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foldershare.com — FolderShare, a service that used to cost $50/year, is now free, thanks to Microsoft which has recently bought the company. FolderShare allows you to create a private peer-to-peer network that will help you to synchronize files across multiple devices and access or share files with colleagues and friends.
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- Linuxrocks, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Cool, I guess.
- strayan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've had this installed for a while (the non-paid version). Now that it's free and we have access to the features of the full version [what was previously the paid version], does anyone know what they are?
- MrDiaz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Microsoft is on this? Be careful guys, i think everyone knows what's Microsoft up to! :)
- TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Haha, the site is written in PHP, watch out! :O
- infinitesnowboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm not quite clear what this does... Can you download off other people's computers? or only view it?
- Standaman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1anyone else having trouble with the install01.cab file? It says it can't find it on the CD-ROM, but I downloaded it off the site.
- compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1and to pirate copies of Windows Vista
- BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0^lol.
- nickster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is going to be apart of Microsoft's "Live" messenger service.
http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=0eccd94b-eb48-497c-8e60-c6313f7ebb73
If you read that links FAQ's it tells you that the messenger will have folder share which is more efficient then sending the files over via email or other means. I don't care what Microsoft does if that can't make something better then I guess I would rather have them buy the best and implement it into their services, then have something crappy that they created themselves. - RadiatedAnt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yep Its in messenger 8 I digg dugg it
- Leftyshields, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Funny the site is in php. They better get workin on a new .net site
- shuffles, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0old news, no digg
- shuffles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0my bad, thought it was something else...
+digg - Crazen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Microsoft is on this? Be careful guys, i think everyone knows what's Microsoft up to! :)"
Something different than the beloved Google or any other corporation? - N3LDAN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Completely useless, as there is no linux support.
But then again, 98% of digg noobs scream "microsoft sucks" whilst using XP. - MrDiaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lol....you're right. And with the now most famous WINDOWS VISTA!!!!! "Our users are going to triplicate. Good bye Linux"
- stickyboot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wasn't this software made by the people behind Rhapsody and the now defunct AudioGalaxy?
- HeapAlloc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"Completely useless, as there is no linux support."
Yes. Absolutely, positively, completely useless... for you.
/cry me a f'n river - goosedotnu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is the greatest thing I've seen in a while. Foldershare fills me with nerd glee.
- 12340987, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think it's a smart move on microsoft to embrace p2p so they can have some [whatever limited] control over it.
- MightyGiant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't trust it.
- aspro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Meh.
- aznbond, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is actually something I've wanted to use for a while. I find it useful because I store and work on documents on both my home desktop and my laptop. This seems to be a convenient way to "sync" files when I'm out and about.
- rhyno2000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very very cool.
Worked like a charm, first time, behind home & enterprise firewalls.
As a Sys Admin tho, it works _too_ well! And is a bit scary...
If you're concerned about possible IP (intellectual property) leaks, I'd block the foldershare.com domain. - ubbyba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Im surprised that it has os x support since its from microsoft... but i digged the hell outta this one
- trump48257, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1It was bought by Microsoft after it's inception.
- DrunkenAwesomo, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0Microsoft doesn't hate Apple though, they see it as an advantage if you can use their products across platforms. I mean just look at office also at least they're trying with Windows Live it's been most of it's features were originally in .mac but look at how much .mac sucks.
- bmc152006, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ill have to try this sometime
- arturofonseca, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0anyone interested in testing foldershare with me?, arturo (at) fonseca (dott) com
- goosedotnu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Sure, I'll give you, a stranger, unrestricted permission to sync files with my computer. Let me just finish having unprotected sex with dozens of five-dollar Vietnamese prostitutes, and we'll get started.
- Tech2006, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0to: goosedotnu
becareful of what you said or you end up nowhere the next morning when you wakeup.
- Tech2006, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0to: goosedotnu
- kinobe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hmmm but then i'll have to leave my office PC on 24/7 if i want to pick files off from it....
ahh heck it'll be fun. I'm at work now so I can get home to test it out soon. - martindukeuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lmao, get little app!
very useful for me, college to home. Lets hope their firewall will allow it...probably not tho :( - etaylor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is extremely cool. Micro$oft hit the jackpot with this one.
- Boondoggle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It is not that great. First you have to accept connections which means that it will not be functional for me at work behind the corp firewall, and at home you have to set up port forwarding (not a big deal, but not great for those who like to keep it simple).
A WebDAV server is probably a better solution for most people because it stores the files as a backup and can generally be accessed through firewalls without configuration, and can be accessed from any ad-hoc client.
iDisk is a perfect example, which also syncs automatically. But you do have to pay for it and there are storage caps. - computerdude33, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0PHP? Gotta go.
Mac OS X support? Gotta go (at least in a usable form)
"Sync Trillian between computers?" Gotta go.
Still dugg, but I expected Microsoft to cripple it more. - jakejarvis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Microsoft already added their little treat:
"Enhance FolderShare with Windows Desktop SearchTM
With Windows Desktop Search and FolderShare installed, you'll be able to search for files across all of your computers from any web browser."
Great service! +digg - bull, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It uses Google Desktop to search from the web. Sadly I'm sure they'll change it but I'll digg it since they made it free.
- maxmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For OS X it uses Spotlight for remote searching. A little odd to see that in an MS product (even though they didn't develop it).
- smeager, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've never used it but it sounds more like a type darknet, to me at least, that Microsoft is trying to get control over (without the encryption). Microsoft's own unencrypted P2P which like everything else they surely will have access to (a trusted third party).
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It seems pretty secure to me...maybe I'll try it:
"FolderShare is a secure peer-to-peer system. Only you and your invited members can view or access files in your FolderShare library. FolderShare encrypts all files and messages exchanged on our network to ensure user privacy. All P2P communication on FolderShare is authenticated via RSA and encrypted via AES over SSL." - embraceware, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ah - this explains the Folder Share feature in MSN Messenger 8 - nice.
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Also, from infoanarchy:
"As of this writing, FolderShare is contains no spyware. Also, although a centralized system, files are distributed completely peer-to-peer, meaning FolderShare.com does not see files that you send, only file names you have listed." - Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"It is not that great. First you have to accept connections which means that it will not be functional for me at work behind the corp firewall, and at home you have to set up port forwarding (not a big deal, but not great for those who like to keep it simple)."
Actually, it uses four different ports, any one of which will get through many firewalls. If it cannot accept incoming connections, it falls back to a mode where it checks every so often. Basically, it *will* work behind most firewalls.
As for port forwarding, if you have a modern home router, it supports UPnP, meaning that it takes care of the port forwarding for you. Manual port forwarding is about dead with XP and modern working hardware. Admittedly, lots of older hardware had problems with UPnP, but nowadays it seems to work pretty well, as long as you don't disable it because of non-existant security concerns. - samrolken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Interesting fact: This software is derived from the remains of the ancient Audiogalaxy service.... for anyone who remembers that.
- desbest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0they're just trying to compete with streamload and gmail drive.
it can't be stopped. - apollo13, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Wow, I love this :-) Thanks Microsoft..+digg
- ahmerhussain, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0This is very lame
- brydude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0does it have ports for windows portable? It keeps using the term "internet-enabled device".
- bryan8m, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Any restrictions? We'll let you decide...
* Share files up to 2 GB in size
Yeah, that's definitely a restriction. - sparkmonkeyz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0dude, youre retarted
"Any restrictions? We'll let you decide...
* Share files up to 2 GB in size
Yeah, that's definitely a restriction."
all that they are saying is taht you ccan only uplaod a file that is 2g at the most.soo you can have a terabyte of stuff buteach file must be less than 2g. - ebd.i.am, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0i didnt like it, it overwrote some things of mine when i shared some pictures with a friend.
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