ZumoDrive is yet another example of cloud storage, similar to Dropbox, SpiderOak, SugarSync, box.net, and so on. Dave, our illustrious leader of PCMech, uses Dropbox and Mozy for file sync and backup on his Macs. Per a recent discussion I had with him about cloud storage, he has no complaints for either service. I went with ZumoDrive instead. To be completely...

I am a big fan of Dropbox. I use it all the time. If you’re not familiar with it, it is an online storage service which integrates directly with your computer. Once you set it up, you have a folder on your machine called “Dropbox”. File operations on that folder are done locally so it is super fast. Then Dropbox auto-syncs everything to your...

Installation/driver discs are unfortunately a necessary evil we all have to live with currently, and what typically drives people up a wall is best described like this: You buy a printer. It has proprietary software needed to function, which obviously comes on an installation CD. A year or two later you replace your computer and need to reinstall the printer...

Something that strikes fear into both the hearts of Microsoft and Apple are web apps, and it’s a huge reason why both companies are pushing for smartphone technologies so viciously (read: popular proprietary platform = profit). The question of the moment per this article is: If you chose to do so, could you survive on nothing but web apps? Before...

The advice to back up your data is something that is probably said at least once every 5 seconds by some random person on the internet. Every person who says this is 100% correct. You should back up your data often. However what isn’t ordinarily covered is how to back up your data that you have out there on the internet, i.e. external or cloud data....

From DesktopLinux.com: "gOS Cloud can boot in seconds, into a barebones browser-based environment not unlike the locked-down "kiosk" set-ups at libraries and cafes everywhere. Yet, here, the browser has taken on OS-like features, such as the familiar Mac OS X-like application dock shown in the screenshot below." You’ve used several...

What is a "cloud" application? It’s any application that has the power of a desktop (as in installed locally to your computer) app – except it’s all on the web. You probably use cloud apps already and probably didn’t even realize it. Do you use Gmail, Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail? That’s all in the cloud. But this is about...

While it’s true we see a ton of innovation on the internet (it’s what drives it to begin with) there’s been some stuff that was just nothing but a miserable failure from the word go. Here’s 5 of them. Some are old, some current. WebRing The concept: To "join" web sites together in a circular structure (the "ring") The...

Google is at it again. This time, they have released what is called Google App Engine. In short, this is a web application platform to allow developers and businesses to host web apps in the cloud (meaning online). Google launched the product in it’s own new blog yesterday. Google’s blog post describes the service quite well: Google App Engine gives...