How to backup your computer

Free online backup Services
There are many paid backup services which allow you to upload your documents, photos or virtually anything on your computer. These can also be great, not just for peace of mind but also as a way to share large files with friends or family. Many of them are free up to a certain amount of disk space.

Some things to keep in mind:

1. Free services may have slower upload rates
2. What will happen if the company runs out of money?
3. Does it backup your computer automatically or do you have to upload the files manually?
   

Here are a few of the free ones:

• adrive 50GB Free
• Orbitfiles 6GB free $5 per month for unlimited
• xDrive 5GB
• ElephantDrive .5 Gig free $9.95 per month Unlimited

How to remember your to-do list

Remember the Milk allows you to keep online to-do lists. Email a task to your free account and RTM will send you a reminder when you need it via any number of supported methods including
email, SMS, and instant messenger (AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Skype and Yahoo! are all supported)

Never forget a family member's birthday again! Some of the things you can do with RTM include:

• Manage tasks
• Create and sort lists
• Share tasks and lists with others
• View the location of events on a map
• Sync with Google Calender
• Sync with Twitter
  

How to find the best shipping rate

Shipgooder allows you to enter any two postal codes in the USA or Canada and it will compare all the shipping rates for overnight, two day, ground etc. The site compares rates between FedEx, UPS, DHL, Purolator, the U.S. Postal Service and Canada Post.

In my search I was able to save $13.74 on a ground shipment from Toronto to Washington D.C

The range of rates for next day were even more dramatic ($81.63 difference) and DHL, the most expensive for ground shipping was the cheapest.

How to pronouce names, places and things

Type in a word on Inogolo and it will allow you to hear someone pronouncing it by clicking on hte play icon.
I tried Vincent Van Gogh to see whether it would give the American or Dutch pronounciation. I was pleasantly surprised to see it offer both. If it doesn't know the word it will submit your word as a suggestion for future inclusion.

How to find the name of a song

Got a song in your head but can't remember what it's called? Heard a song you love on the radio but don't know who did it? You need to visit SongTapper. Tap out the beat of the song using the spacebar and SongTapper will try to identify it for you. It's surprisingly accurate, it correctly identified 3 out of 5 songs I tried.