FeelHome Gives Access To Your Files On Your PC Not External Servers
If you want to have access to your files from wherever you are in the world or want colleagues to have access to your files or vice but do not want to subscribe to the likes of SugarSync or Dropbox then you may want to look at FeelHome, an open source service that enables you to do just this without having your data stored on external servers.
FeelHome transforms a web browser into a file explorer. Click on folders and files to access them in real time exactly as if you were in front of your desktop in your own home or office and that goes for USB keys, network drives, partitions, compact disks, too.
While you are browsing your hard drive, you can get any file, open it or you can simply collect your files properties such as the creation date, file owner, or whatever data matters to you. There is no limitations and every file types are compatible with FeelHome.
The software lets you explore all partitions, USB keys, compact disks and network drives connected to your computer. If you connect 20 computers with network drives to the only computer running the FeelHome desktop application, you will be able to access every connected computers online.
Security is covered by encryption and secure identification of the desktop application and the server with the cryptographic protocol Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The FeelHome desktop application and the online server create a secure channel over an insecure network with the HTTPS protocol.
You can see an explanatory video on the Vimeo site.
Kevin Tea
Kevin Tea is a journalist and marketing communications professional who has worked for some of the leading blue chip companies in the UK and Europe. In the 1990s he became interested in how emerging Internet-based technologies could change the way that people worked and became an administrator on the Telework Europa Forum on CompuServe. With other colleagues he took part in a four year European Commission sponsored project to look at the way that the Internet could benefit remote communities. His blog is a resource for SMEs who want to use cloud computing and Web 2.0 technologies.
Kevin Tea is a journalist and marketing communications professional who has worked for some of the leading blue chip companies in the UK and Europe. In the 1990s he became interested in how emerging Internet-based technologies could change the way that people worked and became an administrator on the Telework Europa Forum on CompuServe. With other colleagues he took part in a four year European Commission sponsored project to look at the way that the Internet could benefit remote communities. His blog is a resource for SMEs who want to use cloud computing and Web 2.0 technologies. ...less info
