In what looks like a desperate preventive measure in reaction to the Megaupload shutdown, FileSonic has disabled all file-sharing capabilities and is now nothing more than a personal storage solution. It looks like the FBI’s scare tactic of going after the big fish in Megaupload is beginning to scare other file-sharing sites. More »
Looking for the best of the best when it comes to sharing that homemade webcam video you made the other night? Try these five top of the line sharing sites on for size, courtesy the folks over at Lifehacker. Free and paid sites are listed, as decided by wonderful readers like you. [Lifehacker]
Well, this should make the Pirate Bay’s court appeal interesting. For the last couple of years, the guys have been working on an anything-goes, censor-free haven for online video sharing called VideoBay, and it’s now gone into “Beta Extreme.” More »
Remember how the Windows Mobile App Marketplace was going to let you share apps with up to five phones at no additional cost? Well, Microsoft has a very liberal definition of the word “sharing.”
It’s a sad day when Man can no longer scan his Good Housekeeping magazine subscription to share with those too insecure to subscribe themselves. But Mygazines has folded due to the pressures of the economy, lacking the deep pockets to support day to day operations any longer. While we mourn the loss of a well-executed idea, surely at least a few publishers are dancing on the site’s digital grave. [Mygazines Thanks Jake]
The Nintendo DS remake of the old Dreamcast favourite Bangai-O Spirits has one very notable feature that we haven’t seen in years. Kotaku found out that instead of using Nintendo’s local Wi-Fi or over-the-net DS codes, you share levels via audio recording. Once you’ve designed something you want your friends to see, it’ll play back that level as an audio recording that you can record it as an audio file on your computer, then send however you send files normally.
I generally use Picasa when I want to share photos with friends and family. Mostly because it offers a full gigabyte worth of space, which means I can upload full sized images for people who want to print out large copies. It’s also incredibly simple for some of my less technologically-savvy family to access, which works out well for them too.
But after my recent nuptials, I’m starting to run out of space on my Picasa account. Sure, I could pay money to get more storage, or I could just check out Nikon’s new MyPictureTown site, which offers a whopping 2GB worth of storage for nothing.
Microsoft’s Live Mesh is designed to share data between all your computing devices using the net as a hub, and it’s just gone private beta. So about 10,000 of you have the opportunity to join up to this “cloud computing” beta, and see how easy it is to port data between your mobile phone, PDA, work computer, home PC — basically any device that supports Windows.
