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Curious Blend of VPN, PDA and USB Drive

Posted by michael on from the if-you-build-it-they-will-come dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Realm Systems has developed a cellphone-sized mobile device that takes advantage of the hardware of a another PC by attaching via USB. It requires an Internet connection to connect to a backend system, but acts as a fully functional PC with dual PowerPC processors, a 20 GB drive and all your applications - if you can find someone who lets you connect to their PC. An interesting option especially for a price of $195 for the mobile device." So, for a $10,000 central server, a $1000 PC, and a $195 device, you can have the computing power of: a $1000 PC. It seems like there might be cheaper ways.

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  1. Wank words by hool5400 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "It is a paradigm shift,"

    Jesus H Christ. I'm getting sick of this pointy haired bullshit.

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  2. Curious Blend of VPN, PDA and USB Drive... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    dredged up by the tsunami. Fascinating stuff! It's in Russian, but it's all about the pictures!

    (sorry, but I can't get over michael's last story yet)

  3. Re:This is the first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Also the first time I've seen someone try to astroturf a product on /. and win mockery from an editor.

  4. Re:Too damn proprietory by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny
    attaches via an USB interface to any computer, takes over the Internet connection and creates a VPN connection via Terminal services to a proprietary backend system, the SOBA router. In this process, the MPS hibernates the host PC's operating system and takes over hardware components such as screen, graphics, keyboard and mouse.
    Sounds like demonic possession. Cue the creepy ring-tones!
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