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I just signed up for the service dropbox and I’m amazed. Here is the basic rundown of the features: 

• A folder on your harddrive is backed up to the web 
• You get 2GB of storage 
• Every computer that gets the dropbox software, will also get a copy of this folder 
• Every change to the folder is mirrored on the other machines 
• A web version of the folder is available for when you are on a friend’s computer and want to share a file. 
• You can send people links to files in your public folder, eliminating the need for an attachment.
• Versioning (the ability to keep track of each save to a document) is available for all files. 

So now a scenario – I start a word document at home. I save it to my dropbox folder and when I boot up my laptop, the laptop grabs the newest version of the file from the web. Now as I edit and save my word doc on my laptop, new versions of the document are kept online (just in case I want to revert to an older version). Finally, I’m done and I send a link to a friend to download the document from my public folder (where I’ve just saved the final copy). 
That is pretty cool. Get it now at getdropbox.com

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