Several hundred million PCs around the world aren't being backed up regularly. Chances are, you're one of the culprits. If and when some kind of disaster strikes, you're going to wish you had some kind of backup regimen in place. Putting together your own backup system can be a chore. Have you ever considered online backup?

Carbonite 3.0 is a simple online backup service. You simply enter your email address and password, and Carbonite does the rest. All data is backed up by default, and you have unlimited storage capacity, so there's no need to pick and choose files. "It's truly a product you won't be afraid to give to your most computer-illiterate friends and colleagues," said David Friend, Carbonite's CEO. "Release 3.0 is by far the simplest online-backup solution on the market today, and our beta testers have been delighted with its clean, easy, and intuitive qualities."

The new interface has a new clean look and many user-suggested refinements. Carbonite, known for its simple installation, now offers enhanced online Help, new account management pages, and an enhanced file-restore process that features a tab showing progress, a recovery log displaying pending and recently restored files, and the option to stop the restore process easily at any point. Carbonite 3.0 also incorporates an adaptive bandwidth-management system that can more than double backup speeds.

There is also good news for Mac users on the horizon, according to Friend, who said a Mac beta version is slated for October. "We get dozens of messages from Mac users every week, begging us for a Mac version of Carbonite," Friend explained. "And we are happy to provide them with their own version soon."

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One way of mitigating a risk of disaster is to have an online backup service. I have been reading about the online backup and storage industry for a while now. It is becoming a commonly accepted technology these days. For online backup news, information and articles, there is an excellent website: http://www.BackupReview.info This site lists more than 400 online backup companies and ranks the top 25 on a monthly basis. It also features a CEO Spotlight page, where senior management people from the industry are interviewed. Jenny -September 19, 2007 When will you have real time support for carbonite. I recently ran your restore program but I can not find my files and music. I did find all my pictures by using google's picasa. I know the music and files have been restored to computer but I cannot find them. Can someone call me @ 330.665.4751 Thank you Michael Michael -October 29, 2007 I’ve used Carbonite myself and it works well. The problem is that they do not save data for more than 30 days Check out another of their competitors called ElephantDrive - www.elephantdrive.com or Memopal www.memopal.com Davide Vigna -January 19, 2008 Davide, they didn't save data more than 30 days because you only used the free trial. You need to pay for the yearly subscription. GWT -February 4, 2008 Your Comments (required): Name (required): -May 16, 2008 READER COMMENTS: We want to hear what you have to say about this article!     Acceptable Use Policy Your Comments (required): Your email is only used if our editors need to contact you. It is not used or stored for any other purpose, nor posted with your comments. Enter the text from the image below Please refresh the page if you have trouble reading this text.