It's World Backup Day 135
1sockchuck writes "Today is World Backup Day, an occasion to back up your personal data and financial information and check your restores. For those needing motivation — a group that apparently includes 15 percent of data centers — the Slashdot archives bear witness to date disasters at providers small (Ma.gnolia) and large (Microsoft). The World Backup Day initiative grew out of a thread at Reddit, and invites online backup services to observe the occasion by offering discounts."
Leafycaust! (Score:3, Interesting)
A cautionary tale from Ars Technica [arstechnica.com]. It's a long thread, but the "fun" begins about 2/3 of the way through (page 60-something, IIRC).