Carbonite Inc., Boston, Mass., USA, the company dedicated to PC backup over the Internet, upgraded its online PhotoBackup service and is offering the new version free to current trial and paid subscribers. This latest version of the service backs up 19 photo and movie file formats and includes a simplified, easier-to-use interface.

The new features include automatic backup of: standard picture formats, including JPEG, RAW, DNG, PNG, PSD; short movie clips, including MPEG, AVI, MOV, ASF formats; and proprietary RAW photo formats for cameras from Canon, Fuji, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, and Sony (CRW, CR2, RAF, DCR, KDK, MRW, NEF, OPF, SRF).

PhotoBackup costs $3 per month, or $29.95 per year. Free trials are available at www.carbonite.com, and with the purchase of a digital camera at Staples stores. Current subscribers to Carbonite’s PhotoBackup service can upgrade their accounts from a pop-up bubble that will appear on their PC desktops.

Any time new photos are added to a PC (or old ones are edited), Carbonite finds them within seconds and starts to back them up over the Internet. In order to protect its customers’ privacy, photos are encrypted before being transmitted to Carbonite’s secure data centers. Carbonite will launch a comprehensive PC backup service that will backup all data (office documents, photos, music, etc.) on a customer’s PC in late April. The service is likely to be priced at $5 per month (or $49.95/year) with no pre-determined storage limit.

Website : www.carbonite.com