While students are quick to adopt cloud computing to create files they can access from anywhere, many who have become used to storing files locally are reluctant to make that move. Also, I sometimes have large and complex files that I don't want stored on the web (drafts of books and articles, large data sets on spreadsheets are two examples). This software described in Tech Review may be the tool we need to access local files as if they were on the cloud.
I thought you might be interested in the following story on TechnologyReview.com:
"Sync Your Data without the Cloud"
New software lets you rouse a sleeping PC to retrieve data remotely.
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=39772&a=f
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- Dr. Gary Ackerman
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