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Cloud Storage

We used to use Floppy Discs to store our precious files, then hard drives, USB sticks, memory cards, these are all useful devices for storing our precious data. Personally I like to be sure I'm backed-up. I learnt the hard way, losing precious work and no back-up to recover the data. All hard drives will fail eventally. There really is no excuse now. There are so many useful services to help us while being secure at the same time. Easily my favourite is Dropbox, but I often explore the others and considering that most services use a business model that has a free entry facility, it's good to use a few and benefit from not having to pay. Some other services worth considering are, ZumoDrive, SugarSync and Microsoft’s SkyDrive with a whopping amount of Free storage.
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TVCatchup - Never Miss A Show Again

I've been using TVCatchup for a while now. Streaming TV programmes over 3G in the car is really cool. The other day I was in a computer store in Kings Heath and a customer was asking for a TV card for his PC. The store didn't have one but I caught up with the customer outside and told him about TVCatchup.

Try it and see, it beats anything else right now. Free TV on your computer or iPhone.

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OpenDNS

OpenDNS is really very good. I’ve been using it for over a month now and it’s improved my internet usage no end, making it faster, safer and more convenient. It’s very simple to utilise as all you do is put 2 nameserver DNS numbers into your computers Internet preferences and Router settings. The DNS numbers are: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 You can also make your own shortcut to sites, for example “discuss” instead of “http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa”

Using OpenDNS makes us safer from phishing attacks and block unwanted websites, particularly useful for those who have children using the internet at home. You can block types of sites or named sites. But to learn more, go to OpenDNS and signup, it’s FREE!!
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Sibelius Music Notation TrailGuru ReverbNation Discogs Scribd
Wakoopa Xing Brightkite MacIdol MusicTeachers.co.uk
POSTEROUS SKRIBIT CLEARSPRING BERLIN PHILHARMONIKER CLUSTERSHOT
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