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iCloud Time Capsule “personal cloud” reveal at WWDC 2011 today?

Chris Davies, Jun 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple's WWDC 2011 opening keynote is just hours away - don't forget to join us for the SlashGear liveblog! - but that hasn't stopped the leaks, rumors and speculation. iCloud is already on the agenda, and according to a Cult of Mac source it's not just a cloud music service but a way to put your entire Time Machine backups onto a new, intelligent Time Capsule. What's currently a basic NAS will, they suggest, get an Apple A4 or A5 processor upgrade as the Airport Express is tipped to, and be able to host users' Home folders and make them available to any Mac OS X or iOS device. Read The Full Story

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Iomega SuperHero Review

Rue Liu, Mar 11th 2011 Discuss [4]

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a device that automatically backs up important data from your iPhone every time you charged it? A solution may be the Iomega SuperHero iPhone backup and charger that’s designed to let you easily backup your contacts and photos directly to an SD card without the hassle of connecting to iTunes on your computer. This makes the backup process as easy as setting your iPhone onto a charging dock.

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MobileMe online-only shift detailed by leaky Genius

Chris Davies, Feb 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

A leaked screenshot purportedly from Apple's internal systems has confirmed that MobileMe is transitioning to be available exclusively online. Rumored earlier this week, as part of broad sweeping changes to the Apple backup and remote access service, the information sent by an Apple Genius to 9 to 5 Mac suggests that once the the remaining MobileMe retail boxes have been sold, customers should be directed to the website instead. Read The Full Story

D-Link ShareCenter Pulse 2-bay consumer NAS revealed

Chris Davies, Dec 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

D-Link's latest two-bay NAS has arrived, in the shape of the D-Link ShareCenter Pulse. The first product from the company's fledgling consumer-centric refresh, with the DNS-320 packing a pair of 3.5-inch SATA hard-drive bays, UPnP media streaming, iTunes server functionality, standalone BitTorrent downloads and various power management systems that D-Link reckons make the ShareCenter Pulse relatively green. They include hard-drive hibernation and "Green Ethernet", which intelligently controls networking power consumption based on the state of your cabling, together with a smart fan that automatically adjusts according to temperature. You can also schedule fixed downtime, turning the NAS off when you won't be needing it, and use it with Apple's Time Machine backup. Read The Full Story

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Synology DiskStation DS211 Review

Ewdison Then, Nov 19th 2010 Discuss [7]

The Synology DiskStation DS211 isn’t the company’s first NAS to cross the SlashGear test bench, but it’s perhaps the most home-user focused model so far. A two-bay network-attached backup box, the DS211 also throws in DLNA media streaming duties and cross-platform compatibility. With a diskless retail price of around $320, is this the box you should be entrusting your data security to? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Plextor PX-NAS4: up to 8TB of power-frugal NAS

Chris Davies, Nov 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Plextor has outed its latest NAS, the four-bay PX-NAS4. Capable of putting up to 8TB on - or under - your desk, the PX-NAS4 supports iSCSI together with RAID JBOD/0/1/5/10 (with a hot spare bay for RAID 1/5 setups) and both eSATA and USB ports for adding external drives. Read The Full Story

Drobo S v.2 adds USB 3.0 support; DroboPro FS gets offsite Drobo Sync

Chris Davies, Nov 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

Data Robotics has updated its Drobo S backup system, with Drobo S v.2 adding USB 3.0 support for high-speed external drives. As we reviewed back in April, the Drobo S has two FireWire ports and an eSATA connection, along with five 3.5-inch SATA I/II drive bays and the company's BeyondRAID data protection system; the second-gen version keeps all that, but throws in USB 3.0. Read The Full Story

Idealstor Bantam removable disk backup system offers up to 1TB

Shane McGlaun, Nov 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

Backing up data is critical for all computer users, but it's more critical in the business world. The loss of data can mean the loss of business and if the data was important enough its loss could be the end of a business. A company called Ideastor has unveiled a new removable disk backup solution called the Bantam. Read The Full Story

Carbonite remote access hits beta for Android

Shane McGlaun, Nov 10th 2010 Discuss [1]

When it comes to backing up the data on your computer, the easiest way to do the backups is to have a system that does everything itself. Carbonite is just such a system and the service backs up data from the computer to the web for cloud-based storage. Read The Full Story

Clickfree C3 Wireless makes backup indecently simple

Chris Davies, Nov 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Clickfree's latest super-simple backup system has gone on sale, and this time the company is cutting the cord. The Clickfree C3 Wireless is a 500GB drive paired with a WiFi connection, similar to what we've seen from Apple's Time Capsule; the difference, however, is in how straightforward the C3's new BackupLink setup is. Read The Full Story