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Retrieve your entire music library from Your Google Music account

Posted February 4, 2012 - 8:26 am

For a while now I've been using Google Music as a kind of cloud-based backup for my music library. Except that it wasn't really a backup, because I couldn't easily retrieve all the songs I'd uploaded. In the event of a system failure, I'd have to download tunes in batches of 100. Bleh.
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Need more storage? Reach for the cloud

Posted January 30, 2012 - 9:15 pm

When you start out with a fresh new hard drive, it may seem like it has virtually unlimited capacity. The reality, though, is that it won't take nearly as long to max out that drive as you might think, and you will need to find some way to expand your storage.
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Terabytes of legit data headed for deletion as feds keep MegaUpload from paying bills

Posted January 30, 2012 - 2:34 pm

The FBI raided MegaUpload's servers, copied data for evidence and now says it has no further right to access the data, essentially handing it back to MegaUpload. But MU's funds are frozen so it can't pay its hosting bills, even as it faces suits from users who lost legitimate data.
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What Megaupload's demise teaches about cloud storage

Posted January 20, 2012 - 12:03 pm

Megaupload users are crying foul after their personal files, not necessarily copyright-infringing material, stored with the file-sharing service was seized on Thursday along with a trove of illegally distributed copyrighted works.
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Fuji Xerox to launch Dropbox-like cloud storage service for its copiers

Posted December 7, 2011 - 8:04 am

Fuji Xerox will launch a new cloud storage service that hooks directly into its multifunction copiers next week, allowing documents to be uploaded by scan or fax, then edited or downloaded by computer or phone.
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Box offers free cloud storage for LG Android devices

Posted November 30, 2011 - 2:14 pm

Box is making headlines in cloud-based storage once again. It has enhanced the features of the Box for Android app, and it is teaming up with LG to provide 50GB of free cloud-based storage for all LG Android mobile devices.
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Cloud Engines unveils Pogoplug Cloud mobile cloud storage

Posted November 14, 2011 - 7:20 pm

Storage and sharing company Cloud Engines on Monday launched a new service called Pogoplug Cloud--a secure, cloud-based online space for storing and streaming content to and from mobile devices. Designed to integrate mobile devices with Pogoplug's existing cloud-based hardware and software storage products, Pogoplug Cloud allows users to customize their cloud experience.
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Red Hat Gluster, the cloud storage monster

Posted November 8, 2011 - 9:51 pm

With the Gluster acquisition, Red Hat has renewed interest in distributed storage -- and become a big data storage player overnight.
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Cloud storage rivals innovate to meet iCloud challenge

Posted October 18, 2011 - 3:48 pm

Last week Apple made the cloud cool with the launch of iCloud. Apple's iCloud is certainly not the first cloud syncing and storage service, but the Apple stamp of approval moves the concept from cutting edge fringe into the tech mainstream. Cloud storage rivals are ready to take advantage of the spotlight on cloud syncing and storage, and go head to head with iCloud with new offers and services of their own.
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SOS Online Backup launches cloud backup for Facebook, devices

Posted October 13, 2011 - 9:14 am

SOS Online Backup today announced a cloud backup service for Facebook, mobile devices and desktop computers that allows web-based access to files as well as unlimited multiple versions of those files.
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Google's new business Cloud Storage takes on Amazon S3

Posted October 12, 2011 - 7:56 pm

Google Cloud Storage, announced Tuesday, allows you to store your company's business data online for a minimal cost. You can access your data from anywhere, you don't have to engage in costly server hardware management, and the largest tech giant in the world protects your data. All of this opens up cloud data storage to small and medium sized businesses as well as the enterprise-sized companies that were relying on it in the past.
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Red Hat raids cloud storage market by acquiring Gluster

Posted October 4, 2011 - 3:46 pm

Red Hat announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Gluster, which makes open-source software that clusters commodity SATA drives and NAS systems into massively scalable pools of storage, in a cash deal valued at about $136 million. Gluster is also a contributor to the OpenStack cloud project and Red Hat is promising this involvement will continue. Indeed, Red Hat is now uncharacteristically saying its support of OpenStack will grow even beyond Gluster to the next release of Fedora.
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Cloud storage arrays to generate $1.45B in 2015

Posted October 4, 2011 - 1:38 pm

An analysis of the cloud storage market, both public and private, released by Gartner today showed that the market is on pace to total $417.3 million in 2011, a 56% increase from 2010 and it will reach $1.4B by 2015.
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Google Drive: One cloud to connect them all

Posted September 28, 2011 - 11:53 am

Long rumored, the "Gdrive" may be here soon. Google, already giving 7.63+GBs to all Gmail users, supposedly will soon offer a cloud storage service, based on what TechCrunch reported in the source code for Chromium, the open-source browser behind Chrome.
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Creating a cloud-based backup for your image library

Posted September 14, 2011 - 11:20 am

Creating your own cloud storage system doesn’t require a degree in computer science. But it does help to choose the right equipment.
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Get 200Gb of cloud storage free, with a catch

Posted September 13, 2011 - 1:39 pm

You can find gigabytes upon gigabytes of free online storage from a variety of sites and services. Only one, though, is offering a massive 200GB of cloud storage completely free.
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Bitcasa will offer unlimited cloud storage for $10 a month

Posted September 13, 2011 - 10:17 am

Bitcasa, an ambitious start-up, plans to offer unlimited cloud storage space, for $10 a month.
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Syncplicity expands its cloud storage to the iPad

Posted September 2, 2011 - 3:52 pm

The cloud-storage service Syncplicity has revamped its iOS app, expanding the previously iPhone-only offering into a iPad-friendly universal version that will let users access their documents from just about any device they own.
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Q&A: Hitachi GST CEO says hard drive future hangs in cloud

Posted September 1, 2011 - 5:16 pm

Before the proposed buyout by Western Digital is complete, Hitachi GSTs CEO said the future of its hard drive business rests squarely in the cloud and mobile market.
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62 things you can do with Dropbox

Posted August 17, 2011 - 6:45 pm

If you're looking for new things it Dropbox can do, you've come to the right place.
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Apple opens iCloud to Developers

Posted August 8, 2011 - 11:37 am

People enrolled in Apple’s Developer Program can now transfer their MobileMe accounts to its hyped, yet-to-be-released iCloud service.
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DIY Dropbox alternatives

Posted July 26, 2011 - 8:20 am

Get that Dropbox cloud storage magic using your systems and your bandwidth. It's easier than you may think.
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Apple iCloud: A visual tour

Posted July 21, 2011 - 8:00 am

Apple's new Web storage system will sync your music, pictures, and more.
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Riverbed Whitewater: Data deduplication for cloud storage

Posted July 14, 2011 - 10:56 am

Strong data deduplication and built-in support for key cloud storage providers reduce online storage needs while maximizing data protection
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CIOs see promise in public cloud storage

Posted July 13, 2011 - 8:34 am

Three quarters of companies are either currently using or plan to use public cloud storage offerings. What's more, all organizations with more than 500 employees are using or planning use of public cloud storage, mostly for e-mail, data protection and front-office applications like CRM, especially SaaS-based CRM solutions such as Salesforce.com.
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