Network file system (NFS), server message block (SMB) and common internet file system (CIFS) are all file access storage protocols, used to access files on remote servers and storage servers (such as ...

Google Drive and Dropbox are fine for storing your everyday files, but if you’re looking for a privacy-first alternative, ...

Whether you use Android or iOS, you have lots of options to beam data to and from your PC without much effort. We live in a multi-device world. At a minimum, you almost certainly have both a computer ...

Microsoft wants you to use the cloud, but there are a lot of good options — including trusty old network file sharing and a little-known modern Windows feature. Remember the HomeGroup on Windows 7?

Despite the many changes in data storage over the decades, some fundamentals remain. One of these is that storage is accessed by one of three methods – block, file and object. This article will define ...

Nearby Share is Google's new AirDrop clone you can use to share files between your Android phone and Windows computer. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes ...

In context: Microsoft introduced the original version of ReFS in 2012 alongside the enterprise-focused Windows Server 2012. At the time, the company stated that the new file system was intended to ...

Windows has a secret vault. You're not using it.