Gotta agree with you. Most of the crap that is peddled on Beck, Rush, and Hannity are scam. Soft water, Internet briefcase, etc...
Carbonite is an excellent Internet-based computer back-up service and is inexpensive. I would swear by it, and I have no interest in the company. I recently had to restore many gigs of files due a failed a hard drive at work. Worked flawlessly.