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P2P storage service Wuala launches web access, API

by Brad Linder Dec 16th 2008

Wuala is an online storage and file sharing service that takes a different approach than most companies offering similar services. Wuala offers users 1GB of web space for free and charges for additional storage. Nothing new there. But the company also lets users dedicate a bit of hard drive space on their own computers to storing files from other users. In exchange, you get an equal amount of additional storage space for free. That's because Wuala uses a peer to peer network to store and transfer encrypted files.

Today Wuala has expanded the service by adding a web interface and web API. Users can now share selected files over the internet. Users can also send links to files that are privately shared to friends who haven't already signed up for the service. The new API also allows third party developers to integrate Wuala with third party web apps, widges, or other services. For example, you could create an app that would allow users to open images stored on Wuala with an online image editor like Picnik or Splashup.

Tags: p2p, storage, wuala

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Freeware, P2P, Beta

Wuala P2P online storage service goes live

by Brad Linder Aug 14th 2008

Wuala is a social file storage application that we first looked at back in February. At the time, Wuala was in private beta, but starting today anyone can sign up for an account.

Unlike other file storage/sharing services, Wuala doesn't provide you with web space. Rather, your files are encrypted and then stored on the computers of other Wuala users. While this might sound a bit scary, the upshot is that you can store large amounts of data. The more space you allocate for Wuala on your hard drive, the more online space you can access. And your files are duplicated on multiple computers so that you shouldn't have problems accessing your files even if some of the folks in your network have turned their machines off for the night.

Wuala has a desktop client for Windows, Mac, and Linux that you can use to upload and download files. Or you can access a web interface. The service is still in beta, so nobody's promising that all the kinks have been worked out. But as of today, Wuala is in public beta, not private.

Tags: backup, file-storage, online-storage, storage, wua.la, wuala

Filed under: Internet, Features, P2P, Beta

Wuala: Peer to peer online file storage and sharing

by Brad Linder Feb 14th 2008

If you're tired of online storage services that give you just a gigabyte or two of space for your files, you might want ot check out Wuala. It's a peer to peer storage solution, which means that you can store a near infinite amount of data online just by freeing up some space on your own hard drive to host other users' encrypted files. Wuala is currently in private alpha, but we've got 500 invites to give away. Read on to find out how to snag one.

When you first sign up for Wuala, you'll be able to upload up to 1GB. Once you've demonstrated that you've got a high speed internet connection and that your computer is on for more than 4 hours a day, Wuala will let you allocate free space on your hard drive for hosting other users files. If you make 10GB available, you'll be able to upload 10GB of your own files. Sharing 50GB will net you 50GB of online storage. And so on.

The program interface is familiar and easy to use. It looks a lot like Windows Explorer, with a system of folders and file icons. You can easily create or delete folders just by right-clicking to bring up a context menu. And you can either upload files by opening an "Add Files" window or just by dragging and dropping them from your desktop.

Tags: backup, p2p, sharing, storage, wuala

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