The "Danger" of Cloud Computing (T-Mobile Crash)

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"Cloud computing" is supposedly the future (at least Google promotes it heavily also), but as with anything, here's a good reminder to keep your personal data backed up somewhere else. Well, of course Microsoft/Danger should have backed it up also for you, in case of a crash or attack, but oops...

Microsoft Loses Sidekick Users' Personal Data - Business Center - PC World

Saturday, October 10, 2009 7:00 PM PDT

Contacts, calendar entries, photographs and other personal information of Sidekick users has almost certainly been lost for good following a service disruption at Sidekick provider Danger, the Microsoft subsidiary said on Saturday.

The amount of data and number of users affected wasn't disclosed by Microsoft or T-Mobile, but the Sidekick support forums are buzzing with pleas from users looking for tips on how to restore their devices or get their data back.

On Saturday, Microsoft said any data that users had on their devices and is no longer there has almost certainly been permanently lost.