I'm looking SOS for on-line backup (windows only). What makes it sound good:
Your choice between instant and scheduled backup. So if instantly backing up saved files slows you down, you can switch to daily or whatever. That beats carbonite. Also you can completely unload program if you need to, which beats Mozy. And has best feature of rivals including:
Decent support for local disks, so you can use the same program for local and on-line backups, versioning, backup of open files, genuinely simple interface, can backup multiple computers.
A bit more expensive than the cheapest rivals, but not horribly so: $80 for 50 Gig, or $100 for 100 gig annually. (Obviously no charge for local backups).
Can't exactly rec since I haven't tried it. And obviously how good that price is depends on whether your need for off-site (as opposed to local) backup priced is within their limitations, since it gets very expensive if you want more on-line storage than this. But for people whose on-line backup need fit with these limits it looks to me like it is worth considering. (They have business plans which look extremely expensive.)
Can someone test something for me? Can you try to go to [link] I tried to log in with my old account last night and did it a couple times due to being unsure about the password. It now goes to an invalid session page, even if I go to the page where you find out about subscribing. I want to see if this is related to my login attempts or whether they're having some general errors on their server right now.
Goes to the "subscribe" page for me, Spidra.
Check out this computer gaming station: [link]
It just needs wheels or robotic feet to roll/walk about while you play.
So...does the Nook really not have landscape mode? And is the web browser not allowed to be used on 3G? Those seem like deal killers to me.
And does anyone have the new Nook color or have it ordered yet? It looks like that resolves both of those plus adds document viewing and Pandora, but at the cost of lcd instead of e-ink, and thus battery life in hours and not weeks, and is not available in 3G. Harumph.
Liese, the e-ink Nook does not have landscape mode, but I haven't missed it. I don't know about the browser not being usable with 3G, but it's a pretty crap browser anyway (though it's been upgraded; I just haven't used it since the first attempt at wandering). It did have a recent upgrade that resulted in much MUCH faster page turns, different ways of organizing your books, and, I hear, better battery use (haven't been able to judge that yet). The battery life is not weeks, for me, despite whatever they may say. One reviewer says it's because of the LCD screen taking too much, but if I'm on a reading binge, I have to recharge it every 24 hours with wifi connected. It still wins over the Kindle, for me, because of being able to check out library books, but I think the contrast is a bit better on the new Kindle. Kindle is supposed to be adding the same "lend me" feature as Nook has now, though I don't know if they'll ever support epub.
eta: Until Kindle supports Adobe epub/PDF/Digital Editions, they won't be able to support library books. The "Lend Me" feature, like with the Nook, only allows you to loan a book to one person for 14 days and then you can no longer lend it out.
Can any e-ink machine run a decent browser? I assumed the refresh rate with current e-ink is too slow for anything but extremely limited browsing. One reason Nook switched to LCD?
I haven't heard particularly good things about the Kindle browser, either. I don't know about the others. I like Borders comparison chart for figuring out what I'm looking for. [link] They used to include the Kindle and the Nook on the chart, but removed them. I can read books from BaM (which is also offering the Nook) Powells (except I'm not seeing ebooks on sale on their website anymore), or Borders on the Nook because they all support epub.
I played with a Sony E-Reader yesterday. For a dedicated-purpose reader, it was pretty friendly, and felt solidly-made (not true of most of the ones Borders had on hand).
