PogoPlug, a new product and service from CloudEngines based in San Francisco, is a very simple electronic gadget combined with a web-service, that use the Internet to add new functionality. In this case really great file and media sharing from your external harddrive or flash usb etc. to the internet. as we can read from their developer page, they have developed an API to write applications, that leverage the CloudEngines connect service to gain access to devices and services exposed by the user from their home.

really nice idea!!

here is a video interview with CloudEngines Daniel Putterman, CEO and Jed Putterman, VP of Products, show off how easy it is to share file and photos with Pogoplug, recorded from scobleizer and his fastcompany.tv

via [fastcompany]

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There's a new rumor that Google is developing its own router. The company won't comment on the story, but it's been in the hardware business for a while and expanded its presence with Android. If Larry Ellison can go halvsies with HP on a server, then Eric Schmidt should certainly be able to make Cisco nervous.

via [slashdot]

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Microsoft Phone Data Manager is available for free download, you can check the list of compatible phones for this application here.

the software syncs contacts, music, pictures, and videos between your phone and you desktop and the web.

Labels: collaboration, electronic, messenger, microsoft, mobile, networking, sharing, utilities, web_2.0

VoIP company Jaxtr has added a new module that lets uses send free text messages (65 characters) to any cellphone from their Jaxtr homepage.

SMS messaging via Jaxtr is completely free and is independent of the cellular service provider.

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CHDK is an open source software project that can be loaded on cameras using Canon's DIGIC II or DIGIC III firmware platforms. It unleashes new features including RAW file format, live histogram display, a battery readout, and the ability to run scripted actions on a camera.

flickr'd

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Show organizers offered a Sony Vaio, Fujitsu U810, and the MacBook as prizes, saying that they could be won by anybody at the show who could find a way to hack into each of them and read the contents of a file on the system using a previously undisclosed "0day" attack.

Charlie Miller, best known as one of the researchers who first hacked Apple's iPhone last year, didn't take much time. Within 2 minutes, he directed the contest's organizers to visit a Web site that contained his exploit code, which then allowed him to seize control of the computer, as about 20 onlookers cheered him on.

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The creators of this bizarre little device have generated a huge buzz over the past few months - and it's not even due to be launched until early in the year. The Chumby is a wireless internet device about the size of a rugby ball. It has no keyboard or mouse but instead uses software called widgets to display pretty much anything you want it to - all the time. For instance, it will act as an alarm clock, play your music, show you constantly updated news or track an eBay auction.

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Main Platform is a linux computer, equipped with a fast CPU, 128MB RAM, built-in WiFi, rechargeable battery, USB, Ethernet, and a small LCD with button controls.
then these hardware modules snap together physically and the services connect together logically to enable users to easily build, program and share innovative devices and applications....

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