I recently started compiling an archive of software installers. It would be a nightmare to keep updated if it weren't for Ketarin ([ketarin.canneverbe.com] I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in the article.

@robert52: If you needed 1 Terabyte of cloud storage I think that'd be quite a specialty and likely there'd be better options anyway. Besides the emphasis is on "cloud", as that's what this article is about. I have a pogoplug with 3 external hard drives connected to allow me to access a lot of my data online which is…

Although I appreciate the "versus" type articles. I think I'd be more interested in a "how to"/workflow suggestion type article for using combinations of services. It's a false dichotomy saying one thing is better than another when there's nothing stopping you from choosing both. I haven't tried Amazon Cloud because…

I'm trying the slow carb diet at the moment, so I eat whatever I want one day a week. I'd been losing weight before that anyway, 55lbs so far in 8 months. And have to say I'm far happier now. I actually don't miss a lot of the "comfort" food I used to eat and have gone off a lot of things. E.g. I can't stand adding…

The best thing I ever did was to ween myself off sugar in the last year altogether, so neatly sidestepping the whole sweetener issue anyway. I don't add any sugar or sweetener to anything and try to avoid foods that have them in. I really don't miss it.

I understand the ability to have legal avenues but those are only "after the fact" protections. I think the important points in this article are about prevention. Hence trying to cut down on intercept possibilities. But you're right that if you had to use a delivery service of some sort it's best to go with one that…

That's still the same here, the Royal Mail is the government/Queen's postal service, and so is a criminal offence to interfere with it in any way just as seriously as a "federal crime". Just because it's illegal doesn't stop it. The examples I mentioned were actual thefts, and they were jailed after years of it…

@mobiusuk: This isn't just having a go at Royal Mail, I've had issues with most of the private couriers I've dealt with as well.

@KamWrex: If it's anything like the state owned Royal Mail over here, I don't think I'd put much faith in its' security. I've had all sorts of mail damaged, go missing etc. I can think of at least 2 separate incidents of Royal Mail employees amassing thousands of items of mail over years from my local town sorting…

@tonyortale: I agree with you to an extent but I think it really depends on the context of the call. If the telemarketer is calling illegally then I think pretty much anything is fair game in response. I know that if I'm not your existing customer, simply calling my number would be illegal (here in the UK because I'm…

Very true especially since we're still paying aid to India, despite it now being a space power, and we're not. :s

@avengingwatcher: Today is about recycling and reusing, maybe we should take another look at taking back some of our old colonies? ;)

No offence taken, especially as it's true. ;)

I genuinely tried to give the new interface a go, I love the ribbon interface in MS Office for example and find it's much better than the menu system so I'm open minded about UIs, but after giving it a go for a while, I find myself switching back to the old interface (uk.lifehacker.com) as the new interface is a…

@timgray: No it isn't. It's still all just drives backing up other cdrives. All you're asking is what happens when your backup fails and that's on different than if you copied it all to your local drive and your local drive fails as well.

Yeah my work PC is XP, and as much as I used to lov it, having got Win7 on all machines at home, I'm coming to really loathe XP now. It's just such a pain and inefficient from a UI point of view to work with for me. It really is showing its age.

Actually even "lab equipment" you can't recover a bit that has been flipped. I remember the last thing I read in my physics journals was using an atomic force microscope was able to determine the 1 previous state of a bit because the ferrite material doesn't quite got back to 90 degrees, but that's only assuming that…

#corrections "to sets of 3D glasses" should be "two sets of 3D glasses"

@hugo2: I use Chrome on desktops and Lastpass extension, on my Android phone I use Dolphin HD browser with Dolphin Lastpass extension. Simplest setup possible, no messing about with external files and dropbox syncing (which I do use for work files). Just autofill any site I need to sign in with once click/press.

@Kamatari +: I don't know what US law is like, but here I'd expect my $1000+ laptop to be repaired for free even out of standard warranty for something like 3 ish years afterwards. The law here is actually a "reasonable time" up to 6 years after purchase. So unless I'm clumsy (and home insurance might already cover a…