Episode #182
As nice as it is to have an external hard drive to back up to, it is only as safe as the environment that it lives in. Would it be possible to make things WAY more secure by having my drive at a buddies place and his at mine? We are both running Macs with Leopard.
Armand, Lillooet, BC
Warren’s notes:
If you move hard drives around to a different location, then that location’s security becomes your main concern. Granted, if someone were to physically steal the drive or some physical harm came to it your data would survive and vice versa, but if you really want security go with a third party solution like Amazon’s JungleDisk or .Mac. Part of why you pay for those services is the redundancy and security they bring to the table.
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Air Date: April 25, 2008
TranscriptCaller Questions
- Bob, San Rafael, CA
- Eric, Victoria, BC
- Armand, Lillooet, BC
Sean's Shinies
- Microsoft Zune 80GB
$249
Everyone’s been looking for the iPod killer…well, everyone except Apple that is. When Microsoft released the first version of the Zune there was a lot of snickering from portable music fans — not only was the first generation of the Zune a bit hamstrung by some of its limitations (inability to play files you’ve already purchased from an online store being key), the first gen product was also…well, a bit ugly. The newer version of the Zune is vastly improved from an aesthetic perspective, the menu system is top-notch, and the player even comes with high-quality headphones…take THAT, iPod. That said, some of the problems remain. Despite coming with built-in WiFi—and allowing users to “squirt” songs at each other for a three-play preview—users still can’t purchase tracks from the Zune Marketplace directly from their players. Bummer. That said, the ability to sync your library via WiFi from anywhere else in the house is a real plus…it means the player doesn’t have to be tethered to your PC when it’s not in use.
Shiny
- large screen great for video
- great headphones
- ability to send tracks via WiFi
- sync library via WiFi too
- built-in FM radio
Dull
- Marketplace still not in Canada
- won’t play DRM-encoded WMA
- can’t buy music over WiFi
- 80GB model hard drive can be damaged in dropZune 80GB
Microsoft