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Mozilla Weave takes the Web to a new level
If you’re familiar with Microsoft’s Live Mesh virtual-desktop technology, you know that it lets you share and synchronize data across a number of systems. When you sign up for a Live Mesh account, you get a Live Desktop accessible via a browser.
Live Desktop lets you access information and programs stored on one computer from any other computer in your mesh. There’s a bit more to Live Mesh, but that’s it in a nutshell.
If you want to take a tour of the Live Mesh technology before actually signing up, you’ll be forced to install Microsoft’s Silverlight plug-in. That’s fine, as long you’re running Windows or OS X; there’s no version of Silverlight for Linux platforms.
Before you dive in, be sure to read what the folks at GNU Citizen have to say about the security implications of Live Mesh.
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