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I’m sorry, but I just wonder, is this entire thing just someone’s idea of “Just how far can we take this and people will think we’re serious?“ I mean, the name itself. Who came up with it? You have got to be kidding me.

Okay. For those who aren’t aware…Cucku is a “Social Backup Service” that runs on Windows machines. It was available to select beta users since February of this year, and its 1.20 version just became available for all to download yesterday. You want to make all your personal files oh so safe? Well then, all you have to do according to Cucku (oh, that just makes me roll my eyes each time I type it), is back up all of your data to your friend’s computer. Oh, and in return, they back up all their work onto yours. You are “back-up buddies.“  Isn’t that special?

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Forget everything you know about your computer.  Now, take this disc and put in your DVD writable drive and whammo you’ve just backed up your iTunes collection.  Sweet right?  No clicking, no registering, no signing on.

Simplicity is everything behind ClickFree, a foolproof tool for those not intimate with storage solutions.  Selling now at places like Best Buy, ClickFree has hopes on tapping the dummie market (which means everyone not reading Gadgetell).  The concept is simple, the product is simple, the hardest part will be ensuring you have a writable DVD drive.

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Dell announced two new models for its Vostro line-up, the 13.3-inch Vostro 1310 and 15.4-inch Vostro 1510. Both the Vostro 1310 and 1510 will have a thinner and lighter slot load optical drive than their earlier versions. The notebooks will have no trialware installed and will come with 10GB of free Dell DataSafe Online Backup and a free year of Dell’s PC Tune up service. Customers will be given the option to have either Windows XP or Vista installed. For their technical goodies, both 1310 and 1510 come with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, up to 4GB memory, finger print readers and other standard Vostro notebook goodies.

Both the 1310 and 1510 are now available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with retail prices of $749 and $599 respectively. A US release is set for May 1, while Asia Pacific and Japan will see the release on May 5. In addition to these two models, Dell also has a redesign for the 17-inch Vostro 1710 that is expected to be available in May.

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