The good news just keeps pouring. Microsoft recently announced it is acquiring file-sharing firm Foldershare http://www.foldershare.com (See: http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.aspx?i=25212) How does it make a difference to me, you ask? I'll get to it in a bit. I've been using the Foldershare technology ever since they offered their software as free Beta to the users over Internet. If you were familiar during the heady days of Internet there used to be small company named Audiogalaxy that allowed you to share your music files in a very unique way. They'd a small application known as Satellite that you could use to upload and download music. Well, Audiogalaxy was later shutdown due to threats of lawsuits from Music Industry (ala Napster). They pulled the plug on the website. However, the technology evolved into a new tool called Foldershare.
Now, Foldershare was and is a neat tool. It's unique till date to my knowledge. It lets you synchronize your files across multiple computers. If you're anything like me, you have some documents and pictures taken from Digital Camera in your laptop, Some music in your home computer etc., How do you keep all these synced up? In comes Foldershare, it lets synchronize files across the computers you use. You can also invite friends to download/upload files from your library. I was using Foldershare actively till it was a free service. Now thanks to Microsoft acquiring the company it's once again Free!! Free as in Free Beer!! Go ahead and give it a try (http://www.foldershare.com) You wouldn't believe how you lived without it.
