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Everyone Needs a Personal Server
An anonymous reader writes "Intel Labs is prototyping a potentially revolutionary new 'personal server'. The tiny device -- smaller than a PDA -- comprises a hard disk, BlueTooth, a Web-DAV enabled HTTP daemon, and other technologies enabling the user to access and modify their files from any enabled PC within their "Personal Area Network." In theory, this would allow the worker to access their own data -- essentially to have their own PC -- at any suitable workstation as long as the personal server were nearby. This article at LinuxDevices.com provides background on the personal server concept, explains how the device will enable a truly mobile experience, discusses the basic technologies involved, and provides an architectural block diagram of the prototype, which is based on an XScale Processor running at 400MHz running an embedded Linux OS."
Brings a whole new meaning to mobile computing ;-)
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
but how secure that kind of device can be?
In my life time I have lost 12 pairs of glasses.2 wallets and 5 remote controls, Losing a web server is going to 0wn
-- "of course thats just my opinion, I could be wrong." --Dennis Miller
what you want me to lug my phone, pda, mp3 player, digital camera and now a server as well.
Robin hand me my utility belt and a bandolier of batteries.
Sun: Introducting Cobalt Qube (not very consumer friendly, but it gets the job done; discontinued)
.NET (access your files anywhere, anytime. One catch - your files are not your property)
Linux/BSD: We had this for years, but it takes a rocket scientist to figure out how to secure a small server and maintain it; not consumer friendly but effective)
Microsoft: Introducing
Intel: Lets build a box for the regular Joe so he can access their files anytime, from anywhere, if he has an always-on connection.
Linux community: Lets hack together a working alternative that works out of the box and runs of dirt cheap hardware and even grandma can use it. Just like we did with MythTV and other lesser known PVRs
Apple: Introducing iPersonalServe
SCO: It was our idea all along!
I have a great idea. You can transport your files from one computer to another. i think i'll call it... WAIT! It's been done! it's called A fucking disk!
if you want to be tech wiz, you could even buy a USB memory card. WOOO!
There might just be an IT job opening in the Oz governmen for someone with your kind of ambition.
And these tits actually want the readers to pay.
whats that? Do Slashdot subscribers get to see tits?!?
Shhhh!
I'm off to cut'n'paste all the +5 comments from last time...
Looks like a pen. Writes like a pen.
But it's not a real pen. It contains 512 MB (or so) of flash, which is shared via bluetooth. A 10cm high retractable gain antenna is hidden within the length of the pen itself, and powered by a single AAA battery. Walk by an enabled PC, optionally type in a password, and all your documents, your keyring, etc. are available. Think of the security holes. Finally, as an added bonus, when you write on paper (or anything for that matter, toilet paper springs to mind), you can choose to record your scribbles on the flash drive. Tiny gyroscopic sensors determine the motion of the pen across the page, and a pressure sensor determines whether the pen is against a writing surface. Each time you expose the ball point head it creates a new file, and when you retract it, it closes it. You can tell which file is which by the timestamps.
THAT would kick butt. And as embedded logic gets more powerful, you could have a personal web/email/aim server running in there too. A wireless iPod sounds nifty, but where's the innovation people? Where is Microsoft?
How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
... everyone needs a personal lawyer.
(Best line from a movie review ever: "Keanu Reaves is miscast as someone with too much information in his head")
refering to Microsoft as "M$" is retarded.
10 LET M$ = "Microsoft"
It saves typing.
Will I retire or break 10K?
Why can't they just weave this sort of data server into clothing? Average user could get by with a thong while a slashdot user would likely need long johns.
I drank what? -- Socrates