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Re:Ubuntu for Android by Lewisham on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @04:56PM (#3618238)
Backup device manufaturers are really missing out on big bucks by not making a small NAS that downloads all you cloud data. Give it access to Google/Dropbox/Flickr etc an have it silently back everything up.

I hope they've thought of this and I've just missed it. They won't be able to sell USB based backup drives for much longer.

Re:Ubuntu for Android by rbarooah on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @04:11AM (#3620093)
IOMega used to make a NAS with support for foldershare (the dropbox predecessor that was sold to Microsoft). That was 6 years ago - before it's time I'd guess.
Re:Ubuntu for Android by nodemaker on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @05:54PM (#3618395)
The device 'Time Machine' by Apple does exactly that.
Re:Ubuntu for Android by Lewisham on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @07:40PM (#3618702)
No it doesn't, it backsup your Macs over wifi, and that's all it does. It won't access web services, which is they key point I was trying to make. The Time Capsule, and all home backup devices I can name, make the soon-to-be-outdated assumption that your data exists on a hard drive you own.
Re:Ubuntu for Android by nodemaker on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @08:28AM (#3620738)
Well more elaborately your mac can access all web services and download all data which can then be wirelessly backed up by the time machine.

For example my Dropbox folder is automatically synced on my mac which is then automatically backed up by the time machine.