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Sporty Data Protection

July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Toughdrive SportSo you’ve got put all your music onto your PC, stored all your digital photos to your desktop and saved that all important CV but what will you do if it gets stolen or you manage to drop a cup of coffee on it? Generally speaking you would have a problem but What’s Good On The Web have been asked to review a new range of toughened external hard drives from Freecom that we think are pretty good.

Designed to be toughened against general knocks, spills and drops the Toughdrive Sport is probably the ideal solution for anyone who happens to be a little clumsy and is looking for data security and backup without having to spend a small fortune. We are not sure you’d carry it everywhere with you but it is a handy size so easy to store.

The drives come in a range of very impressive sizes from 250 GB up to a massive 640 GB which is more than enough to store everything you need to backup those, in addition they come with built in encryption so if you manage to misplace the drive anybody who finds it can’t get hold of your personal data.toughdrive sport

We’re not going to give you the technical specs because you can read them all on the Freecom website suffice it to say this German engineered external hard drive is all that you would expect – tough, well designed and actually looks pretty cool. Yes, the top of the range device is a bit pricey at over £110 but for piece of mind and data security you probably cant do better.

To ensure your data stays safe at all times it is recommended that you backup data to an external hard drive such as the Toughdrive sport and store it in a separate location.

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Make your business even greener with Carbon Neutral Hosting

July 1, 2010 By 1 Comment

We all know that computers use a great deal of electricity and are partly responsible for increases in energy use over the past few years. That’s why we thought we’d do a quick review of the Carbon Neutral Hosting web site www.carbonneutralhosting.biz . Based in the UK they offer a range of services from web hosting to email accounts and with more and more companies moving towards cloud based applications it is more than likely that many businesses will look for a way to offset the increased energy requirements.

The company offsets the amount of CO2 generated by their servers, which, as we all know, has a positive effect on the environment and can also add an additional string to any corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. For any company that is looking to balance their emissions we’d recommend that they take a look at the company and if possible use their services.

Overall the site is well laid out and provides enough information about the services they offer and the benefits to business both in practical terms with the services they deliver but also to the environment. I personally would like to see a calculator to see how much CO2 is needed to be offset but I’m pretty sure that will be on the way soon.

Please let us know about any other similar services so that we can review them in the future.

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Keep up with your business contacts

June 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

www.linkedin.com

Everyone talks about social networking these days so it’s not surprising that there is a social network for business people. There are a few sites out there for this sort of thing but I have to say that the real winner has to be Linkedin.

With Linkedin the idea is really simple, upload your address book into the system (It’s a great backup tool as well) and it will automatically find people using Linkedin who you have an email for. Other functions include the ability to search for people – either by name or the company they work for and joining groups of business people who have the same interests (e.g web, technology, investments, regions etc)

The premium service costs money and allows you to see everyones details before requesting that they join your network but the basic free service is really good anyway – I don’t see the need for it at this time.

Overall we have to rate the site four stars – it’s easy to use, it’s useful and what’s more it’s free.

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Free Mobile Phone Back Up

June 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment

www.mobyko.com

If you are anything like me and the rest of the team here we are always changing mobile phones. Every time I do I have to go through the task of remembering to copy numbers from my phone to SIM card and then from the SIM to the phone and vice versa and invariably I loose a few numbers. Being too lazy to connect the phone to my computer (and to be honest already having too many gadgets attached!!) I really wanted a simple way to do this.

Mobyko basically takes this pain away and I’ve got to say I am a great fan.

I first came across the site in 2006 and to be honest it was a bit clunky and the technology sort of worked but not very well. Since then the guys have done a fantastic job.

What you need to do

  • Visit the site
  • Sign up
  • Follow the instructions

That’s it really – within a few minutes you receive a text with relevant connection software and you then back up your numbers and anything else you want. I personally don’t use all the features but if your life is in your phone get on this site quickly. What’s more it’s FREE.

Hopefully the guys at Mobyko will give us a few words in the future to add to the site to give you the full low down on the solution.

This is definetly a Four Star site.

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