Very Exclusive Gadgets & Gizmos

This USB Windows Icebox gadget is pretty…ahem…cool. Just plug it into the nearest USB port of your PC, and it will immediately freeze any changes on the hard disk. You can keep using the computer – or let your kids run free on it – safe in the knowledge that when you switch off next, all changes will be deleted and the machine will return to its original state.

Plug a Rebit external USB backup drive into your computer, activate the software and that’s it, from then on your computer files are automatically backed up without you having to lift a finger. At least that’s what it says here. The thing backs up files on the fly, so it’s continuous rather than scheduled, and most amazingly it will also give you a complete operating system restore too, should the worst occur. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Priced from $149.95 for a 160 GB portable drive model.