Yap Episode 17 - Backups
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News
- Apple, Jabra agree on wireless iPod transceiver - Taiwanese newspaper China Times reports that prominent wireless headset maker Jabra has reached an agreement with Apple Computer to develop a new Bluetooth wireless attachment for the iPod. The attachment will be a transceiver, capable of transmitting data & music back and forth with other devices, such as headphones
- French law may legalize iTunes DRM removal - France’s Parliament is considering legislation that would make it legal to crack the Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology that protects songs downloaded from Apple’s iTunes Music Store and other legitimate music download sites.
- HD-DVD, Blu-ray Disc Drives Coming Soon - "A Yahoo! news piece has some sales details for the upcoming Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players. They also have some details on disc drives that read the new formats." From the article: "Sony has priced its first desktop computer that will have a Blu-ray Disc burner. The drive will be able to write to 25GB and 50GB BD-RE (rewritable) and BD-R (write once) discs. Sony will start selling 25GB BD-RE and BD-R discs in April for $20 and $25 respectively and 50GB capacity versions of the same discs later in the year for $48 and $60 respectively. The Vaio RC will be launched in 'early summer' and will cost around $2300. At the CeBIT? show in Germany last week, Sony announced plans for a Vaio notebook with a Blu-ray Disc drive."
- Windows XP on Intel Macs - Somebody wins the $13,000 prize for making Windows XP boot on the new Intel Macs
- Sony decides against downsampling - What? Sony does something right???
- DRM lowers battery life by up to 20%
- MPAA gets a kick to the mouth it so richly deserves at SXSW
- Some pirates are so dumb the decide to take on the US Navy
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Backups
Full system backup vs selected file backup
Why Backup?