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Polkast thinks that it's better to have your files in your control in your home or office rather than the nebulous cloud. Andy talks to Dave from Polkast on how they do this but still give you access from your smartphone. Polkast consists of two components, a server app that's installed on the PC or Mac where all the documents
Apple's Time Machine has been a lifesaver for many people, especially when they've accidentally deleted an important file. However, it doesn't protect against fire, flood or theft when everything is lost. Enter Dolly Drive, a Time Machine-compatible cloud-based backup service. Available as a subscription service based on data usage, Dolly Drive looks like another Time Machine target to OS X
Cloud base solutions for accessing the data on your computer off site are great, but they have their limitations. First they are slow, because everything has to upload to the cloud first before you can access it off site. Second most cloud solutions have a limit on how much you can store on their sites. Third they can get expensive
Sony's CES focus this year is on electronics, content and network services combining to deliver high quality entertainment anytime and anywhere. Supported by a slew of product announcements, new connected devices range from TVs, Blu-ray players and A/V receivers through to tablets, smartphones and PCs and on to camcorders and mobile music players. Sony is combining these with online services
Regular readers will recall that I was quite taken with the integration of Pogoplug into the Buffalo CloudStation Duo, so I was very interested to hear that Pogoplug have released a new device, the Series 4. If you aren't familiar with the Pogoplug device, it's a network gadget that makes attached USB devices available across the Internet. In short, you
On test here is the 2 TB version of Buffalo's CloudStation Duo, a RAID-capable NAS with built-in Pogoplug, giving the user their own personal cloud. The CloudStation Duo is squarely aimed at the prosumer market, both in terms of the hardware and the software on-board. For the hardware, it is equipped with two 1 TB drives and the unit can
Pogoplug announces the Pogoplug mobile, a device you can use to store media accessible from your mobile device.