5 free online services that store, sync and share your files “Syncing to the cloud” may sound like marketing-speak, but it’s actually a convenient thing to do: Upload your important files to an online server and access them from any of your other computers and mobile devices. Cloud-based syncing services usually use a virtual drive that exists on your desktop in some manner, and it is linked directly to your online storage space

Web Hosting – SAN ANTONIO – The Rackspace® Cloud, the cloud computing division of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced the release of Rackspace Cloud Pro™, the first application for the new iPad™ to enable developers to monitor and manage their Rackspace Cloud Servers™. With Cloud Pro, users can turn on backups for a server, create new servers from backups, manage back-up scheduling, re-boot, rename, resize and delete servers – all using the iPad’s intuitive touchscreen interface.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Rackspace Offers Free iPad App for Cloud Server Management News: Stream Begins Construction on Data Center in Texas News: Alert Logic’s Cloud Focus Drives Top Sales News: Cloud Collaboration Suite HyperOffice Expands Global Marketing Channels in EMEA (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Capitalizing on the popularity of the new Apple product, Rackspace Hosting ( www.rackspace.com ) has released the first application for the new iPad that lets developers monitor and manage their servers on the Rackspace Cloud. According to Rackspace’s Tuesday announcement, the Rackspace Cloud Pro app, available for free in Apple’s marketplace, lets users turn on backups for a server, create new servers from backups, manage back-up scheduling, re-boot, rename, resize and delete servers — all using the iPad’s intuitive touchscreen interface

KDE and GNOME: Seven Irritations in Each Life in an Olympics-occupied city has left me grumpy. Ordinarily, I’m a tolerably contented desktop user, spending about three-quarters of my time in KDE and the rest in GNOME, with occasional forays into other desktops. But in the last two weeks, I’ve been noticing irritations in every interface I’ve used.