Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Cobian 9 Offers Better Free Backups
by Lee Mathews Jul 7th 2008
We told you about Cobian Backup 8 a few months back, the update to version 9 has brought with it a whole host of new and updated features.For starters, Volume Shadow Copy is now supported, meaning no more annoying errors due to a file being in use. 7zip support and more detailed compression options have been added, as has 256-bit RSA-Rijndael encryption.
Those of you needing to backup up programs that utilize database servers (newer versions of Quickbooks and Simply Accounting, for example) will appreciate Cobian's Events handler, which can stop and start services, execute files, and close programs.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
