Yes you should back up your data! Online backup tools are becoming more popular. While your initial backup may be slow (depending on your internet connection speed) future backups should be pretty fast. If you backup to a device at home and it gets stolen or destroyed what is the point? So backing up your most important files remotely is a really good idea.

Give this article from LifeHacker a read – Five Best Online Backup Tools

If you want to synchronize files between your home computer and a laptop DropBox is a great option. For pure backup give Sugarsync, Mozy, or Carbonite a try.

If you want to backup locally to a portable hard drive GFI Backup is free and a popular tool.

Holiday time means new tech toys. We will try to pick the best stuff from the Internet as it relates to keeping you safe and productive on the road and post it here.