My review of SpiderOak (Online Backup, File and Folder Sync) isn’t quite finished yet, but it suffices to say that I’m using it on my Mac Pro and it’s replaced Mozy on my MacBook. I found it to have the best balance of price, speed and functionality amongst the services I evaluated (Diino, Memopal, SpiderOak and SugarSync) and now SpiderOak has increased their value proposition by offering a very, very time-limited 50% discount on all annual plans. To take advantage of this offer, sign up for a free 2 GB account if you don’t already have one, and use the coupon code ‘recovery’ when upgrading. The code is only valid for 6 hours today May 20, 2009, from 10 AM to 4 PM EST (3 PM to 9 PM GMT) and brings the cost of a 100 GB plan down to $50 a year.

There was a miscommunication and the above promo has ended, but you can still use ’spring’ for a 25% discount.

Here’s a quick rundown of my likes and dislikes about the service:

What I Like: Fastest upload speeds of the 4 services; intuitive desktop client; unlimited versioning; easy sharing and syncing; can be used on multiple computers; available for Linux, OS X and Windows.

What Could Be Improved: Web interface is sparse; no dedicated mobile client; no option to automatically start up (you have to manually add it to your login items in OS X).

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