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The Northern Spy: Got your back up?

The Northern Spy: Got your back up?

Posted by | Jul 26, 2010 | , |

Got your back-up? The Spy has. Indeed, he is as much a back-up as a security paranoiac (refuses to connect to any network without interposing a firewall, for instance). He does not use the Documents folder on the boot partition.

Instead, his machines at work and at home each have a partition called “Files” where all working documents and email is stored (generally on a separate physical drive from the one with the boot partition). He carries about in his pocket a portable multi-interface drive, two of whose partitions are named FilesWork.bak and FilesHome.bak. The routine goes like this:

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MifiClub starts free next day delivery on mobile WiFi UK service

Posted by | Jul 26, 2010 | , |

Visitors can now access internet anywhere in the UK without roaming costs or needing to find wifi hotspots. Through MifiClub (http://mificlub.com/tour), international travelers with iPhones, iPads, and laptops can go online anywhere in the UK without roaming costs or WiFi hotspots.

MifiClub offers mifi device rentals online and sends it to the visitor’s UK address such as their hotel. It purportedly only takes three minutes to order mobile WiFi and have it waiting for you in the UK.

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Creamy RapidWeaver theme reborn as Creami3

Posted by | Jul 26, 2010 | , |

RapidWeaver theme developer seyDoggy (http://www.seydesign.com) has reinvented their Creamy theme as Creami3, which includes six ExtraContent areas, a built-in slide show with 20 customizable banners, variable size rounded corners, many widths to choose from, sidebar width and positioning, and a selection of typographical control.

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Syncro SVN Client for Mac OS X updated to version 6.0

Posted by | Jul 26, 2010 | , |

Syncro Soft has released version 6.0 of its Mac compatible SVN client (http://www.syncrosvnclient.com). The new version sports a redesigned application layout, configurable working copy view, synchronized history view and guiding hints.

Syncro SVN client license with a one year maintenance pack costs US$59. A Syncro SVN client site license with a one-year maintenance pack is $2,970. Volume discount rates are available starting with five licenses. Syncro SVN Client can be run on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and Solaris systems.

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