Take Your Movies With You (NAPSA)—Whether you’re braving the airport or packing the kids into the car, keeping yourself (and the entire family) occupied during flight delays and road trips can be the key to maintaining yourholiday spirit. While games like “Angry Birds” can improve a short wait, when you have a few hours to kill, a movie or TV show may be your best weapon against boredom. Fortunately, cloud storage technology means you can take your entire movie collection with you when you travel—without taking up space in yourluggage. WhatIs Cloud Storage? While cloud storage sounds like it has something to do with weather fronts or storm systems, it actually refers to saving data to an off-site storage locker (the cloud) instead of your computer’s hard drive. The Internet then provides the connection between you and what’s in your personallocker. One benefit of cloud storage is that you no longer have to worry about large files (such as movies) taking up space on your harddrive. Since you can access your personal locker from the Internet, you don’t have to be tied to your home com- puter to retrieve yourfiles. Also, if your hard drive crashes, everything in yourlockeris protected. Movies To Go Recently, a new cloud-streaming service called UltraViolet was introduced. Backed by leading technology companies and major Hollywood studios, it provides consumers with a digital locker to store copies of purchased films and TV shows. Buyers of an UltraViolet-enabled title can then access their online digital library from iPhones, iPads, smartphones, laptops and other mobile devices. The system lets you share your movie collection with other members on Cloud storage technology lets you take your entire movie collection with you whenyoutravel. your account, even if you’re in one place and they’re elsewhere. The quickest way to get started is to set up a free account through Flixster.com, the first service that lets you collect, manage and access UltraViolet Digital Copies, either on the Flixster website or through a free downloadable app. Then you simply follow the instructions to add your movies to your digital locker. Current and upcoming UltraViolet-enabled titles include “Horrible Bosses,” “Green Lantern,” “Crazy Stupid Love,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” “Shameless” (the TV series), “Final Destination 5,” “The Smurfs,” “Friends With Benefits,” “Cowboys & Aliens,” “The Hangover: Part II,” “One Tree Hill: The Complete 8th Season,” “Underworld Trilogy: The Essential Collection,” “The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption,” “Killer Elite” and “Honey 2.” The next time you planto travel, store your home entertainmentcol- lection in the cloud where you can access it from anywhere—agift that truly keeps on giving. Learn More For more information, go to www.UVVU.com and www.ultra violet.flixster.com.
