At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsExcellent continuous data protection with versioningEasy, timeline browsing of backed-up filesIntegrated into WindowsBacks up user-created librariesConsEasy “Add folder” function removed from Windows 11Our VerdictWindows File History is still the easiest, cheapest (free) continuous data protection software for Windows. The Add folder function has been removed, but it will back up Libraries you create yourself. Price When ReviewedFree with Windows One of the best file-level backup programs for Windows is actually included with the operating system: File History. True, it’s not quite as encompassing as Apple’s Time Machine, lacking a disaster-recovery component (that’s found elsewhere). However, it does offer the same easy continuous data protection (CDP) and timeline recovery of files. This review is part of our ongoing roundup of the best backup software. Go there for information on competing products and how we tested them. Windows File History: Features As stated, File History is continuous, file-level backup. In other words, after the initial backup, it copies changed files, new folders, etc. to your backup media at more granular intervals than the traditional daily/weekly backup. File History doesn’t copy files the moment they change, that’s real-time backup, a more advanced and resource-hungry form of continuous data protection, or CDP. The utility can be set for intervals of anywhere from every 10 minutes to once a... Continue reading at 'PC World'
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Sheryl Sandberg helped Facebook post some insane numbers: after their IPO debacle of May 2012, shares have gone up 140% in the past year, to about $50. As Miguel Helft writes for Fortune, that's partly due to the company's reorganization around mobile, which critics once bashed them for being... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Google's long had a contentious relationship with France. But it seems the Mountain View-based company has come up with a way to squash that problem: by throwing money at it. Taking to the company's official blog today, Chairman Eric Schmidt announced the creation of a €60 million Digital... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine publishers have more directly embraced tablets over more than a year as it became clearer that they were boosting the bottom line. We may be witnessing a watershed moment today, however. Hearst has started publishing issues for 22 of its magazines in the iOS Newsstand days before their... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble's Nook unit didn't have its greatest quarter. The $160 million in revenue the new Microsoft-backed spin off raked in was slightly better than last year's $152 million, but still a significant drop from $220 million. In a sign of the growing ubiquity of e-readers however,... Continue reading at Engadget
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 27/07/2011 - 07:47 Amazon.com is experiencing its "fastest growth" in more than a decade with accelerating Kindle sales, according to its founder Jeff Bezos, but at a cost to the bottom line. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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