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Gmail Backup

Maybe the last step before ditching Microsoft...
Open Office 3.0 is now a good enough office suite and with web based Email backup the missing link has been filled. 

Gmail Backup.

Gmail Backup Description

This program is aimed to backup and restore of your GMail mailbox. You will need to activate the IMAP access to your mailbox, to do so, please open your GMail settings and under POP/IMAP tab activate this option.

The messages are stored in the local directory in files which names follow the format YYYYMMDD-hhmmss-nn.eml where YYYY is the year, MM the month number, DD is the day number, hh are hours, mm are minutes and ss are seconds when the e-mail was SENT. For the case there is more emails with the same timestamp there is the number nn which starts with value 1. Label assignment is stored in the file labels.txt which is the plain text file and it pairs the emails stored in the file described above with the assigned labels.

Microsoft experiments with managed e-mail

Of equal value would be an easier way to manage PST files. Maybe a fix is in the works...

Link: IDG News Service

'Employee Managed Mailbox' would give companies more control over e-mail in order to better meet regulatory requirements and e-discovery laws.

By Shane Shick, Computerworld UK, IDG News Service
March 20, 2008

Microsoft is experimenting with a potential product that would give companies more control over the electronic messages their staff exchange in order to better meet regulatory requirements and e-discovery laws.

The product, which has been informally dubbed Employee Managed Mailbox (EMM), is being used internally at Microsoft and may eventually turn into a commercial offering, according to Joel Freedman, chief financial officer at Microsoft Canada.

Want Vista SP1? Here’s what to expect

Excellent. If you are like us you will be attacking this update this weekend if it is available from Microsoft Update. Here's a good run through.

Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
Link: ZDNet.com

Posted by Ed Bott
Categories: Windows Vista, Service Pack 1, Windows Update

When Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to manufacturing on February 4,
they promised to make it available for the general public in mid-March.
Today they delivered on that promise, making SP1 available to Windows
Vista users through Windows Update and as a standalone installer
package from the Microsoft Download Center.

I covered most of the features of this service pack in detail in my earlier Vista SP1 FAQ and More Vista SP1 Answers, so I won’t rehash that information here. In this post and its accompanying image gallery, I’ll show you what you can expect from the public release.

[Want to see what the SP1 experience looks like, step by step? Don’t miss my exclusive Windows Vista SP1 Image Gallery.]

First things first: SP1 won’t be installed on your system
automatically. (Automatic Updates won’t begin for at least another
month, and even then they’ll be rolled out slowly.) In fact, you might
not even know SP1 is available unless you manually check Windows
Update. If you meet the qualifications, you’ll see the download listed
as an Important update.

Why your business needs a FIRE-SAFE Waterproof Safe

Consumer and Small Business Update:

Sentry Safe displayed new models of their safes at the Consumer Electronics Show this year that have USB connectivity for attaching hard drives inside the safes for the ultimate in secure backups. The safes are reasonably priced and won awards in the prestigious "Best of CES 2008" Innovations categories.  This is a must have product for everyone.

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Waterproof/Water-Resistant Water and electronic data just don't mix. Each product keeps your data secure and dry.

USB 2.0 Now you can download directly to your hard drive, chest or safe for instant security. Easily connects to your computer, whether it be a Mac or PC.

You can see the models they have on their website: Data Protection Solutions

Original Article 2005: tekniaxp news

Why your business needs a FIRE-SAFE Waterproof Safe

It makes sense to have a safe for keeping important documents from prying eyes. Fire-proof sounds good too. Like lots of businesses, my home office is in the basement and if I have a fire, the fire fighters will use water to put it out and that water's going somewhere...

Link: Sentry Group: FIRE-SAFE Waterproof Advanced Security Files.

Ease of organization and larger capacities with up to one hour of UL classified fire protection and ETL verified waterproof protection.

It makes sense to have a safe for keeping important documents from prying eyes. Fire-proof sounds good too. Like lots of businesses, my home office is in the basement and if I have a fire, the fire fighters will use water to put it out and that water's going somewhere...

Link: Sentry Group: FIRE-SAFE Waterproof Advanced Security Files.

Ease of organization and larger capacities with up to one hour of UL classified fire protection and ETL verified waterproof protection.

The Best, Free Alternatives to Nero CD/DVD Burner

Very useful and CDBurnerXP is Vista compatible.

Link: MakeUseOf.com

 

Nero is one of the best piece of softwares available in the market
for CD/DVD Burning Purposes, but it’s quite expensive. It’s bulky and
comes with a lot of programs that you’ll never really use.

Why not try some freeware CD DVD Burning Apps applications that can
serve as an alternative to Nero Burning ROM for your Windows PC?

CDBurnerXP
This is by far the most popular free alternative to the expensive Nero Software. Works on Vista as well, and here’s a features-highlight from CDBurnerXP:

• Multi Language Interface
• Support for Blu Ray/HD DVD
• BIN > ISO converter included

Download CDBurnerXP

Low Tech Saves High Tech

Basic Backup Thoughts and Solutions

Most of our critical business information is now stored on paper, DVD media and hard drives. There are all sorts of threats but the main three we worry about are theft, fire and water. A water proof and fire proof safe from Sentry Safe fills the bill for most people and SOHOs. This safe is small enough to conceal but large enough to keep files, backup DVDs and several hard drives (including USB backup drives) It's also less than $100 at Walmart.

Our basic backup plan recommends buying an additional hard drive for all PCs at time of purchase. Large hard drives are cheap, imaging or cloning your drive is fairly easy and recovery is quick after disaster strikes.

We clone (image or copy; both terms means the same thing) the entire PC onto another hard drive using a product like Acronis True Image; (We prefer Acronis over Norton Ghost because Acronis is easier to use and setup)

If disaster strikes it only takes a few minutes to put the hard drive in another PC and works well if the PC has exactly the same components.

The tricky part is that the cloned drive must be installed on exactly the same hardware or Windows thrashes itself. Enter Windows System Prep or another Acronis product, Acronis Universal Restore This add-on product to Acronis True Image allows you to restore the system on different hardware with all your settings and data in place; getting you back to square one in minutes.

Fire, firemen, hoses and lots of water.
  That water's going somewhere...

Acronis Product Links:

Acronis True Image 10.0 Home

• Acronis True Image 10.0 Home Trial Download 

Acronis True Image 9.1 Workstation

• Universal Restore for Acronis TrueImage Workstation:

Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Windows

• Universal Restore for Acronis True Image 9.1 Server