The first discovery is via a twitter friend Samozzy about the future of Cloud Computing via a “almost” fully functional web based operating system much to the dismay of Google latest announcement of their intention to create a full operating system using Google Chrome Browser.
The FREE web service is G.HO.ST
G.ho.st Virtual Computer
This Service is the future of our tomorrow operating system and who knows if google can be fully integrate into this operating system with open API available for developer to add in more application to this FREE operating system hosted at the cloud servers at Amazon.
Features
- Free Hard Disk Space (cloud servers hosted in Amazon)
- Only need Browser + Internet Connection
- Play your music files
- Share your files (Music + doc) with your buddies
- Widgets (Similar to Mac style)
- Open source API for developers to integrate web apps into the OS
- Free Email @g.ho.st
- You can access your files via mobile phones (that have 3G connection + browser)
- Any computer with internet connection you can access this Web Virtual OS
- Almost complete with some “bugs” due to slow internet connection.
The second discovery of another gem in the internet is COOLIRIS recommended by another twitter friend sooncm who uses Cooliris to show me a photograph of a nice cooked butter prawns on a plate!
Features
- 3D scrollable wall of images & videos
- Search images
- Search Movie/Video trailers & many free streaming videos (e.g. youtube)
- View your own photos
- Shopping
- iPhone App integration (but not full 3D wall but a 2D wall instead)
- Able to embed the Wall to your website!