Note to self...
Exclude Temporary Internet Files from file extension search backups.
Paris because, let's face it, she's probably on my hard drive somewhere.
HP has extended its home external storage offering with SimpleSave portable and desktop products using WD drives. The USB-connected products come with software which provides "simple and automatic backup for photos, video, music and data". The idea is that the software scans a desktop or notebook PC's hard drive looking for …
So it's a 'ho-hum, me too' product - well I've got a suggestion how to differentiate the next version.
Paint it red, and given that it automatically backs up JPG's (and presumably PNG's etc too) rename it as the "SmutStore". Better still - add the ability to encrypt and password protect.
It'd be ideal if Ann Summer's ever extend's their 'tech' line - just the thing to safeguard that collection of dodgy downloads from the net....
Having to backup terabyte hard disks on 4GB DVD (ok 8 for dual layer) reminds me of the floppy disk era. Just invent something and make sure it's not compatible with whatever the recording industry uses so they can not cripple it like they did with the existent media.