ZeroPC – Free Virtual Computer on the Go

Cloud Computing means Internet-based computing where your data and the software are present online and the application is used as a service rather than standalone software. You can run a virtual application or operating system within a browser which preserves your user session and your data. It’s like travelling with your own computer but without carrying its hardware. The beauty of the idea is that everything is stored on the Internet, secured with your account credentials, thus it is available to you wherever you go whenever you need it.

ZeroPC allows to connect your personal cloud and to access securely all your documents, photos, music and videos from many services all under one virtual roof. Drag & Drop any content from one service to another. Search & discover everything in your cloud content across different services. Securely share any content of any size instantly with anyone. ZeroPC is available on Web, iOS & Android.

ZeroPC Cloud Navigator App gives you a unified, easy and secure way to access all of the user’s cloud content regardless which services you use. With Cloud Navigator’s instant search, it’s easy to find, manage, access and share all of the user’s content on-the-go with a single ZeroPC login, right from your mobile phone or tablet. Browsing and finding your content from many different cloud services has never been easier.

ZeroPC Photo Connect delivers a powerful photo management tool to solve the challenges that consumers face when their photos become scattered in multiple devices and places. ZeroPC Photo Connect provides a single-site solution to make it easy for people to aggregate, manage and share all of the photos stored in their mobile phones and in services including Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, Evernote, Dropbox, SkyDrive, Instagram, Box, and SugarSync.

What you can get if you choose a free plan:

* Fully Featured Cloud Desktop                                                

* ZeroPC Storage: 1GB

* Additional Free Cloud Storage from Connected Services: 40GB

* Content Navigator & Cloud Search

* Monthly Bandwidth: Up to 2GB

* Upload File Size Limit: 25MB
* Quick Share (files and folders): Unlimited

* Build-in Productivity Tools1                                   

* Integrated Media Streaming Players

* ZeroPC Tablet + Mobile Apps

Website: http://www.zeropc.com/

                                                

Dropbox – Best online service to store, sync and share your files

Computerworld – one if the most reputable sites for the technological reviews – evaluated top online services allowing users to store, synchronize, and share with other their data. Dropbox service is on the top of their list.

Dropbox review by Computerworld

When trying to describe to neophytes what "syncing to the cloud" means, people often cite Dropbox as a prime example. Launched in early 2008, Dropbox has garnered a large following -- the San Francisco-based company announced it had 4 million users as of January 2010.

How it works: The Dropbox software installs itself in the form of a desktop folder. To sync files, you drag and drop files into the Dropbox folder or into one of its subfolders, and the files will immediately be uploaded to Dropbox's servers.

The Dropbox folder can be treated like any other folder on your local drive. For example, if you create or save a document directly to the Dropbox folder, the document file is automatically uploaded to your account on the Dropbox servers. This file will then be instantly downloaded to any of your other computers on which the Dropbox client program is installed.

To share your subfolders with others, you right-click on one of your Dropbox subfolders and select "Share This Folder." This brings up a Web form in your browser where you enter the e-mail addresses of the people you want to share the folder with. They are sent a link that will allow them to access your shared folder through the Dropbox site. (Non-users of Dropbox will be required to register for a free account.)

If the people you've selected have the Dropbox software installed on their computers or mobile devices, then your shared subfolder will appear under their Dropbox folder and its contents will be downloaded to their local hard drives.

What's good: File syncing was fast and instantaneous, and it happened as soon as I logged my remote notebook into a Wi-Fi service.

Dropbox provides client programs for a variety of operating systems, making it an attractive choice if you own a number of devices that run on different platforms.

What needs to be fixed: The client software has a bare-bones set of features. You have to log into your account through the Dropbox Web site for extras, such as the ability to read a log that lists the files that have been updated, uploaded or deleted from your Dropbox folders.

Bottom line: Despite its minimalist desktop software, Dropbox is a very direct and easy-to-use service, abiding by the "it just works" mantra. It's obvious to see why it has become the most popular choice among cloud-based, store-and-sync services.

Product Specs

Website: http://www.dropbox.com/

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7, OS X 10.4 or later, Ubuntu Linux 7.10+ and Fedora Core Linux 9+

Mobile apps: Android, iPad, iPhone

Free Storage size: 2GB

Maximum file size: Unlimited using client software; under 300MB when using Web site

Daily data-transfer limit: None

Paid plans: $9.99/month (or $99/year) for 50GB; $19.99/month (or $199/year) for 100GB

Additional Notes

While there are many competitive free services online offering the similar options to manage your files, popularity of DropBox makes it preferable for use, since people you want to share your files, might already have their own accounts, so no additional actions are required from their side to accept the invitation.

Developed mobile applications for the most popular platforms make it easy and painless to share the data among your own personal gadgets.

Service is highly recommended!

Free Virtual Desktop GoPC for Travelers

You love your computer, and you carefully select your applications for your personal and business life. But, there are occasions, when you are not at home, and your laptop is not available. With free virtual computer, offered by GoPC, you are still able to operate your virtual desktop from anywhere and feel as you never left your desk.

GOPC gives you the full functionality of a standard desktop PC but with the power and flexibility of online applications. This means that you can login to your GOPC from any Internet-connected computer and work from anywhere in the world.

The new GOPC personal computer runs off a standard USB stick drive, iPod or simply over the Internet. Simply plug in your USB drive into any computer and you're quickly connected to your online PC. You can access all your work whether you're at home, work, campus, or traveling anywhere in the world and you never have to carry a computer with you.

What is GoPC?

GoPC can become your personal floating desktop. It is "cloud computing" and it does everything your physical PC does without you being tied to it.

• Create, edit and store Word, Excel or Powerpoint files without software.
• Access email attachments instantly without downloading them.
• Edit your photos.
• Collaborate with colleagues.

With complete privacy, your personal desktop runs from any physical PC or Mac with broadband Internet. Run GoPC at work, on campus, from home or anywhere.

How does it work?

Your personal desktop, applications and data all run in a supercomputing data center and are delivered from the Internet, referred to as a network cloud. The screen image is encrypted and transmitted via the Internet to the PC you've logged in from, which is effectively just working like a dumb TV screen.

Everything is centralized and private so you can access it from anywhere, anytime, from anything. It runs the same on an old PC or the latest Apple Mac as long as you've got a clear Internet link. And with no data on the PC and using the same encryption level as your bank your privacy is assured.

GO.PC is the next generation of "cloud computing" technology. For individuals it means not having to rely on a single physical PC. For a school, small business or the enterprise, it hosts the complexity of the network and collaboration requirements within the "cloud" and can be configured automatically.

Data Sharing

GOPC also allows you to share files or directories with other GOPC users, exactly the same as if you were all together in a local area network. You can set up shared drives and folders so your friends and family can access your photos.

How can it be free?

There are almost no software license costs. The applications are Open Source Software (OSS) and so FREE. Developers add value by selecting the best applications, pre-packaging and hosting them so they're ready for anybody to use within a few minutes without having to install anything onto the local PC.

GOPC gives you a host of open source programs that are functionally equivalent to and compatible with programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PhotoShop and many other programs that you're familiar with. All the files you create with these Open-Source applications are in the same standard file formats so are fully editable in these Microsoft and Adobe programs and visa versa.

Try it yourself

This demo is a limited facsimile of the live system. You can launch applications from the Start menu, click and move the desktop icons or double click and launch them. Drag around the application windows as you launch them and then close them down. Click the Start button and check through the menu. It's designed to give you a sense of what GoPC is. But there's nothing compares to a full test drive with all the applications running. It takes 2 minutes to create your own personal GoPC ID then login to the live system and experience the freedom and privacy of cloud computing with your own data.

Free Account Limitations

As you understand, there should be somewhere a catch. Why developers can offer you so rich functionality on complementary basis? That is right. Because, they offer several levels of the functionality features that are naturally billable. So, what are the limitations of the free account?

• Disk Quota: 250 MB.
• Mail: not available.
• Group Collaboration: not available.
• Spam Protection: not available.
• Printing: not available.
• Shared storage: not available.
• Some programs: not available.

Summary

In spite of the significant limitations on the free account functionality, the service is still interesting and useful for those, who need virtual computer assistance during vacation, business visits, or else.

Website Access: http://www.gopc.net/

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