Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place in China

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Google is caught between the repressive actions of the Chinese government and the struggle for the legal tender, but is it really ready to cede the Chinese search market or would leaving just be a temporary step to save face before coming back for further negotiations?

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Pink Floyd Turns Tables, Screws the Record Company

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In a classic case of 'man bites dog,' Pink Floyd won a court ruling last week that its record label EMI could no longer sell individual digital songs as it violated a 1999 contract stating albums must sold intact. 

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Google's Slow March Toward World Domination

Google seems to develop new tools every week defying the stereotypes of the large, slow company, but with each new tool, it gathers more information about us and at some point, we have to consider if the trade-off is worth it.

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Five Reasons to Wait for the First iPad Refresh

 

If you can delay gratification, you might want to wait for the first revision before pulling the trigger on buying an iPad. Chances are, Apple's going to improve it.

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Why We Put Up With Facebook (and other technology)

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As I was driving around the other day, it occurred to me just how bad Facebook is, but we put up with it anyway. Then I realized this is pretty much true for all technology we use on a regular basis.

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Engadget Movie Shows Off Possible Microsoft "Digital Journal"

The Microsoft Digital Journal rumors began surfacing last September. Engadget had some detailed pictures and a movie of what this machine might look like. To me, this is way too pen-driven, although that might appeal to a small market of people who prefer to interact with a device in this fashion. I remember back in the 90s seeing a presentation of pen interfaces and this feels a lot like what I saw 15 years ago. 

Hard to separate fact from fiction here, but this movie gives you a sense of what this device might look like. Keep in mind nobody really knows whether this will ever see the light of day, and if it does, if this it what it will do, but it's interesting to watch nonetheless.