Online storage is becoming a commodity offering. So you'd think that it'd be simple to buy and use, like an external hard disk. Not so much. Storage companies are jockeying for position in this market ...

Backing up means to manually or automatically copy files from one location to another, usually from one physical drive to another, although it could also be to an online location. Syncing means to ...

The importance of backing up your files seems obvious, but choosing how gets complicated fast. The built-in Windows backup option is painfully basic, while decent software costs serious money.

Here's how to automatically or manually back up your data, and then restore it on your Mac using Apple's Time Machine feature. Trying to figure out how to send a large file to someone? Gmail and Yahoo ...

Google’s new Backup and Sync (15GB free; larger storage options available for a fee) software tries to leverage Google’s existing Google Drive and Google Photos products by adding a file-backup option ...

Many small business people use multiple computing devices for work – desktop PCs at office and home, laptops, smartphones, netbooks — and switch between them depending on the circumstance. The problem ...

Windows only: PureSync is a user-friendly file syncing and backup application. If you've been putting off messing around with syncing files, PureSync's simple profiles and smooth interface might just ...

Google is launching a new tool called Backup and Sync on June 28th. Google Backup and Sync will help users easily backup all their important files and photos to the cloud. Google Backup and Sync will ...

Google has announced that it intends to unify its Google Drive solutions for keeping files in sync on users' desktops. Currently there are two desktop sync solutions for using Google Drive – Drive ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...