I am really excited to see the enthusiasm of all guys to make the cetlylive a great success, Hats off to the team behind this.Seeing this i would like to share some intresting thing that i had gone through recently…….
The site which is mentioned in this para is not available currently.They had to shut down it due to some financial matters.
A GREAT WORK OF TWO GUYS FROM VADAKARA ENGGINEERING COLLEGE WHICH MADE NEWS WORLDWIDE …………
You have heard of desktops and laptops, but now two engineering students in Kerala have come up with a virtual computer that can be accessed from anywhere in the world. All it needs is an internet connection.
K. Ansar and P.P. Ismail, final year computer science students at an engineering college in Vatakara, about 45 km from here, have set up www.bloxtr.com, the prototype of a virtual computer in which you can store all your important documents, favourite music, colourful pictures and even videos.
“The idea is that no one needs to carry a laptop or pen drive around. You can upload any files to the website and access it from any corner of the world. What you need is just an interface to access the internet,” says Ansar .
Ansar and Ismail are fans of Richard Stallman, the free software guru, and they are also keen on popularising the prowess of open source software.
Ismail said bloxtr is just a project and doesn’t yet have the speed and features of professional applications. They are hoping for investment by corporate firms for the further development of their prototype.
According to the students, people are largely ignorant about the opportunities that open source software provides. They stumbled upon the idea of a virtual computer while mining the internet.
“The open source platform for creating a virtual computer is available on the internet. Open source platforms are available free for any kind of project,” said Ansar.
“We’d like to popularise the concept of the virtual computer. As far as we know such a facility does not exist. Google has Google Docs to store and edit documents or spreadsheets, while websites like ibackup.com provide the facility of creating backup data.
“We want to make bloxtr more elaborate so that one can install software of one’s choice on the virtual computer,” he said.
Ansar and Ismail feel the concept will become more attractive if it can be used via mobile phones.
“We are trying to convert this into a mobile application. When 3G services become operational in the country we think the virtual computer will really be an attractive proposition,” Ismail said.
Ismail and Ansar, along with three other classmates, have already won a project from a local software company on behalf of a Gulf-based airline to develop a system to make flight schedule information available on mobile phones.
They are also planning a project to network educational institutions. “This is a long-term project, under which we plan to provide a website from where information on students from the networked institutions can be retrieved,” said Ismail.
“If a parent wants to ascertain the score of his child he can access it directly from his home. For employers who are on the lookout for talent, this database could be a good source. We are also planning a virtual classroom. Eighty percent of the work on this is complete,” he added.
THIS NEWS WAS PUBLISHED IN DIFFERENT SITES AND ALSO IN NES PAPERS LIKE NEW YORK TIMES,THE HINDU etc……..
YOU CAN MORE DETAILS IF YOU SEARCH FOR “ANSAR VIRTUAL COMPUTER” IN GOOGLE.
NB: THIS GUY ANSAR IS CORRENTLY WORKING WITH ME IN IBS.
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My two friends from 2007-11 IT in our college also workin on same thing for thr major project.
‘Online OS’
Got topic from an institution at cochin and are doing it thr at present.
Is there a place where I can see a demo?
How much of this project is actually implemented?
We used to have a similar idea and it was my seminar topic for B-Tech final year. See: http://www.hoozi.com/post/640pi/
“As far as we know such a facility does not exist” – Please check following links.
It always saves time and money, if we learn about existing before inventing.
http://www.silveos.com/
http://www.glidedigital.com
http://amoebaos.com/
http://hackerman.se/
http://eyeos.org/
http://icloud.com/en
http://icube.at/oos.jsp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_operating_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_desktop
if it doesnt exist why did the news got published in all these news papers and various websites….thats y i have told u to search for “ansar virtual computer” in google.you will get the results….They have done it in the year 2009 when they where in s8.
eyeOS started in 2005, Glide OS in 2005, Netvibes in 2005, Online OS in 2006. Find the date of start and launch yourself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_desktop#Comparison_of_web_desktops). Regarding the news, you better ask the news guy. I am not criticizing their effort, I was just pointing into a job that they have missed in their way. Please take it in the right spirit. Dude, results are rewarded, efforts aren’t.
BTW, Can you please tell me where I can have a demo of “ansar virtual computer”.
EyeOS,Glide OS are developed by big companies…never happened from a college level…but nw it happened…..ryt? thats the only thing i wish to deliver through this post….
Icloud began development in 2001 and launched their beta version of an online computer April 2009. The virtual desktop recreates the look and feel of a full-fledged operating system running in a browser, including a desktop, application icons, widgets and applications running simultaneously in separate windows.
The free version of iCloud gives users 3GB of storage space and a WebDAV backup feature, enabling file synchronisation across different systems. This means, for instance, that a user can synchronise files between an iCloud desktop and a physical desktop.
Icloud also has a mobile application. Users can store, access and share files via their smartphone.
http://icloud.com