Dropbox is one of our favorite pieces of software here at ProfHacker. Recently I described how to use Dropbox to back up essential files. A reader then wrote in to ask about potential legal problems ...

Version 1.0 of the cloud-based synchronization service Dropbox has been released. It comes with a selective sync feature, a new Mac OS client and better performance, according to a Thursday blog post.

An issue with the selective sync function in older Dropbox builds has seen files uploaded to the cloud via desktop computers delete entire folders of data, in some cases removing years’ worth of data ...