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Budget-beating out-of-band management
Opengear's all-in-one appliance combines service processor aggregation, serial console, and environmental monitoring at a nice price
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Online backup services
Backups work best when you have multiple copies, at least one of which is both current and offsite. OS X's Time Machine feature plus high-capacity, low-cost hard drives make it possible to back up regularly and to rotate drives through backup sets and store a full backup somewhere away from the data that's on it.
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Kensington Hands-Free Visor Car Kit
Got three numbers you call over and over? If you use your driving time to make calls to the same folks regularly (hands-free, of course), you'll like the speed-dial feature that comes with Kensington's Bluetooth car speakerphone. The unit lets you save three phone numbers to three corresponding buttons on its front. This speed-dial option is one of several nice features on Kensington's kit; unfortunately, though, call quality was disappointing--and it's pricey at $120 (MSRP as of 8/6/09).
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MyCopernic on the Go
Copernic, known for its desktop search applications, is going remote--sort of. The company's new Web-based MyCopernic on the Go service ($9.95 per year) lets you search the contents of your computer remotely, from any Web-connected device, including a mobile phone. Unfortunately, MyCopernic on the Go falls short of offering a full remote access service.
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REVIEW
Budget-beating out-of-band management
Opengear's all-in-one appliance combines service processor aggregation, serial console, and environmental monitoring at a nice price

more...
REVIEW
Online backup services
Backups work best when you have multiple copies, at least one of which is both current and offsite. OS X's Time Machine feature plus high-capacity, low-cost hard drives make it possible to back up regularly and to rotate drives through backup sets and store a full backup somewhere away from the data that's on it.

more...
REVIEW
Kensington Hands-Free Visor Car Kit
Got three numbers you call over and over? If you use your driving time to make calls to the same folks regularly (hands-free, of course), you'll like the speed-dial feature that comes with Kensington's Bluetooth car speakerphone. The unit lets you save three phone numbers to three corresponding buttons on its front. This speed-dial option is one of several nice features on Kensington's kit; unfortunately, though, call quality was disappointing--and it's pricey at $120 (MSRP as of 8/6/09).

more...