For quite some time I have been touting the benefits of having a portable backup sitting on your computer desk to securely hold your irreplaceable pictures, files and other items near and dear to your heart. Having this device at the ready allowed you to sleep well and fend off nightmares of the inevitable when you go to check your email one day and there is no sign of life coming from your computer. At this defining moment in your life, you are overjoyed that you listened to sage advice and bought a portable backup device, but consider this conversation I recently had with a new client. She told me she had backed everything up on jump drives and a portable hard drive. “I always thought two backups were better than one but thieves broke in the back door and stole not only my computer but also both my jump drives and my portable backup. Now I have lost all of my pictures.” What a sad tale. I recommended she use Carbonite or Mozy as an online backup solution.

There's been a lot of talk about putting more information into the "cloud," though it hasn't exactly hit the mainstream.

An eleventh-hour federal appeals court ruling to suspend the voting provisions of Proposition 200 has created uncertainty about whether registration forms and early voting ballots filled out since Friday will have to be thrown out.

An eleventh-hour federal appeals court ruling to suspend the voting provisions of Proposition 200 has created uncertainty about whether registration forms and early voting ballots filled out since Friday will have to be thrown out.

Q: I would like to print from my Gmail account on my iPhone or iPad to my printer, but it doesn’t come up in Apple’s print option on either (device). Any suggestions? — Daryl

ATLANTA (AP) — Two new computers running Google's Chrome operating system are looking to lure people to a browser-based environment. Both target light-duty computer users who don't need the full range of capabilities that traditional Windows and Mac computers provide.

A Scottsdale aeronautics business owner is appealing two federal court decisions that found him guilty of bankruptcy fraud and sentenced him to nearly three years in prison.

A Scottsdale aeronautics business owner is appealing two federal court decisions that found him guilty of bankruptcy fraud and sentenced him to nearly three years in prison.

More than 40 years ago, Brian Boyett walked the streets of the East Valley carrying two small glass bottles — one filled with unfiltered “hard” tap water and the other with water that had been softened through a filtering system.

Q: Curious what y'all thought about the (Google) Chromebook or if you could point me to a post if you've already covered it. - Cathy

Q: I upgraded my iPhone 4S to iOS 6 and heard about all the problems with the new Maps app that Apple switched to; is there a way to get Google Maps back on my phone or something else that’s more reliable? — Samuel

Q: Can my Android smartphone really get a virus from the Internet? — Joel

We take for granted that doctors, lawyers, nail technicians and others we depend on for their expertise have gone through a series of requirements before they are allowed to interact with us.

We take for granted that doctors, lawyers, nail technicians and others we depend on for their expertise have gone through a series of requirements before they are allowed to interact with us.

March 4, 2005

A serious back injury in 1998 left George Temores with limited mobility and a dark cloud of depression.

A serious back injury in 1998 left George Temores with limited mobility and a dark cloud of depression.

LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson's Tuesday apology for an anti-Semitic rant after his drunken driving arrest came several days too late, celebrity crisis management experts say.

ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Lawyers said they are filing motions Monday demanding a court free two security guards whose innocence was declared by the mother of a missing Alabama teenager.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents before the energy giant's collapse.

LOS ANGELES - Studio bosses Brad Grey and Ron Meyer have scaled Hollywood's ruthless ranks to become two of the most powerful men in the entertainment industry.

Like the iPhone, the Android phone has an elegant interface that's easy to use. Add that to the fact research shows there are more Android phones being sold these days than Apple's mobile phone, and there's no shortage of new customers who are fiddling with them.

It can be tough to pry an iPad out of a child’s tiny hands, but there are many applications, or apps, that make tablets and smartphones a good companion and teacher, and not just an addictive electronic baby sitter.

Q: I’m strongly considering a jump from my iPhone to the Samsung Galaxy S III but concerned about getting all my stuff over. Is this an easy thing to do or is it going to be a nightmare? — Glen