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Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up?

shadeshope writes "Slowly but surely Google has taken over my computing life.How can I back it up? Bit by bit with their mantra, hip image and brilliant services. Google has gained my trust and all my data. I am doing almost all of my computing in the cloud. Google Reader, Calender, Email, Docs and Notes have become my tools of choice. Even to the point where my day book, research notes etc are all on Google's servers.It was just so easy, enabling me to effortlessly work from multiple computers, operating systems and locations. I know, I know, this is foolish — all my eggs are firmly in one basket. It has crept up on me. As a long-time computer user, and committed pessimist, I have used many schemes over the years to ensure my data is safe.

My Point of View - Escom should reason

Did Peterson Zembani, Escom boss, think he made sense? Imagine; amidst load-shedding and persistent blackouts, Escom is exporting electricity to Zambia, and Zembani says there is 'nothing the parastatal can do' because the agreement to sell power was signed in 1996. Does this make any sense?

Where Has All My Spam Gone?

An anonymous reader writes "I have my own domain, which has its own email server, where I receive all my personal email. I've been getting about 800 emails a day, of which perhaps 20 are real. Suddenly, Sunday or Monday evening, the spam pretty much stopped. My volume of mail has plummeted to less than 100 a day, and as far as I can tell, I'm not missing any real mail — I'm still getting the email list subscriptions I'm expecting, and every time I ask someone to send me a test message, it gets through. My domain host insists that it doesn't do any spam filtering before mail gets to my inbox, and that they've changed nothing about their configuration. I run SpamAssassin on my server to mark, but not delete, spam, and download the whole mess to my home client, and I'm still seeing the occasional message tagged by SpamAssassin.

Update on iTunes Eating My Applications

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Option activity heats up on eBay (EBAY) ahead of this afternoon's earnings report

We're all friends here, right? Well, I have a confession to make: I'm a shoe-aholic (I may have mentioned this in the past). I think it dates back to my college days (all 8 years of them), when I was working my way through school at a "big box sporting goods" retailer (no names mentioned to protect the innocent). Unfortunately for me, shoes are one of the college habits that I have proven unable to break ... curses Nike, Adidas, Converse, and Puma!! (Christmas Hint for my Faithful: those are my brands of choice, I wear a 12, and like the retro vibe) Well, one thing has led to another, with my addiction for shoes leading to an addiction to eBay (EBAY: View sentiment for EBAYsentiment, chart, options) . I'll check out the latest kicks in my size before I retreat to the Fightcave for my night's rest – prompting the spouse to ask me why I am

Options Update: Option Players Issue Their Bids on eBay

We're all friends here, right? Well, I have a confession to make: I'm a shoe-aholic (I may have mentioned this in the past). I think it dates back to my college days (all 8 years of them), when I was working my way through school at a "big box sporting goods" retailer (no names mentioned to protect the innocent). Unfortunately for me, shoes are one of the college habits that I have proven unable to break ... curses Nike, Adidas, Converse, and Puma!! (Christmas Hint for my Faithful: those are my brands of choice, I wear a 12, and like the retro vibe) Well, one thing has led to another, with my addiction for shoes leading to an addiction to eBay (EBAY: View sentiment for EBAYsentiment, chart, options) . I'll check out the latest kicks in my size before I retreat to the Fightcave for my night's rest – prompting the spouse to ask me why I am

How Can I Use My Shopping Cart To Beef Up My Online Sales

Two years ago, I decided to take on the venture of selling rare books online. My vision was to have people logging on and buying my books by the dozen. Sadly, my vision was replaced by the realization that it was not as easy as I anticipated. In trying to increase my sales, I learned several things along the way.

Review: The iPhone 3G was Worth the Wait

Computerworld — As I write this, my new white 16GB iPhone 3G is in the process of syncing about 10GB of music from my iTunes library. This is my second sync. Although I was one of the lucky ones able to both buy and eventually activate an iPhone 3G on Friday, I at first opted to copy over the same paltry 2GB of music that was stored on my first-generation 4GB iPhone along with my e-mail accounts and a handful of applications from the App Store. Having waited close to four hours in line at a New York AT&T store, close to 20 minutes for the purchase process, and another four-plus hours attempting to activate my iPhone at home via iTunes, I simply couldn't wait for a full sync before putting my iPhone through its paces.

Can you Make Your Smartphone Smarter?

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Poll: Digital Music, How do you Roll?

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Amosu Ultimo Diamond iPhone costs $176k

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Blackberry Owners can now Sync with iTunes

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iPhone 2.0 Apps. They are Good! But Good Enough?

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Rut Roh Shaggy, Leaked details of the Palm Treo 800w

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Unsolicited Offer For My Personal Domain Name?

Batzerto writes "Last Friday I received an unsolicited email offer for my domain — click the link below for the message. Their company name matches my domain, but with a country-specific top level domain (.NL in this case). They do seem to be legitimately using the domain in their country. As for my usage, the domain is my last name(.COM) and I'm only really using it for email. I'm not really that attached to it other than the hassle of changing email addresses. There are other flavors of the domain available (.US for example) that would suit my purposes just fine. So, Slashdot veterans, I ask you, what should I do? I'm leery of making an offer and falling into someone's legal trap. I wouldn't mind getting a chunk of cash out of the deal though.

Spending too much on my cats, part two: Should I buy a Litter Robot?

Well, it's been three months since I adopted Ruby and Dolly Parton and despite a few mishaps—a little pee on the bed, my ceramic Buddha no longer has a head and the bottoms of my dresses now have a kind of "de-constructed" look—things have gone swimmingly. I love these cats and I can't imagine my life without them. What I can imagine my life without is the smell of their litter boxes in my not-very-big apartment. We've tried all kinds of litter. The natural ones smell within an hour and the chemical ones don't smell, but scare me (some are made with known carcinogens. No, no, no.). Because I can't literally be manning the box after every visit, and because I equally don't love the scent when I get home, I really don't know what to do. I've heard good things about the Litter Robot, which waits seven minutes after your cat leaves the bo

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Previews

Finally! I knew there was a reason I still had my Blizzcon 2007 beta invite/murloc costume card in my wallet...besides boring old forgetfulness! Blizzard just recently nudged open the door to the Wrath of the Lich King beta for the press and Blizzcon and Worldwide Invitational attendees, and being Johnny on the spot with the card in my wallet, I was the first 1UPer to get in. I transferred my two level 70s over to the beta PVP realm, logged in on my warrior long enough to see tumbleweeds blow through an empty Stormwind, and then fired up a new Death Knight. Who's laughing now! Oh right, Jeff Green, because while he's just finished the install, I'm the guy stuck writing up the impressions.

Transit Directions with Google Maps 2.2

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Are iPhone 3Gs developing cracks?

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The iPhone 3G is coming ... Friday

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Rhapsody "embracing" the iPod

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3G iPhone In-Store Activation Explained

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Brace yourselves for the Women in Arts fest

Yesterday was the official launch of the 2008 Women in Arts Festival, and I find myself, as I found myself at this time last year and the year before, planning my schedule for the next four days with a mixture of anticipatory cringing and warm, fuzzy optimism. Every year I pin my hopes on there being at least one good party where I can expect to shake my ass without having it fondled by some beer-fuelled, ass-grabbing automaton, one mediocre art exhibition that I can spit upon with my elitist art-critic supper club and one jovial public penis-hating session at Constitution Hill to which I can bring my guitar and my dildo.

Go!View video on demand for PSP launches today

So there I am, sitting at my desk eating my chicken and cheese club sandwich trying not to drop slices of heavily mayoed tomato onto the keyboard when what should turn up in my inbox in a rather casual manner but the announcement that the Sony PSP video on demand service, Go!View, has just gone live? Indeed, just like that.

MY BABY BOOMS ON THE NINTENDO DS

Nobilis, the French publisher is proud to announce that its baby lifesim game“My Baby�, recently released in France in two versions“My Baby Boy™� and“My Baby Girl™�, has just topped the French charts. My Baby ranked N°1 on Nintendo DS™ French market week 26. The Game has just been released in Spain, Benelux, Italy, and Portugal where the same level of performance is expected.

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