Hi Vikas, I think, you have forgotten to mention this Serve U, the file sharing program. It's a program which will make our pc as a server and we can give the name and the password to the required persons who they want to get files or programs or songs even from us.
Cheers, Kasha. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Access India" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 8:28 AM Subject: [AI] Some more innovative file-sharing tools > Some more innovative file-sharing tools > > There is no limit to the size of the file or folder to be shared > > A FEW file-sharing tools/services are discussed in this edition of > NetSpeak. > > Sharing documents, data, songs and other digital content with > friends/clients is one of the prime requirements of a netizen. The various > means adopted for > this are decided by one's technical knowledge and skills. > > Many still use the e-mail attachment feature for sending files, though it > has file-size limitations. > > To get over this shortcoming in the e-mail technology a variety of > solutions are being presented (recall the services like Dropload- > http://www. dropload.com/, > Yousendit - > http://www.yousendit.com/ > discussed in the past). Pando ( > http://www.pando.com/) > is another attempt at countering the e-mail attachment size restriction. > Here, you need to send the file/folder with the Pando client software > (available > for free download). While the file gets uploaded to the Pando server, the > Pando client sends the e-mail to the recipient with details regarding the > file > being sent. To download the file, the recipient also needs to install the > Pando software in his machine. > > File storage alternatives > > Besides such services, as mentioned in the past ( > http://www.hindu.com/biz/2005/11/28/stories/2005112800171600. > htm), a netizen has several file storage/sharing alternatives (like > e-snips) at his disposal. In addition to the ones mentioned above, let us > take a look > at yet another innovative file-sharing tool, BoxCloud. > > Most of the solutions mentioned above require uploading of files to be > shared to the service provider's server. Whenever one needs to share a > file, one > has to e-mail or upload it to a service and later remove the same once it > becomes obsolete. But, if one can directly share the files/folders stored > in > the local storage, one does not need to bother about uploading/deleting it > from the server. > > File sharing solutions like Foldershare (mentioned earlier: > http://www.hindu.com/biz/200 > 4/08/09/stories/20040809005 61400.htm) help you do this. The free > file-sharing tool BoxCloud ( > http://www.boxcloud. > com/) is another product of this kind with some innovative features. > > To share files or folders with BoxCloud, you just have to install the > client software. Once installed, the software allows you to share files > and folders > of your choice with other BoxCloud members - the interface is almost > similar to that of an IM client. When you create an account, the service > provides > you web interface with a URL of the form: http://your-name.boxcloud.com. > > Once the files/folders in your local storage are shared with a client, the > service sends an e-mail mentioning your account URL to her. Now, using > this web > address, your client can view/access/download the files shared with her > directly from your machine from anywhere on the Net with her browser - > provided > your machine is on-line. The service's advantage lies in the facility to > access the shared files over a browser - the recipient need not install > the client > software. Also, there is no limit to the size of the file or folder to be > shared (the whole hard disk can be shared). > > Zoho Show > > A stiff competition is brewing in the Web based office suite application > realm. Many companies, including Google, are vying with each other to gain > a rightful > place in this fast growing lucrative segment. Zoho (http://zoho.com/), an > on-line service with a wide array of products, is one such company eyeing > the > on-line office suite throne. Recently Zoho added the on-line presentation > tool, Zoho Show ( > http://www.zohoshow.com/, > for its office applications pack, which already has a good range of > products such as Zoho Sheet and Zoho Writer. > > Though Zoho Show lacks several features currently available with > PowerPoint kind of products, it has some distinct advantages. The facility > to import PowerPoint > presentations is a notable feature. Yet another feature worth a mention is > the facility to host remote live presentations. However, the current > product > is in beta and it may evolve into a full-fledged presentation application. > > ZapZap > > Podcasting, the process of distributing audio content with web feeds ( > http://www.hindu. > com/biz/2005/01/31/stories/20 05013100661800.htm), has become a major > personal publishing medium on the Net. Innumerable podcasts on a long > array of subjects > are being rolled out daily by netizens. For instance, the podcast by the > famous Indian cricketer Gavaskar > (http://in.sports.yahoo.com/sportz/gavaskarpodcasts.html) > may amuse cricket enthusiasts. > > Keeping up with the ever-growing podcast revolution is not all that easy, > despite the availability of several podcast search services/directories > (such > as Podcasting news > http://www.podcastingnews.com/- > Podcast.Net - > http://www.podcast.net- > and so on). To deal with this overload, a podcast directory with user > recommendation feature (like the famous technology news service Digg) can > be used. > > The new podcast directory service ZapZap (http://www. zapzap.com/) enables > a user to add the podcast of her choice to the zaplist and the service > takes > this as a vote to the podcast. > > The service keeps its content under subject specific channels for helping > its users easily navigate the content. Once you identify a useful podcast > episode, > you can play it directly from the browser. > > Free ebook fair > > Project Gutenberg ( > http://www.gutenberg.org/about/), > a major ebook producer, is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as part of > this event, World eBook Fair (http://worldebookfair.com/) is distributing > tens > of thousands of ebooks on a variety of subjects for free. > > This free access will be available till August 4. > > Gchart > > Want to view the current time, time zones, area and country codes through > a world map? Check out Gchart ( > http://www.gchart.com/) > and click on the desired location to find its local time and other > parameters (like international dialing code and country code). > > Financial dictionary > > We come across several financial terms in daily life. > > Those of you who are not familiar with these may find the on-line > financial dictionary ( > http://www.financialdictionary.org/index.php) > handy. > > J. MURALI > > He can be contacted at: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.thehindu.com/2006/07/17/stories/2006071700491600.htm > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype ID: dl_vikas > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
