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FWB has begun shipping BackUp Toolkit 2.2, its own branded version of French software company Tri-Edre’s backup software. The software provides a quick and easy to solution to backing up your drives through mirroring, incremental backups, and folder synchronization. BackUp Toolkit costs US$34.95.

The first 3,000 attendees to register for MacExpo will get free entry to the UK Mac show that takes place in November, notes Macworld UK. Among the big names who will be exhibiting at this year’s show are Apple, Extensis, Hewlett-Packard, LaCie, Keyspan, Iomega, Powerlogix, Macromedia, and Quark.

Our friends at MacDesktops have posted 14 new pictures over the past week, including 867MHz (PowerMac G4s), Blue Leaf (Art), California Tidepool (Fauna), and Earth nightlights (Starscapes). The site is updated daily with two new pictures.

Apple’s Macintosh Products Guide website has added the Apple Store, MacZone and MacConnection to their Hot Deals program — joining CompUSA and MacMall, which are already participants. All of these companies are offering attractive deals on loads of products for the Mac. You can find special pricing on individual products, as well as specially priced complete solution bundles for everything from gaming and imaging to Mac OS X and small business.

On September 1st MacNETv2 will be giving away a Deluxe Vanguard (Metal) Computer Carrying Case. Entering the contest is simple — all you have to do is signup in the site’s Forum and make a post. All names of all the members will be placed in an empty iMac and a winner will be picked and announced on the forum.