PureSync: Great for USB Drive or Memory Card Backups

This article was written on July 03, 2009 by CyberNet.

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I’m always looking for awesome backup solutions that you won’t have to pull your wallet out for, and there’s no arguing that there are plenty of free apps out there. One that really caught my attention recently was PureSync. it does all of the common things you’d expect from a backup program such as two-way syncing or a one-way backup. The interface is extremely simple, which is something I did find refreshing… often times these programs get cluttered because of all the features they try to include. This has a good balance.

The real power of the program I would have to say lies in options it offers for automatic synchronization:

  • When folders are found – this is what really made me take a serious look at this program. I can have PureSync look for a specific folder/drive, and when it gets connected a backup will automatically be kicked off. You know how valuable this can be if you’ve ever had a USB drive die on you, or maybe you’ve lost a memory card. Heck, maybe you just want the same files on your computer and portable drive so that changes you make in one location will automatically get carried over once the device is plugged in.
  • When a file has been modified – When you’re working on a really important project there is always that fear in the back of your mind that something unexpected might happen to your machine. Maybe your computer is going to explode right before you hit the print button? With this option you can have it make a copy of a file as changes are made to it, and move it over to another location… hopefully to an external drive a few feet away from your computer, and sitting next to a fire extinguisher. ;)
  • On a schedule – this is obviously a no-brainer, and any usable backup program will have this option.

If it weren’t for those options I’m not sure if this app would have struck me as being something special. Overall I’d say it’s pretty good, but then again I haven’t put it through any huge file transfers.

PureSync Homepage (Windows only; free)
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Wham-O’s Frisbee Forever iOS app promises to change backyard fun… forever

If there’s one thing the iPhone needs — and we mean exactly one thing — it’s clearly a Frisbee app. Er, Frisbee(R) app. Not a legitimate Gmail app. Not a new notification system. A Frisbee(R) app. As the story goes, Wham-O has linked hands with Kiloo in order to develop the Frisbee Forever app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, which is said to offer avid iOS gamers “unique challenges and obstacles in a rich complete 3D environment.” What kind of challenges, you say? We’re hearing that you’ll be able to toss a variety of Frisbee models across 100 levels of lush, colorful worlds, but beyond that, most everything else is shrouded in mystery. All will be revealed in May, but till then, we’d encourage you to step outside and actually throw a Frisbee. We hear dogs are super into fetching them, too.

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Wham-O’s Frisbee Forever iOS app promises to change backyard fun… forever originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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RIM deems BlackBerry OS 6.1 a ‘major upgrade,’ promises a spring release

We weren’t expecting to hear too much about it, but RIM’s year-end / Q4 fiscal 2011 earnings call uncovered a good bit of information surrounding BlackBerry OS 6.1. As you’ve likely learned by now, we weren’t exactly throwing our iPhones and Droids into the nearest refuse bin after handling the Torch, and it seems as if quite a few bigwigs at RIM were equally disappointed. In response to a question about the rollout of BB OS 6.1, we were told that it would truly be a “major upgrade” over what’s out there now, and rather than being an incremental update, it’ll be more like “an overhaul.” The company made no bones about its excitement for the release, and frankly, we’re having a hard time keeping our expectations in check after listening in. Thankfully, we’ll be able to get our paws on it at some point this spring, with a number of elements to be teased at BlackBerry World this May. Naturally, we’ll be there to keep you up-to-date with how it’s rolling along.

RIM deems BlackBerry OS 6.1 a ‘major upgrade,’ promises a spring release originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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RIM adds Android app support to BlackBerry PlayBook via ‘optional app player’

You read that right — RIM just announced that its forthcoming BlackBerry PlayBook will support both BlackBerry Java and Android apps. That includes native C/C++ development support, HTML5, Flash and AIR support, not to mention game engines from Ideaworks Labs (AirPlay) and Unity Technologies (Unity 3). That means that you’ll have access to over 200,000 Android apps should developers choose to “quickly and easily” port them over, and assuming you dive into one of two optional “app players” in order to do so. It’s also worth noting that RIM’s presser only focuses on Android “2.3 apps,” and while we’re assuming Honeycomb apps will eventually be supported, there’s no mention of Android 3.0 just yet. Furthermore, devs can look forward to an imminent release of the native PlayBook SDK, which will specifically enable C/C++ application development on the BlackBerry Tablet OS. So, now that you can look forward to digging into the near-limitless Android Market via BlackBerry wizardry of some sort, are you actually considering picking up a PlayBook on April 19th? Let us know in comments below!

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RIM adds Android app support to BlackBerry PlayBook via ‘optional app player’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Download Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 And 1.5.0.9 As Well As Thunderbird 1.5.0.9

This article was written on December 19, 2006 by CyberNet.

Today is a very big day for Mozilla! We have Firefox 1.5.0.9 and 2.0.0.1 available for download as well as Thunderbird 1.5.0.9. As I mentioned yesterday there are 183 bugs fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.1: 42 are crashers, 3 are memory leaks, 41 are regressions and 4 are privacy-related bugs. In the comments yesterday Tom asked if this was a lot of bug fixes or if it was typical for a minor update. Since it is the first release after a major update I was expecting there to be a lot of bug fixes so this isn’t surprising to me, but 1.5.0.8 only had 9 bug fixes from the previous 1.5.0.7 so this update for 2.0.0.1 has quite a few changes. Since there are so many changes don’t be surprised if some of your extensions have problems.

James pointed out in the comments this morning that Mozilla plans to make the changes live on the website at 10AM and the built-in updates will be activated around 5PM (both times are Pacific Time). Below you will find the downloads for each of the applications and they use a load balancing URL to access their FTP. Most sites that are already linking to the builds use an address that looks something like “ftp.mozilla.com…” but this one is “releases.mozilla.com…”  which is supposed to spread the load out across the mirrors (or so I’ve been told).

Alright, here are the download links and if you have any problems with extensions please let us know so that others can be a little more cautious while installing the new releases:

–Firefox 1.5.0.9 Download–




 

–Firefox 2.0.0.1 Download–




 

–Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 Download–




 

With all of that being said, work on Firefox 1.5.0.10 and 2.0.0.2 has already begun and they are looking for an end of January or early February release. Congratulations to the whole Mozilla team for another set of fine releases and keep up the good work!

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Blio e-reading software still alive, will come preloaded on T-Mobile Android devices

Remember Blio? Yes, our memories of this colorful ebook-reading software are starting to fade too, but now T-Mobile’s about ready to yank it from the shadows of obscurity with a newly announced partnership. Content provider Baker & Taylor will be responsible for installing the Blio Android app on “select future products from T-Mobile USA” and populating it with compelling content. The Blio store has grown to now encompass a healthy three million titles, both free and paid, and should you have the Windows version of its software, you’ll get the sweet automation of having it sync with your mobile device as well. To get your reading started nice and early, jump past the break for the full press release.

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Blio e-reading software still alive, will come preloaded on T-Mobile Android devices originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mac OS X turns X years old today

Whether it changed everything, made you think different, or was just a sideshow to the Windows centerpiece of your life, there’s no denying version X of Mac OS has been the most successful and enduring piece of software Apple has ever produced. It is turning 10 years old today, so we thought we’d spare a moment to say congratulations and to dust off an image of our favorite logo of the bunch. And who knows, with the next iteration being dubbed Lion and the lack of any more senior big cats available, maybe this will be the last big anniversary before Apple takes the leap into version 11.

[Thanks, Robert]

Mac OS X turns X years old today originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft serves up a ‘NoDo’ update schedule for Windows Phone 7 devices

Where is your Windows Phone 7 “NoDo” update? That’s the question Microsoft is aiming to answer with a new spreadsheet it has cobbled together to detail the software status of all WP7 handsets released so far. A February preparatory patch and the long-anticipated first proper upgrade to the OS, herein titled merely “March update,” are sat side by side, with a set of delivery states under them for each WP7 phone. Things aren’t looking awesome in the US, where AT&T’s batch is still undergoing carrier testing and T-Mobile’s pair of phones are “scheduling” (which Microsoft says takes no more than 10 days), but news is better overseas, where most have received the February OTA and are mere days away from the final NoDo goodness. Sprint’s HTC Arrive and AT&T’s upcoming HD7S will both have that software preloaded, so at least new buyers won’t have to fret unduly.

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Microsoft serves up a ‘NoDo’ update schedule for Windows Phone 7 devices originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Windows Vista RC2 (5744) Now Available To Everyone!

This article was written on October 06, 2006 by CyberNet.

Update:
The download links do not work anymore because Microsoft must have reached their download quota for Vista RC2.

Vista Logo Thanks to the anonymous commenter on our last post for finding out that Microsoft activated the download page and links for Windows Vista RC2 (which is build 5744). I just started downloading it and it is maxing out my 5Mbps connection…so the speeds are pretty impressive (at least until the whole world finds out that they can download it).

It looks like for the time being Microsoft only placed the 32-bit file on the download page. I suspect that they do this because the 64-bit is a larger file to download so they wait until people start to finish their 32-bit downloads before posting this version. It is probably actually smart for them to do this because I know several people that download both versions. Heck, they normally don’t even get around to installing either of them but they want the “bragging rights” to say that they have them both. You know who you are. ;)

Looks like I will have something to keep me busy this weekend because the download should complete in 1.5 hours. For those people that haven’t experienced the joys of upgrading Vista I highly recommend that you just do a clean install. The upgrade process (for upgrading from XP or an older Vista version) typically runs 2-3 hours. That is opposed to doing a clean install which only takes about 20 minutes.

Direct Download Link: 32-bit Vista RC2
Filename: vista_5744.16384.061003-1945_x86fre_client-LRMCFRE_EN_DVD.iso
Build Number: 5744
Build Date: October 3, 2006 
MD5 hash: 83cee5f1642d094670147c5350c57762
SHA1 hash: 067CA4F94D001DE6276F08F76EF0780592B64BFD

Direct Download Link: 64-bit Vista RC2
Filename: vista_5744.16384.061003-1945_x64fre_client-lrmcxfre_en_dvd.iso
Build Number: 5744
Build Date: October 3, 2006 
MD5 hash: 23b213d7342b2e957b3db1d98c0ee3e6
SHA1 hash: 5D8C4BCEE51F6912801800E534F6DB5A22F654AE

Your previous Vista product key from Beta 2 or beyond will still work with this version. If you don’t have a product key you can try to see if this “trick” will still work for you. No one has said that it doesn’t work so your chances are probably still pretty good.

Update:
The 64-bit version has now been made available and the direct link is posted above.

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Femto Forum publishes API specification for femtocell apps, places focus on ‘awareness information’

As if the world needed one more association to keep up with, CTIA Wireless 2011 is delivering just that. The Femto Forum, which has done an excellent job remaining undercover of late, has just published an “industry-wide agreed set of API specifications” that will enable “advanced mobile applications based on femtocell technology.” Truth be told, the first apps based on the specifications have already been built, and their currently available to the femtocell community. The specifications are for network-based APIs, which will purportedly “allow operators to drive the development of femtocell-powered open access, enterprise and consumer applications,” and it’ll also provide awareness information in order to allow developers the opportunity to incorporate enhanced presence, context and location-sensitive features into new and existing apps. Granted, we’d care a lot more about those location-based apps if we could drag our 3G MicroCell to Panama to use it to make free calls whilst on vacation, but hey — maybe that’s the next logical step. Not that we’re much for passing along hints or anything.

Femto Forum publishes API specification for femtocell apps, places focus on ‘awareness information’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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