I'll be a panelist for The Digital Shoebox: New Options for Consumers at the 2009 CES in January:
With consumers snapping more photos than ever before, thanks to digital technology, the problems of what to do with all of those images are beginning to spawn new options for manufacturers. What are the primary forms of digital storage, and what are the best options for protecting precious memories from hard drive crashes? Will online storage replace removable disc or flash-based storage?
If you happen to be at CES, please drop by to say hello. If not, I'll report back here on the Cucku Blog after the event.
posted by Rob on Saturday, December 13, 2008
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John Gallagher at Global IP Solutions blogs:
I don't know about you but I rarely print photographs now but like many people I cherish those digital photos stored on my hard-drive - I've also got those tax files, bank statements and pay-slips too. So when I found this new software from Cucku that lets me back-up my important files to a friend's computer, I downloaded it and now have all my files backed-up with a friend
In a 2004 InfoTrends study Kristy Holch says "Nearly half of all Internet users still don't print digital photos at all". I'm sure that number has grown, but I know I take far more photos than I print, and I'd be devastated if I lost them.
As well as becoming more numerous digital photos are also getting larger. When you upgrade your three megapixel camera to one with ten or more you quickly notice the difference. It used to be that I could back my photos up to a DVD, but over the last couple of years my Photos folder has ballooned in size.
Cucku lets you keep your photos safe by backing them up both locally and to a friend or family member.
posted by Rob on Friday, December 12, 2008
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Many of your files live in folders that can change when you move to a new PC. These folders depend on both your username and the operating system. This probably isn't something you usually think about, but it can be painful when you need to move your files.
The window below shows what happens in Cucku Backup when you restore files backed up from a computer running Windows XP to one running Vista.
Cucku has detected that the username has changed (from Rob to Admin) and also that Vista stores user files under C:\Users\... rather than C:\Documents and Settings\....
Click Yes and the files will be restored to the new location. Files that were on the Desktop on the old computer will still be on the Desktop on the new one, even though they're in completely different locations.
Hopefully most people will never see this screen. It's just one of the features that makes it easy to recover files with Cucku Backup.
posted by Rob on Friday, December 05, 2008
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