From technology to politics to video games; these are the random thoughts of a geek with too much time on his hands
Ever been working on a word document for hours on end?  You know, the project plan for the multimillion dollar project you've been tasked to have finished by 8am tomorrow, or that thesis paper you have to hand to your adviser by 5pm.  Those critical files that, if lost, will make you consider finding the nearest bridge to jump off of.  We've all lost documents before to either drive crashes, power outages, or you accidentally deleted an entire section of a document and then accidentally saved it over the only copy you had.  Trying to recover from that can be insanely stressful and wastes a lot of time.

Of course, no one ever backs their files up either like they're supposed to.

KeepSafe is the answer to people caught in those most dire of situations: a file is gone!  KeepSafe stores iterative backups of your documents in a completely different location on your hard drive, and it does it without you having to lift a finger!  It will automatically backup documents as you save them, keeping several iterations back so you can recover from accidentally overwriting the quarterly financials with a recipe your friend emailed you.

KeepSafe is especially great for any students you know, if it can save them from losing just one midterm project, it will have been more than worth the cost of purchase!

Give the gift of file safety this year!

This next gift is for anyone who runs more than one computer at a time.  You know the type, the person with their laptop setup next to their desktop PC, checking email on one, surfing the web on another, going back and forth from keyboard to keyboard.  Or there's the type with more than 2 machines sitting on their desk that they're constantly flipping back and forth between them all.  I'm sure their desks are littered with keyboards and mice.  Imagine how happy they'd be to clear that all of, and just have to deal with one set of input devices.

That's where Multiplicity comes in!  If you've got multiple PCs with multiple monitors, you can control them all from just one keyboard and mouse, moving between them seamlessly.  Just install Multiplicity to all of the machines you want to control, set one as primary and the rest as secondary machines, and presto!  Put all those extra keyboards and mice away.

Multiplicity is perfect for power users and gamers who have to use multiple PCs at the same time.

Multiplicity Pro sells for $49.95, and KeepSafe for $29.95.

Multiplicity and KeepSafe can be found in retail at CompUSA, Frys Electronics and J&R Electronics, or can be purchased online through the Stardock Store.


Comments
on Dec 16, 2006
Great to see animation in this article! The mouse and screen...
on Dec 17, 2006
I can't imagine using my systems without these two apps. Both become so seamless to one's working environment. Highly recommended gifts.
on Dec 18, 2006
Which skin is the one used "KeepSave" screenshot ???
Answer per Mail to hbillig@arcor.de - please.
on Dec 18, 2006
I'm not sure what skin that is. I took the screenshot from the product page.
on Dec 18, 2006
on Dec 20, 2006
Does Multiplicity do the same thing as Synergy? ==> http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
on Dec 20, 2006
It does the same thing except that you can copy and paste between PCs.

Also, it appears from my reading that MP is easier to configure and more stable.