Intel's research seems to be more of an evolutionary refinement than a new revolution in computing.
Sony's had a wireless file server PGX1 out in Japan for several months now. It's not really pocket size but doesn't take much space or add much weight in a bag at only 390g. It stores 20GB and supports CIFS, NFS and FTP connections over 802.11b. It's also dockable with a wired ethernet connection when direct access is desired. Configuration is via LCD display or web browser.
Regarding scriptability, there is nothing prevent other scripting languages from interacting directly with applications. I'm not sure how things have changed with Mac OS X but there is (was?) actually is a complex framework for scripting languages dubbed the Open Scripting Architecture (OSA).
At the core of OSA are AppleEvents which are an RPC like communications mechanism. Using an app's published AppleEvent interface you can create the appropriate AppleEvent (some struct and params), bundle it up and send it to the application. When working with AppleScript the user just sees the AppleScript interface to the underlying AppleEvents. AppleEvents were even object oriented, in a strange mangled C kind of way.
However AppleEvents and OSA seemed relatively complex when they came out in early '90s and with the Mac's limited customer base few people have come up with alternative languages based on the technology. The most famous is Dave Winer's Frontier which started out on the Mac but has since evolved into a cross platform SOAP, XML-RPC, web focused product.
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Sony's had a wireless file server PGX1 out in Japan for several months now. It's not really pocket size but doesn't take much space or add much weight in a bag at only 390g. It stores 20GB and supports CIFS, NFS and FTP connections over 802.11b. It's also dockable with a wired ethernet connection when direct access is desired. Configuration is via LCD display or web browser.
See the FSV-PGX1 at Sony's Portable File Server page for details (in Japanese of course).
At the core of OSA are AppleEvents which are an RPC like communications mechanism. Using an app's published AppleEvent interface you can create the appropriate AppleEvent (some struct and params), bundle it up and send it to the application. When working with AppleScript the user just sees the AppleScript interface to the underlying AppleEvents. AppleEvents were even object oriented, in a strange mangled C kind of way.
However AppleEvents and OSA seemed relatively complex when they came out in early '90s and with the Mac's limited customer base few people have come up with alternative languages based on the technology. The most famous is Dave Winer's Frontier which started out on the Mac but has since evolved into a cross platform SOAP, XML-RPC, web focused product.
Just trying to set the record straight. :)