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Some of the biggest challenges with technology and the gear we decide to regularly use is what problem(s) does it solve?  Will it improve my efficiency? Is it cost effective?   Take the challenge of wireless printing, backing up data from multiple computers, and then sharing that data across your network.

This used to require separate pieces of equipment and the frustration time to manually configure each separate item on your network.   As is usually the case with new products, convergence is the name of the game (and Gear Diary loves convergence!).  Let's take a look at the new Belkin Home Base, which aims to let anyone with an existing wireless network easily print, backup files, and share their data to anyone on their network.

I reviewed Diino last week and while I thought that it had potential, I couldn't really recommend using it as a primary online backup solution. I was trying out two other services at the same time, so here's Part II of the trilogy.

Memopal is a year-old start up based in Italy, providing online backup and storage services. They have two plans for consumers: a $49 plan with 150 GBs of combined space for backups and file storage, and a $99 plan with 250 GBs.

Now, I've got multiple backups on my MyBook World Edition NAS as well as on a USB 2.0 2.5" hard drive...but neither of these are always the best solution. Sometimes, you need a bit more.

OWC recently announced a desktop RAID solution that holds anywhere from 2.0 to 8.0TB (yes, that's EIGHT terabytes) of data in either RAID 0,1,5 or 10 arrays.  The nice thing about this particular solution is that it appears to be pretty much plug and play, allowing you to connect your PC to it with either FireWire 400/800, USB 2.0 or eSATA cables.

I'm in the process of arranging for a review unit to be sent, and we'll be taking a closer look at this device to see if its something that anyone and everyone can use to help make their data more secure.  The complete press release can be found after the break.

To this day, I am really not exactly sure what happened.  I seem to remember smoke and flames shooting out from the computer screen.  But that was probably my imagination.  Like I said, I really have no idea what happened.  All I know is that when I sat down at the computer, inserted my 5 1/4 inch floppy disk, started up and…le’s just say nothing happened.  The disk was shot (remember this was the days before hard drives).  So, now what?  Well, the night started with quite a bit of freaking out.  and then some buckling down.  I ended up working all night, recreating that worksheet.  Sadly, I do not remember my ultimate grade, though I can assure you the first rendition would certainly have received an A. 

So, what was the point of this story?  You should always do what I could not do back in high school.  ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR WORK.  And to help you do that quickly and easily, today we are going to take a look at Norton Ghost.