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HP Upline file backup service goes Offline

HP will issue full refunds to paying customers. The subscription-based service had offered unlimited storage for $59 per year. Since Upline didn't even last a single year, I guess it's easier for HP to send the money back than to try to pro-rate the refunds.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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Xerloq said 2:25PM on 2-27-2009
I understand the benefit of online storage, but no one ever said "My USB hard drive went out of business..."
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Backup_itis said 9:22AM on 2-28-2009
The storage / sync space has way many competitors - and the internet gorilla (google) is rumored to be coming.
There's gonna be a messy war, and maybe HP is wise to get out before this bubble bursts, and the real hemorrhaging starts. HP's mission is to be #1 or #2 in each category it competes in, and it wasn't gonna happen in this business.
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Troy Hickerson said 7:31AM on 3-03-2009
SafeCopy Backup, http://www.safecopybacup.com, is offering a 10% discount to HP Upline customers. Keep in mind SafeCopy is already 1/3 the cost of the HP Upline Family Plan which is limited to 3 users.
With SafeCopy you can purchase ONE account for ALL your computers. Works on Mac, PC, iPhone, Smartphone. SafeCopy also allows you to easily share files over 1GB.
Promo code of “upline” is good through April 15th.
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