Pogoplug: we connect the hard drive to the Internet
I came across an interesting device - http://www.pogoplug.com/ . He knows only one thing: connect your USB HD to the Internet. And then through the pogoplug webservice (which, of course, is equipped with every API) you can access your files via http, regardless of the OS used. It is clear that the bottleneck in this whole architecture is 1. Security. 2. pogoplugzhny webserver.
C 2. we are promised to fight by the fact that if the servers suddenly disappear forever for some reason, the pogoplug source codes will be published (even indicated exactly where - on sf.net )
What kind of fight is offered for 1. I have never read on their site, so the question is open. ')
In general, the next step towards cloudcomputing has been made: a person is less and less tied to a specific computer, and more and more to an incomprehensible where living services on the internet. Only here it is very incomprehensible and interesting: what will happen if you plug in usb gloves-heaters in pogoplug?