Comments on: Backing Up the Cloud & Keeping It Human http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/backing-up-the-cloud-keeping-it-human.html Ideas & Trends Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:15:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: michael http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/backing-up-the-cloud-keeping-it-human.html/comment-page-1#comment-77768 michael Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:29:09 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=12978#comment-77768 So what happens if services go down when you need them most? Though, when your own local drive crashes and you need it the most, there is not much you can do but call someone to come and repair it. When Google's service goes down, you will probably get it fixed in a short while, and not have to pay for repairs. So what happens if services go down when you need them most?

Though, when your own local drive crashes and you need it the most, there is not much you can do but call someone to come and repair it. When Google’s service goes down, you will probably get it fixed in a short while, and not have to pay for repairs.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/backing-up-the-cloud-keeping-it-human.html/comment-page-1#comment-76231 Jeremy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:05:43 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=12978#comment-76231 Google is actually developing a product that addresses this very complaint called Google Gears. It can be set to periodically backup your web-based data to an offline source - it's already up and running for services like Google Reader if you want to try it out. http://gears.google.com/ Google is actually developing a product that addresses this very complaint called Google Gears. It can be set to periodically backup your web-based data to an offline source – it’s already up and running for services like Google Reader if you want to try it out.

http://gears.google.com/

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