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A good backup strategy is important, especially if you have personal or business data on your computer, like photos, videos or other documents, that can’t simply be downloaded from the internet again. Files that are accidently deleted, overwritten, or infected by a virus can be easily restored.

There are many possibilities for backing up data like external hard drives, dvds, network computers. In this article I want to show you two online backup services, that I tried. The great advantage of online backup is the safety of your data, even in case of a fire in your house. The greatest disadvantage is the limited data transfer rate to the internet.
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Now for something personal again, music to be exact. “Die Apokalyptischen Reiter” is a great german metal band, that I want to show you briefly. I have to admit, that I only recently got to know them, but I instantly loved them. Also seeing them live was a great experience.

Here is a song for getting to know them, Eruption:

Since a few weeks, the Riders use Twitter (@reitermania), there you get peeks on the currently running Paganfest tour, where they tour europe togehter with some other bands.

I recently switched over to Windows 7 on my desktop computer, and I really like it. One especially useful feature is the XP Mode. It is a virtual Windows XP based on Microsoft VirtualPC. The Applications of the virtual computer are listed in the start menu of Windows 7 and can be integrated directly in the Windows 7 desktop.

One way I use this feature is webdesign. On a regular basis, I have to check websites for IE6 compatibility, which is unfortunately still in use on some compuers. As IE6 is already installed in the virtual XP installation, there is no shortcut to it in the Windows 7 start menu. This can be fixed quite easily via the following steps:

• Start the Windows XP Mode VM
• Create a new folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Internet Explorer
• Copy an InternetExplorer-link from your start menu to the newly created folder
• Close the VM, maybe you will have to start and close it again to get the shortcut in the Windows 7 start menu.

Now you can start the “virtual” Internet Explorer 6 directly from the Windows 7 start menu.

Thanks to Daniel Melanchthon from Windows 7 Blog.

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Hello everybody.

Today I switched my blogging software to wordpress, and I really like it. I kept the old postings, and I hope I will be posting new articles more frequently in the future.

Have fun!!

Today, I visited Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus with a group from the university. Here are some pictures.

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I just stumbled upon a very useful website:

www.html2pdf.co.uk

Just insert a URL or some HTML code and it generates a PDF file for you. Your website is copied pixel by pixel, and even links and flash videos are included.

I knew for quite some time that Google offerd an email service, but I never really cared about it. But recently I completely switched to GMail. Now I’d like to explain why I switched, and maybe convice one or two of you .
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Now I’m going to show you how I use portable programes like thunderbird or firefox on my usb pen drive. Of course everythin is safely encrypted.

The method I’m going to show you uses Truecrypt and Pstart. Administrator priviliges are required, unless the correct version of Truecrypt is already installed on the guest computer. Alternatively you could use special U3 pen drives, their encryption doesn’t require administrator priviliges.
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There are PDF files that you may read, but not print, e.g if you forget the password for the file. I’m going to show you how to bypass this protection and print the file anyway. If you find a protected file on the internet, you have to respect copyright laws and check carefully whether you are permitted to bypass the protection.

You’ll need two programs:

• Ghostscript
• GSView

I will not post the download links here for legal reasons. Google for the names, they are easy to find. You have to install the two programs in the given order.

Then you open “Start -> All Programs -> Ghostgum -> GSView”. Now you can open and print the protected PDF file.

You can also save an unprotected version of the file for further processing. For that, in GSView click “File -> Convert -> OK” and save it under a new name (new.pdf). This new file is now unprotected.

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Now something different. I’d like to tell you about my favourite software for my mobile phone. I own a Nokia 6120 classic which uses Symbian 9.1 FP1 with Series60 3rd Edition user interface.

• Outbank – Online-Banking Software using HBCI. 12 Months are €10,49.

• GMail – Client for Google Mail, my favourite email provider. Free.

• GoogleMaps – Client for Google Maps, data flatrate recommended! Free.

• Mobipocket Reader
  - Read books on your mobile! Nicely adjustable, you can buy books on the website, but you can as well use txt-files. You can convert PDFs using Mobipocket Creator. Free.

• Papyrus – Great calendar software. Organize your appointments, birthdays and so on. Costs $17,95 once.

• emTube – Youtube on your mobile! UMTS und data flatrate recommended! Free.

• Frozen Bubble – Last but not least some entertainment, a nice little game. Free.

to be continued.