Technology resolutions for 2011

A new year has just begun. And if you're like many of us, you may already be well on your way to forgetting any New Year's resolutions you made during an evening of revelryBut when it comes to your life with technology, a sobering fact remains: bad habits can cost you. The good news: it's never too late to protect your data, your privacy, and your security. Here are some New Year's technology resolutions that will help you achieve a carefree 2011 with technology.These days, there's little excuse for not backing up your data in multiple ways. You need to look at multiple types of backups in part because they're available and in part because any single type of backup can let you down. In short, for important data, you need backups of backups.Start with traditional backup. Two terabyte (TB) hard drives now retail for around $80. Pair one of those with a USB 3.0 external enclosure, or install one into your existing desktop, and you'll probably have more than enough space to schedule daily backups of everything on your PC.But don't stop there. You should have multiple copies of your mission-critical files, and there's no better solution to creating a second or third backup than by using one of the many online backup services today.Mozy, Carbonite, Backblaze, Amazon S3, iDrive, Norton Online Backup, and SOS Online Backup are some of the most highly rated services. Most of these are set it and forget it services which run continuously in the background to back up your files. Previous 1 2 3 Next