On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, Gary VanderMolen wrote:
I'll give you an example of how the equivalent of cloud-based computing saved my bacon. My primary email client is Windows Live Mail, which (optionally) syncs your list of contacts with a web-based Hotmail account. My laptop got stolen, and I didn't have a recent backup of my contacts. Luckily the web-based version of my contacts list was up to date, and saved the day.
An external one touch maxtor hard drive would accomplish the same task without cloud based computing. Among other backup solutions available.
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