Google takes us inside their data centers, shows you where the internet lives (video)

Ever fancied a look inside one of Google’s cavernous server farms? Given the security issues, the company isn’t likely to just let anyone mooch around — but understands if you’re curious. That’s why it’s adding a special collection to its Street View data that lets you wander inside without a big trek to Iowa, Belgium or Finland. If you’d like to sample some of the delights, you can check out our gallery or head down past the break to get a video tour of the facility in Lenoir, NC.

Google, Where The Internet Lives

New Dropbox Links Feature Makes File Sharing Even Easier

Dropbox the online cloud backup and sharing service has unveiled a new feature of its service in the form of Links. Dropbox CEO Drew Houston and Product Manager Ivan Kirigin demonstrated the new Links feature to the TechCrunch team last week, and now the new Links feature can now be used by Dropbox users to share files in a snap. Either large videos or collections of smaller files.

To start using the new features simple login to dropbox.com, and just select “Get link” for a file or folder in your Dropbox.  On mobile, open the file and press the link icon in the bottom left corner. Dropbox explains:

“Now you can make links to files or folders in your Dropbox. Quickly share your photos, docs, and videos with friends and colleagues — even if they don’t have Dropbox!

When you create a link, your photos, videos, and even documents are displayed in a gorgeous full-browser view. Your friends and family can simply follow your links to view photos and instantly watch home videos online. Even your presentations look great without anyone having to download and open them separately.”

Source: Tech Crunch

IDrive Connect offers Google Docs access via virtual folder on your Windows machine

Need a way to access those Google Docs outside of the native interface? IDrive Online Backup has unveiled its free software that does just that. IDrive Connect allows folks who fancy the document-sharing platform to access files as if they were resting in a folder on their PC — in a DropBox-esque fashion. The application enables drag-and-drop capabilities for easy upload, conversion for popular document types to the Google Docs format and file sharing directly within the Connect interface. If that wasn’t enough, you can also save those Google Docs to an existing IDrive account, which offers up to 5GB of backup / storage (not just documents, either) at no cost. If you’re looking for all the details, hit the PR below or take a gander and the source links to download the app and get started.

IDrive

Microsoft details Windows 8′s new Storage Spaces feature

It was just yesterday that Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky detailed the new “Refresh” and “Reset” option found in Windows 8 on the company’s Building Windows 8blog, but he’s now already back with an exhaustive overview of yet another new feature. This time it’s “Storage Spaces,” which will let you pool both virtual and physical drives (regardless of how they’re connected) in a variety of ways to keep your data as safe as possible. That includes the ability to expand individual storage pools on an as-needed basis, and various ways to mirror your data for some added redundancy — as you’d expect, the “spaces” themselves simply behave as a regular disk. Hit the source link below for the full rundown.

Building Windows 8

Buffalo DriveStation Velocity USB 3.0: hard disk veloce ed elegante

Buffalo Technology presenta DriveStation Velocity, un nuovo hard disk esterno con interfaccia USB 3.0 caratterizzato da un elegante chassis nero con finitura lucida.

Il DriveStation Velocity unisce le performance di un disco rigido a 7200 giri con l’interfaccia USB 3.0 a 5 Gbps, aiutato dalle funzionalità TurboPC EX e TurboCopy per Windows; quest’ultima è una particolare utility in grado di velocizzare tutte le operazioni di copia e trasferimento dei file. Grazie alla crittografia AES a 256 bit, inoltre, DriveStation Velocity offre anche avanzate funzioni di sicurezza a livello hardware, consentendo di proteggere i file personali o di lavoro da accessi non autorizzati.

I contenuti memorizzati all’interno della propria DriveStation Velocity saranno così totalmente inaccessibili a coloro che non sono in possesso della password di accesso.

Buffalo DriveStation Velocity é venduta con 2 anni di garanzia ed è disponibile presso Misco, Multimedia Planet, Monclick, ePrice, Mr.Price, Bechtle Direkt, TDShop e Diwo.it con prezzi di vendita consigliati (IVA incl.) di:

• HD-LX1.0TU3 1.0TB            99,90 Euro
• HD-LX2.0TU3 2.0TB          149,90 Euro
• HD-LX3.0TU3 3.0TB          219,90 Euro

 

Seagate's GoFlex Turbo portable hard drive touts USB 3.0, built-in SafetyNet

Another week, another external HDD from the folks at Seagate. This go ’round, it’s the GoFlex Turbo taking the stage, positioned somewhere between the GoFlex Slim and Satellite in terms of depth. It’s the outfit’s first drive to ship with two free years of SafetyNet, which nets you a single data recovery attempt should something go haywire during the honeymoon period. Tucked within, you’ll find a 500GB / 750GB drive (7200RPM), a USB 3.0 port and support for eSATA / FireWire 800 connectors via an optional interface adapter. Per usual, it’ll hum along just fine on both Windows and OS X, and can be snapped up today at Best Buy for $119.99 / $139.99, respectively. Full release is after the break, and if you’re curious, we managed to see consistent USB 2.0 rates of 30MBps to 40MBps (read / write) during our brief time with it.

CloudSight Search gives you instant, unified access to email and social networking archives (video)

Remember those thousands of folks who you suddenly lost contact with last week? Unfortunately for them, they’re still looking for years of Gmail records, but if they were proactive enough to initialize a Backupify account, they’d have their entire inbox (as well as their outbox, sent folder, and everything else) just a restore-click away. Backupify’s free backup services have worked well here at Engadget HQ, providing a level of assurance that our emails, tweets, photos and Facebook statuses aren’t going anywhere — even if an account is hacked. Now, the company’s taking the next logical step by introducing CloudSight Search. It’s hailed as the first searchable archive solution for social media and Google Apps, and it lets you type in a single search term / phrase in order to sift through your email accounts and social networking handles for any communications related to the aforesaid query. One search, multiple communication outlets. Of course, it only sifts through what’s archived, but given just how frequently the service backs things up, it’s pretty darn close to fetching in real-time. The only downside? There’s no mobile app, so it looks as if you’ll have to consult a legitimate browser to get your search on. Those interested in signing up for the private beta launch can do so in the source link, or if you’d rather learn more via video, the play button is just beneath the break.