Data Backup For Beginners
By santosh kumar
It's 10pm. Do you know where your data is?

Data. Small bits of information clustered together to make Word files, documents, pictures, MP3s, HTML etc. We work
on our computers every single day never sparing a thought for all those millions of chunks of data spread all over our hard disks. The data is there and it does its job.

Until of course the data is not there anymore.

72 hours ago I suffered from massive data loss. There were no hackers involved. No power surges or lightning strikes. Just wear and tear on my hard disk. 20 Gigabytes
of business and personal information gone forever. Passwords, HTML files, eBooks all gone. I didn't lose any sleep though. Why? Simply because this was my secondary hard disk that was only used as a backup drive.
All my critically important data is safely
stored elsewhere.


Picture this scenario. You sit at your computer, turn it on and nothing. Dead. You've just lost everything you've worked on for the last 12

BUSTED! iPhone.com now owned by Apple, Inc.

There was a point recently, where the ads appearing on iPhone.com, began to cross the line of someone simply looking to run a business, and someone who was clearly deriving profit from Apple, Inc's joint trademark with Cisco.  The whole descent into ad-monger was detailed in a previous article, and is experted below.  Apparently, Apple has finally caught up with them, and however it has been worked out, the domain name now uses Apple's nameservers, and redirects to Apple's iPhone website joining iPhone.org is Apple's iPhone domain name portfolio.  It seems like this was only a matter of time, and could possibly have already been in progress when the ads began to show up last week. 

The details are beginning to crystallize on the availability of the iPhone on June 29th, 2007. For some, this will be the day that lived in infamy, for others it will be their short-lived moment in the sun, the envy of throngs of others.  Apparently, the 29th is being considered something of a "soft launch" for the iPhone.  AT&T spokesman Fletcher Cook confirmed that the phone will only be available through the company's stores (roughly 1800), and those of Apple itself (around 170). The following represents additional tips and info.

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Proving how crucial its June timing was, it appears that the Bluetooth headset announced in January at the MacWorld convention alongside the iPhone, has finally received FCC approval. Much the same as its parent product, the FCC has granted Apple a period of time before which detailed product photos and information would not be disseminated to the public.  The device will carry the model number A1221 and the FCC ID BCGA1221.

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"Get Ready for iPhone", are the words written in an e-mail sent out to those signed up to be notified about the device being launched by Apple and at&t late this June.  "iPhone arrives June 29th" according to the e-mails that began going out on Tuesday according to the partners.  Aside from reiterating its numerous features, the e-mail goes on to detail numerous points regarding what customers might do to prepare themselves to start using their new iPhones.  Contacts, Calendar, Email, Photos, Music/

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According to a recent article in the Financial Times, Apple is in advanced talks with Hollywood's largest movie studios to enable iTunes users to play rented movies on their computers, as well as one additional device, like their iPhone.  The service, set to be released in the fall of 2007, would have consumers pay $2.99 for a 30-day rental.

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Amongst the storm of commercials for the Apple iPhone created by its growing fan-base, comes this gem from director Ryan Landels.  A spec ad done as a collaboration with producer Christina Ferguson and visual effects artist Phil Broste, "the Future is Calling" borrows from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, cutting together a shortened version of an existing sequence.  The Monolith, from the film, was the perfect stand-in for what would be images of the iPhone rendered in 3D and composited into the scenes. 

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Forbes has run a story informing readers that this year, the FCC is set to auction off another block of the wireless spectrum. According to the publication, if a band of "technology veterans" and "wireless entrepreneurs" have their way, the FCC will reserve part of that spectrum as a "sandbox" for innovative companies. This notion is not at all something put out by starry-eyed idealists either, and has taken the form of an open letter to the FCC on Thursday...

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The Economist has released an article entitled "Lessons from Apple", that details some important aspects to this innovative company that many often overlook.  They go on to list four specific lessons that have helped Apple in its road to success.  Among these are: "Innovation can come from without as well as within" acknowledging that not all good ideas start at home, "the importance of designing new products around the needs of the user", "Smart companies should sometimes ignore what the market says it wants today" and finally "fail wisely, not stigmatising it, but learning from it".

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Member Cindynjgirl79 from the MacRumors forum, has apparently scored a copy of the AT&T sales training manual for the iPhone.  Describing herself as neither an employee of Apple nor an employee of AT&T, and neither obtaining the guide by theft nor break-in, the MacRumors forum member sent them scans of 15 pages out of a 33 page guide.  Included with the scans were a picture of her holding the guide next to her face.

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Qualcomm, the second largest manufacturer of mobile phone chips will be banned from new mobile phone models sold in the U.S. While Qualcomm seeks an emergency stay of the rulling from the Federal Circuit Court, as well as a presidential veto, the company, along with partners like Verizon Wireless must contemplate how this result will impact their business.

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An article on emsnow starts off by detailing a report by Topology Research, on how global shipments of touch-panels are expected to reach 55 million units this year, and jump to about 95 million units in 2010 thanks to the demonstration of the Apple iPhone.  Some interesting details into the technology side notes that:

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GigaOM interviews Randall Stephenson new CEO of the new AT&T. While it sounds right out of a boilerplate, here's what he had to say about the iPhone and its importance to the company:

The iPhone is a radically innovative new device and it only makes sense that AT&T and Apple would partner to bring it to market. This device is very important to us, it’s important to Apple and it is going to do very well with customers. It also reinforces with consumers that AT&T is the place to turn for the latest in wireless devices and services.

http://gigaom.com/2007/06/05/att-ceo-randall-stephenson-interv

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months. All your Adwords
campaigns, website templates, eBooks, Excel files. Everything. How do you feel? How do you go about recovering?

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70% of companies who suffer serious data loss go out of business within 12 months.
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The truth is that most people never recover from losing all their data.

What can you do to prevent this happening to you? Backup. Backup. Backup. Use a backup system.

How do I backup my data?
You could use a zip drive, a CDR/DVD writer, a USB drive or a secure online storage service. Using any of the
above is far better than using nothing at all and hoping for the best.


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Data loss cost US businesses in excess of 18 billion dollars in 2003.
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How often should I backup my data?
You should backup all important data on your PC at least once a week. An easy way to do this is to use a rotating backup system. Get 4 blank disks. Label these disks Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and Week 4. At the start of the month make a fresh copy of all your critical data on the Week 1 disk and continue this process on Week 2, 3 and 4. Following this procedure ensures that no matter what happens your stored data will never be more than 1 week old and
you'll also have 3 other copies of your data stored away that are less than a month old. Simple. Effective.


What software do I need?
Microsoft Windows has its own backup software included. Apple Mac users can take advantage of Apples Backup software and iDisk backup service.


How soon should I do this?
Now. Even using floppy disks start the process of backing up your data today. The sooner you start the safer your data is.


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Human error and hardware failure account for 76% of all data loss.
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The cost of recovering from a major hardware failure such as a hard disk crash can be massively reduced by keeping a backup of your data.


You've worked hard to build up your business. Don't throw all that hard work away by not taking the proper steps to safeguard your critical information.


For more information on keeping your data safe visit the Data Backup Guide on Affiliate-Advocate.