Top Cloud Services: The Great Hard Drive in the Sky

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Top Story--Top Cloud Services: The Great Hard Drive in the Sky We tested 20 cloud-storage services to find the best tools for sharing and syncing files, backing up PCs, sharing photos, listening to music, and more. Share: News Microsoft Surface Tablet: Your Next Windows PC? Redmond's upcoming Surface hardware feels stylish, fresh, and exciting. Apple's iPad finally gets some real competition. Share: 5 Questions (and Answers) About Tonight's Mars Rover Landing The Curiosity rover is on a mission of many months and millions of miles to test for microbial life on Mars, and its efforts are visible to the Earthbound. Share: Microsoft Outlook.Com: A Hands On First Look Less than 24 hours after Microsoft rolled out Outlook.com, one million people are already using the service. Here's what you need to know if you join them. Share: How-To Save a Web Page as a PDF with Just One Click Handy bookmarklet Web2PDF makes it simple to convert any Web page into a PDF you can download and share or store. Share: How to Enhance Your Router With Open-Source Firmware The stock firmware included on many broadband routers takes advantage of only a fraction of the hardware's capabilities. We explain how to use use powerful open-source firmware to unleash the beast in your router. Share: How to Choose a New PC Case We'll show you how to find, buy, and build in a brand-new PC chassis. Share: Downloads Form Productive Habits With These Tools Habits are powerful: Be it in health or creativity, do a little every day, and soon you've done a lot. But a new habit is not always easy to forge: You might forget to do it, it might feel unnatural, or you might just grow tired of it. Fortunately, there are quite a few tools that can help you stay motivated for the long haul and create lasting habits that help you get to where you want to go in career and life. VLC If you don't have VLC, aka the VideoLAN Player, installed on your system, the chances are you don't watch a whole lot of video. VLC has millions of users and supports virtually every type of video found on the Web, as well as audio. It's also mature, stable, cross-platform, and provides a lot of features not found in Windows Media Player or the Quicktime player. NTI Echo NTI Echo 3 ($20, buy-only) is a copying utility that makes cloning hard drives and partitions dirt simple. It works well, and it's relatively inexpensive. Speed Matters Learn how to boost your PC's security without losing speed. Learn more here. 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Share: Top Reviews on PCWorld.com Axis M5014 Review: An Incredibly Compact Professional Dome Camera Check out the sleek Axis M5014 if you're looking for video-surveillance equipment that doesn't scream 'You're on camera!' Share: D-Link DCS-5222L Cloud Camera Review: Call It 'Professional Lite' This consumer-grade IP camera has a very good feature set, but its image quality isn't entirely satisfying. Share: Network Cameras Go HD: We Review Three New Models The latest IP cameras promise high-definition video. We tested them to see whether they can deliver. Share: Trendnet TV-IP572WI Review: Budget Network Camera Boasts Strong Features The affordable TV-IP572WI is a solid IP camera that offers good-quality video. Share: Downloads: Editor's Collection Form Productive Habits With These ToolsHabits are powerful: Be it in health or creativity, do a little every day, and soon you've done a lot. But a new habit is not always easy to forge: You might forget to do it, it might feel unnatural, or you might just grow tired of it. Fortunately, there are quite a few tools that can help you stay motivated for the long haul and create lasting habits that help you get to where you want to go in career and life. Browse DownloadsAntivirus & Security • Design & Multimedia • Utilities • Games • Chat, Email, & the Web •

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