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Project Fusion? Well that effort to consolidate, then turn your media loose on the web via Fabrik's software and Maxtor's disks is now product. Seagate's Maxtor Fusion personal media hub holds up to 500GBs of your digital content which can be shared both privately and publicly via a web browser. Fabrik's so-called "webtop" interface makes use of AJAX and tags to provide the responsiveness and drag-n-drop flexibility generally associated with desktop apps and supports browser plug-ins for both Windows Media Player and QuickTime for seamless access to slideshows, videos, and music independent of platform. Kind of like your own You Tube and Flickr service in a box, eh? The Maxtor Fusion features a 7200RPM 500GB disk, Gigabit Ethernet, and 2 x USB 2.0 ports. Available now for $799 exclusively from
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posted June 16th 2006 8:04AM
Why not just use Avvenu.com and your own hard drives on a home server for cheaper?
Avvenu.com is PC only. 'Nuff said.
yeah its a pretty package, but there is enough software out there that does the same thing but with the computer you have now and some extra software.
speaking of software, what would you guys recomend for this kind of thing besides awenu?
It's a web server that sits in your home / office. PC-based sharing software works well (as long as you leave your computer on 24/7). Online services work well (if your digital stuff is than about 2GB and still easily uploadable through home broadband connections). While I don't know the security or privacy policies of that web site/service, storing stuff in the home means you don't have to worry about folks who like to attack/hack public/popular websites.
At $799, I wouldn't say that this product is for everyone, but if things like:
"24/7 sharing", of up to "hundreds of GBs of different kinds of data"
relative security and privacy of having all the data in your home instead of an online sharing site
... are important to you, then an appliance like this really makes sense (and I don't even have to wrestle Windows Server 2000).
To me, this box makes a web server 'simple' while adding some fancy media sharing tools.
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if max fusion software is updated to 1.57 currently its 1.54.its 5star for me as backup,network storage and as a personal server.in 1.57 you can embed pic,music,video unlike 1.54 only 5 files of pic.the shared email navigation is very pretty, easy and clean compare to 1.54.if you want to experience max fusion you can sign up in free myfabrik online storage.basically its the same the only diffence is the one ive mention above and uploading files.in max fusion uploading is wayway faster because it shows up as one of your drive while myfabrik online the only way you can upload is the web.