The importance of backing up your files seems obvious, but choosing how gets complicated fast. The built-in Windows backup option is painfully basic, while decent software costs serious money.

Unstructured data management tech provider Nasuni has acquired Resilio, a developer of high-performance file synchronization and edge acceleration technology.

Instead of manually copying files, sync software performs synchronization automatically. It checks which files have changed, which are new, and which need updating. For Windows users in 2026, this is ...

BitTorrent has announced a new service today called Sync, that uses peer-to-peer technology to synchronize personal files across multiple computers and devices. The file-sharing client says that ...

When I travel, I take either my laptop or a netbook -- which doesn't have the space to accommodate a full copy of my data. I also work from my Windows Mobile phone, and I have one other mobile device ...

Unison is a file-synchronization tool that runs on Linux, UNIX and Microsoft Windows. Those of you who've used IBM Lotus Notes or Intellisync Mobile Suite probably have an idea of what synchronization ...

San Francisco-based BitTorrent released the beta version Wednesday of a new application for its digital distribution software: syncing files across multiple devices. The company says its Sync software ...

A few months ago, our own Jon Stokes bemoaned the frustration of managing and accessing data strewn across a multitude of personal computing devices. His description of the challenges of syncing and ...

Click to view If you work and play on multiple computers in the course of a week, keeping your important files in sync can be difficult. The day may come when you've got access to all of your files ...