Online Backup Software

January 24, 2009 (Saturday)

Today reading the FT, found a list of Freebies for the taking online!

• Web Browsers: Microsfot’s IE, Mozilla Firefox
• Office productivity suites:
  • OpenOffice 3 – www.openoffice.org
  • Web-based suite: Google Docs
  • Wordprocessors: Jarte – www.jarte.com
• PDFs and printing
  • PDFCreator – http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
  • PrintAnywhere – www.printeranywhere.com
• Calendars: Calgoo – www.calgoo.com, Google Calendar, 30 boxes
• Emails:
  • Mozilla – www.mozilla.com/thunderbird
  • Webmail – webmail.mozdev.org/index.html
  • Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo
  • Multiple Web-based – Zenbe – www.zenbe.com (with shareable calendar and address book)
  • MailStore Home – www.mailstore.com  – enables users to back up all their email messages fro mmultiple applications (including Outlook) and online accounts into a secure archive
• Online collaboration and IM
  • SightSpeed – www.sightspeed.com – 1-to-1 video conferencing
  • Dabbleboard – www.dabbleboard.com – online whiteboard for group collaboration
  • Instant messaging Meebo – www.meebo.com
  • Pidgin – www.pidgin.im
• File Synch and remote control
  • Windows Live Sync (sync.live.com) – keeps up to 20 folders in synch across multiple PCs over the Internet
  • Windows LIve Mesh – www.mesh.com – synchronising files across all your devices + 5GB of free online storage for sharing documents and enabling remote access between PCs
  • Log-mein Free – www.logmein.com - Enables both PC and Mac users to control their machiens remotely
• Backup
  •  MozyHome Free – www.mozy.com – 2GB free online storge
  • DriveImage XML v2.02 – www.runtime.org – creates an exact replica or image of your entire hard drive for easy backup and restore later.
• Firewall and security software
  • Sunbelt’s Personal Firewall – www.sunbeltsoftware.com
  • Comodo Fireall – www.personalfirewall.comodo.com
  • Anti-virus Avira AntiVir Personal Edition – www.free.av.com
  • Grisoft’s AVG Antivirus Free Edition – http://free.avg.com
  • Password Protectors RoboForm – www.roboform.com

Source: FT – Busienss Life “Freebies for the taking” by Paul Taylor Jan 23, 2009 (Friday)