Secure yourself and your data.

Keep it secret, keep it safe.
Don't use easy to guess paswords, don't re-use your passwordds accross different sites.More ofeten than not, convenince overpowers logic in this regards.Lets face it, you have got enough on your plate without remembering all those logins/passwords, you have racked up over the years.
and a post it note on your computers monitor just an option. Try I-password, a paid password manager that integerates directly with your drowser to auto fills logins and forums.It can even automatically generate secure password for you all you need to remember your master password.
if you  add in the dropbox cloud storage application, you can even synchronise your password accross your computers.

Backup , Backup and backup
There is no one perfect backup option but then again, anything is better than not backuping. Your harddisk is not for forever, you know. ergo, neither are years of photo.Fortunately every external harddisk you buy these days bundels in backup management software that let you select which folder to backup at regural interval.For that matter your computer operating system ships with capable backup sogtware as well, Windows 7, just head over the backup and restore center. which does a cracking job of maintaining your backups.You have the tools now make the resolutions.

Leap into cloud!!
We have all heard of the cloud computing resource access and storeage available on the internet rather than in your one PC. There are a growing number of cloud based service, many them free, that you should seriously consider this year.Services such as Google docs and box.net are good enough to suppliment PC based software and storage ,saving you a fair packet in the  bargain.Whats more? collaborating is inhernet to most good cloud apps. allowing you to share things like documents, calenders, and work on them in real time, using any devices with an internet connection.