PogoPlug Connects Any External USB drive to The Internet
Ubergizmo — ... Once connected to the service, the files on the drive can be accessed from any web-enabled device via a web browser or a custom application. PogoPlug has a custom API, so third party developers can build their own service and cater the needs of PogoPlug customers. The company mentions things like file synchronization or remote backup, but the sky is the limit. pogoplug.com ...

CES 2009: Pogoplug Debut - Connecting External Harddrives to the Internet
Gizmos for Geeks — Cloud Engines will debut the Pogoplug later today at CES. The Pogoplug is a small device that connects external hard drives to the Internet allowing for a mobile and digital lifestyle that allows users to seamlessly access their content from any mobile device or Internet-connected device. “Consumers are buying millions of external drives to store their personal content, yet extending this content outside the home is overly difficult.,” said Daniel Putterman, chief executive officer of Cloud Engines, Inc. “Pogoplug makes this possible for anyone, with no network setup or configuration.” ...

PogoPlug makes all your external USB HDDs network accessible
Engadget — Look out Addonics -- PogoPlug is looking to steal your thunder here at CES by introducing a USB-to-NAS adapter of its own. Put as simply as possible, the device connects your USB hard drive to your internet router, and after a "simple" software setup, the files within said drive can be accessed from any internet-connected PC. As for pricing? Try $99 MSRP, or $79 if you buy in early. Full release, as usual, is after the break. Continue reading PogoPlug makes all your external USB HDDs network accessible Filed under: CES, Peripherals, Storage, ...

CES 2009: Pogoplug Lets You Access Your External Hard Drive Anywhere
Gearlog — We're here at the Showstoppers event, wrapping up the first full day of CES 2009. Aomng the highlights at tonight's show is the cool low-priced networking device, Pogoplug from CloudEngines. The Pogoplug features a USB and Ethernet port. Plug it into an external hard drive and your Ethernet connection at home, and you can share files anywhere across the Internet. The device also offers iPhone access, so users can get all of their media from the comfort of their Apple handsets with a single click. The Pogoplug is hitting retail outlets soon. In the meantime, you can preorder it from CloudEngine's ...

[CES 2009] Pogoplug Networks Your USB Hard Drive With The Internet In Zero Easy Steps
OhGizmo! — ... that the physical location of the drive was in Arkansas or something. It’s completely, impressively transparent. The file browsers online and on the iPhone are simple to use, and I’m told the security is excellent. Oh, and you can even hook up multiple USB drives to one Pogoplug using a USB hub. Pogoplug is on pre-order at the moment for $79, and even though Pogoplug is also a service, there’s no subscription fee. Look for it in March of this year. [ Pogoplug ] ...

CES: Get your files anywhere, even in your car
TechBlog — CES 2009: Third and final day (for me, anyway) | Main January 09, 2009 CES: Get your files anywhere, even in your car I don't know about you, but I want to get access to my files - images, music, video, documents - anytime and anywhere. Two products I came across at the Showstoppers mini-trade show Thursday night at the Wynn Hotel can help with that. In fact, if you used both them, you'd be able to get all your data anywhere . . . even in your car. pogoplug Pogoplug is a new product with a great idea - take any USB external drive and make its content available over the Web, with no setup ...

Pogoplug Questions Answered in Video
jkOnTheRun — I still think the Pogoplug from Cloud Engines is appealing. Perhaps not for tech-savvy folks, but for people who want a plug-and-play solution to remotely access any USB drive at home. When we reported on the device, there were a few questions, so we asked them on the floor at Showstoppers. The room lights were dimmed for no apparent reason during the very short vid, hence the dark and grainy nature of the video. At least you get to see it the same way we did. More important are the answers we hear about ...

Put your data in the cloud with Pogoplug
Coolest Gadgets — I like simple. Strange thing to say for a geek but to to paraphrase Honda, sometimes it’s nice when things just work. That’s what I find appealing about the Pogoplug. Plug a USB hard drive in to it. Plug it into your router. See your hard drive on the internet. That’s it – no config, no networking to set up, no monthly fee. It just… works! Or at least that’s the promise. To be fair we’ll need to get our paws on one before we can confirm the claim (it’s in preproduction at the moment) but it looks easy enough. You can access your data through a web interface but ...

The Pogoplug; seemingly the easiest way to access your home content anywhere
Gadgetell — Section: Computers, Networking Last night at the ShowStoppers event, the Gadgetell crew was frantically running around looking for something unique to highlight, and it seems that something instead found us, which came courtesy of an very enthusiastic booth representative.  The product is called the Pogoplug and it allows the user to hook up an external hard drive via a USB connection and then be able to access that content from anywhere you may be. While I have not set this up myself, judging from what we were told, it is very simple to get up and running.  ...

Pogoplug Brings External Hard Drives Online
Wired: Gadget Lab — LAS VEGAS -- USB hard drives are getting fatter with Toshiba announcing at CES 2009 its 500GB external drive. And that kind of storage means consumers will want to access from anywhere the music, photos and other data from those drives. The newly launched Pogoplug has created a small box that connects external hard drives to the Internet making all the data on it instantly shareable and accessible. Users simply plug turn the Pogoplug on, connect the Ethernet cable that comes with it to their home network router and attach it to an external hard drive. That's enough to bring the ...

Make an External drive to a Network Attached Storage
SolSie.com — Pogoplug is an inexpensive ($79) NAS adapter that offers 1 Ethernet port to connect to your home router and an USB port to connect to any hard drive. Pogoplug then provides access to the data resides from all your home computers and remote access to your laptop (or your iPhone) should you travel  away from home. A great simple device for SDD netbook users. Listen to Daniel Putterman of Cloud Engines explaining the device [Podcast courtesy of Cnet Larry Magid] ...

PogoPlug - Missing Link Between USB Drives & the Web
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 — ... Good news for the life and utility of your USB hard drives, Pogoplug is here to breathe new life into world. The Pogoplug turns any USB storage whether it be a ...

PogoPlug NAS Adapter takes it to the next level
CrunchGear — I enjoyed using the Addonics USB NAS adapter: it was easy to use, and did a few simple things quite well. Now PogoPlug is entering the NAS fray, and takes things to the next level of simplicity. Gone is the external power plug, which makes for a very nice form factor. Just stick this thing into the wall, and connect it to an Ethernet cable. This is one of those “well, duh!” moments: why don’t more small home networking appliances work like this? Gone, too, is the need to set anything up! Rather than require you to open up ports in your firewall, you interact ...

PogoPlug Adapter Makes NAS Frighteningly Simple
The UberReview — ... but every once in a while you get something that just works. The PogoPlug NAS adapter looks like it falls into that category. The manufacturer claims that setup is as simple as plugging it into the wall and plugging an external HDD into it. Once you have done so, you can remotely access your hard disk from anywhere, via a web-based log-in; meaning that there is no need to have a static IP and no router configuration required, and it is iPhone accessible. Price: $79 [PogoPlug via eHomeUpgrade, CrunchGear] Related posts ...

PogoPlug Turns Any USB Hard Drive Into A NAS
OhGizmo! — By Luke Anderson I have quite a bit of data on my home network. From software to music and movies, it adds up quick. A while back I decided to move all of that precious data from my desktop to a NAS. If you’re not familiar with the term, it stands for Network Attached Storage. Essentially I run my own small file server. I use an old computer with some free software (FreeNAS if you’re curious) which does the job for me. I’ll admit, setting it up would have been difficult had I not already known what I was doing, so it’s not a practical solution for many people out ...

More on the Pogoplug
Gadgetell — Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Networking, Trade Shows, CES Pogoplug was one of Gadgetell’s Editor’s Picks from CES 2009.  For the nerds, it’s a home server.  For everyone else, it’s a really easy way to share all of your content from a USB hard drive with anyone on the Internet. Our Associate Editor, Robert Nelson, wrote about the Pogoplug during our live CES coverage.  Here is an overview on how you can share files online.  Hook up your Pogoplug to your router, connect your ...

More on the Pogoplug
Gadgetell — Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Networking, Trade Shows, CES Pogoplug was one of Gadgetell’s Editor’s Picks from CES 2009.  For the nerds, it’s a home server.  For everyone else, it’s a really easy way to share all of your content from a USB hard drive with anyone on the Internet. Our Associate Editor, Robert Nelson, wrote about the Pogoplug during our live CES coverage.  Here is an overview on how you can share files online.  Hook up your Pogoplug to your router, connect your ...

Marvell unveils SheevaPlug $99 Linux PC
D' Technology Weblog — Marvell announced a Plug Computer called SheevaPlug, small enough to plug directly into a wall socket and is designed to draw so little power that it can be left on all of the time. The SheevaPlug platform uses a Marvell Kirkwood processor based on an embedded 1.2GHz Sheeva™ CPU equipped with 512 Mbytes of FLASH and 512 Mbytes of DRAM. Connection to the home network is via Gigabit Ethernet. Peripherals such as direct attached storage can be connected using a USB 2.0 port. Multiple standard Linux 2.6 kernel distributions are supported on the ...

Marvell SheevaPlug crams Linux PC into a power adapter
Betanews — Marvell SheevaPlug crams Linux PC into a power adapter Marvell's plug-in computer consumes one-tenth the power of a regular home media server PC and runs most Linux distros. By Tim Conneally ...

Marvell And Their Small Plug-In Computer
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — The folks at Marvell have a new miniature computer that is about the size of a network power adapter. The mini computer uses any Linux based operating system which uses the 2.6 kernel. The small computer uses a Marvell Kirkwood processor running at 1.2 GHz, 512 MB each of flash and DRAM. Also included is a USB 2.0 plug and Gigabit Ethernet. According to Marvell the unit also features: Plug computing is a logical evolution for the digital home in the same way enterprise applications moved from servers to network appliances,” Mr. Hajime Nakai, Director, Member of the Board, BUFFALO INC. “Marvell is ...

Inexpensive, Low-Power Appliance PC
Eco Geek Latest — It's been a while since we've had much to say about them, but low-power, tiny form-factor PCs are an EcoGeek staple. Some low-power PCs are designed as desktop replacements, with greater functionality, while others are designed for more specific tasks. The SheevaPlug is the latest example of a computing appliance that falls into the latter category. Marvell's SheevaPlug uses less than five watts under normal operation, making it more practical and efficient for use in an always-on application. It is about the size of a large power adapter wall wart and is designed to be plugged ...

Pogoplug - Brings your External HDD Online
iTech News Net — CloudEngines presents the Pogoplug at the CES 2009. The Pogoplug is a device that connects your external hard drives to the internet. Once connected, you can access your file anywhere, you need internet access of course. The setup is simple. Users just plug the Pogoplug into their wall and connect it to home router and external hard drives. That’s it. The Pogoplug is available for pre-order now for $79. [pogoplug] ...

Let’s Get Cumulus: Your Cloud or Mine?
Zatz Not Funny! — ... At CES, I spent some time checking out the promising Pogoplug ($80) - which is both a device and a service. The small Linux device, available next month, turns any USB drive into both local and remote networked storage. Accessible from a variety of operating systems, web browsers, and the iPhone. I hope to take an early look at this hybrid cloud solution (your drive, their web service) in the near future. ...

First hands-on with Pogoplug
Crave: The gadget blog — The Pogoplug connects a USB hard drive the the Web.(Credit: Pogoplug) The Pogoplug, which I first covered from CES, connects any USB hard drive to your local network and also puts it on the Internet so you can share files. As I said before, this is not a new ...

First hands-on with Pogoplug
Webware.com — The Pogoplug connects a USB hard drive the the Web.(Credit: Pogoplug) The Pogoplug, which I first covered from CES, connects any USB hard drive to your local network and also puts it on the Internet so you can share files. As I said before, this is not a new idea, ...

Pogoplug Review: Share Any USB Disk Over the Internet (Even to iPhones) [Review]
Gizmodo — ... Here's the bottom line. It's insanely easy to use, there's no monthly fee, and it's only $100. Other solutions, like Windows Home Server, require you to set up an entirely separate computer. This just needs a USB drive and an elementary level of computer knowledge. The only downside is that you better hope Pogoplug remains in business, or your $100 file-sharing gadget just turned into a $100 projectile. [Pogoplug] ...

Pogoplug Review: Share Any USB Disk Over the Net (Even to iPhone) [Review]
Gizmodo — ... Here's the bottom line. It's insanely easy to use, there's no monthly fee, and it's only $100. Other solutions, like Windows Home Server, require you to set up an entirely separate computer. This just needs a USB drive and an elementary level of computer knowledge. The only downside is that you better hope Pogoplug remains in business, or your $100 file-sharing gadget just turned into a $100 projectile. [Pogoplug] ...

Pogoplug now shipping
Gadgetell — Section: Computers, Networking, Gadgets / Other The Pogoplug, a device that lets you get to the stuff on your hard drive through the internet, and one of Gadgetell’s favorite things at CES, is now shipping to US customers. So, if you pre-ordered it, your wait is finally over. If you didn’t order one yet, you can pick one up now for $99 at the company’s site. If you didn’t catch Gadgetell’s coverage of the Pogoplug from CES, the Pogoplug is a small box-shaped device that lets anyone easily gain access through the internet to their ...

Review: PogoPlug USB hard drive network sharing
CrunchGear — We wrote about the PogoPlug NAS adapter in January, and I was excited to see what it could do. I finally got my review model, and this little gadget does a pretty good job of living up to the hype. The PogoPlug itself is the size of a large wall-wart AC adapter. It’s hefty, but not overly heavy. It seems well constructed. Set up is so easy that the PogoPlug marketing team issued a small challenge: can you finish installing the PogoPlug before you could pop a bag of microwave popcorn? They even included a bag of microwave popcorn. The answer? Yes, you ...

Pogoplug: Put Your USB Drives on the Web
Technologizer — External USB hard drives and thumb drives are so cheap and useful that they pop up everywhere–except, for the most part, on the Internet. Enter Pogoplug, a new $99 gadget that lets you attach drives to your home network, then get access to them from any computer with a Web browser, and ...

Make Your Own Personal Cloud With PogoPlug [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — While I had sworn off spending willy-nilly on new gizmos in 2009, it looks like the $99-dollar PogoPlug is going to test my self-control. Why? It turns any USB-enabled drive into a personal storage locker accessible over the Internet. ...

Four short links: 16 Apr 2009
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. — China, databases, storage, and git: China's Complicated Internet Culture (Ethan Zuckerman) -- summary of Rebecca McKinnon's talk at the Berkman Internet Center. Democracy is complex and hard to transition to, online democracy doubly so. Rebecca questions the widespread but unjustified belief that the Great Firewall of China is all that separates Chinese citizens from the empowered liberty of the West, and lays out the tangled state of affairs in China's political Internet. Despite the rise of web video, “no one has managed to organized an opposition party on the web,” Rebecca ...

Pogoplug: A Simple Way to Access Your Files Anywhere [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... Need an easy way to get at your files while on the road? Or share your photos and media with others? Plug any standard USB drive (an external hard drive or USB memory stick) into a $99 Pogoplug, and its contents instantly become accessible over the Internet. It’s a bit like having your own personal cloud storage without having to upload your files onto someone else’s servers. Your files become accessible via the secure ...

Pogoplug iPhone app makes external HD’s accessible from anywhere
SlashGear — A new application application for the iPhone called Pogoplug allows users to access their computer’s external hard drives from anywhere through the Pogoplug, a $99 personal cloud storage device. Accessing the hard drives isn’t the only trick this app can do: it can stream music, video and view office files. If users don’t have space on their iPhone for a movie, they can simply elect to stream it from their external storage over the air. The Pogoplug (pictured above) allows the creation of a personal file-sharing cloud for access anywhere on the internet. You can ...

Gear Gallery: Near-Perfect Laptop, Nifty Camcorder, Pretty Plasma
Wired Top Stories — ... in Windows. WIRED Easy to use. Simple setup. Great utility: I must be able to access my collection of LOLcat photos from anywhere. The iPhone app is solid software. TIRED No wireless mode ... yet. Poor security — it's a wise idea to keep those tax returns or bank documents off the PogoPlug. Computer crashes are deeply flummoxing. The iPhone is currently the only mobile device that supports remote access. $100, pogoplug.com Read our full Cloud Engines PogoPlug review. ...

What happens to data when a Web start-up dies?
Webware.com — One of the greatest stumbling blocks that a start-up Web service company has to get over is customers' fear that the company will die and take their data with it. Manufacturers of traditional software can go belly-up without it immediately affecting a product's utility. And if General Motors went out of business tomorrow (I know, shocking), its cars would still be drivable. But Web services are different. When your cloud app goes under for the last time, it sinks customers, too. ...

Pogoplug Ready To Go Open Source, But Only If It Dies
Ubergizmo — There's a reason why users are sometime hesitant to rely on the services of a new company: they might go under. And these days, the question probably pops more often than usual. Startup Pogoplug is well aware of this and has prepared an answer that many will like: if for some reason, Pogoplug ...

Cloud Engines scores funding for consumer-friendly clouds
VentureBeat — Cloud Engines, maker of a box-like device called Pogoplug that makes external hard drives accessible from any computer or iPhone, has raised an undisclosed amount of first-round funding to create user-friendly cloud environments. Its users are able to share their files, photos and more with anyone from anywhere. The device’s most salient feature is its ease of installation. Setting up a household server is beyond the technical know-how of most casual consumers. But users of Pogoplug need only to plug the box into a regular power outlet, hook it into their Ethernet connection and ...

How-To: Access Your Time Capsule Over the Internet [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — The other day my friend called me to tell me that he bought this new product called Pogoplug. The Pogoplug is pretty cool; you plug it into the wall, connect a hard drive to it, then connect it to your local Internet, and you have an NAS ready to go. I thought it was a pretty neat product idea, ...

Pogoplug — Access your external hard drive from anywhere on the Internet
Futurelawyer — Pogoplug — Access your external hard drive from anywhere on the Internet. One of my pet peeves about cloud computing is the risk of having all my files out there somewhere, where I can't see them, hold them, or protect them. While the $99 little PogoPlug gadget doesn't offer complete protection, since the files are somewhat exposed while the product is in use, it is certainly an innovative solution to the problem of Internet addressed storage. Do you have an external hard drive with thousands of backup files, and music files, and other stored files that you want 24/7 access to? This is the ...

Pogoplug puts in some new features in their tiny product
Gadgetell — ... Since Boxee accesses media sources through Media RSS feeds, Boxee users can use their Pogoplug RSS to watch movies (or listen to music) directly from their home hard drive.” - Emily Joffrion While the Pogoplug is built to be used by someone’s mother, the Pogoplug team seems to be putting in more and more features for geeks.  I’m all for it.  After all, it is just a mini computer.  Why not keep adding features?  Company Site: [Pogoplug] Full Story » | Written by Iyaz Akhtar for ...

Pogoplug: My MacBook Air’s Second New Best Friend [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — A few weeks back, Kevin over on sister site jkOnTheRun wrote about Pogoplug, a nifty little device made by Cloud Engines, a San Francisco-based startup that recently raised an undisclosed amount of money from Ryan MacIyntre of Foundry Group. Pogoplug is a small gizmo, the size of a ...

Gear Gallery: MacBook Air Slayer, Luxury Ragtop, Touchy-Feely Kitchen PC
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Pogoplug: Your data, wherever you are
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... and port setup and delivers remote storage to normal (i.e. read "non-geek") humans. It transforms remote file access into a consumer device. And best of all, it provides this for just $99. Continue reading Pogoplug: Your data, wherever you are TUAWPogoplug: Your data, wherever you are originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Gear gallery: King Size Kindle Skinny Shooters and The Palm Pre
Wired Top Stories — ... in Windows. WIRED Easy to use. Simple setup. Great utility: I must be able to access my collection of LOLcat photos from anywhere. The iPhone app is solid software. TIRED No wireless mode ... yet. Poor security — it's a wise idea to keep those tax returns or bank documents off the PogoPlug. Computer crashes are deeply flummoxing. The iPhone is currently the only mobile device that supports remote access. $100, pogoplug.com Read our full Cloud Engines PogoPlug review. ...

VC Series A Investments in Web Tech Grew Strongly In May
ReadWriteWeb — We have been tracking Series A deals in Web technology since the market mayhem in October 2008. Last month, we started researching this with our new partner, ChubbyBrain, which tracks this kind of data full-time. Launched in February 2009, ChubbyBrain is a New York City-based information services provider that democratizes startup and investor information. Early-stage investing is so important for the innovation economy, and the data we were seeing was either incomplete, only available quarterly, or presented with a negative slant. That is why we are presenting this data every month. ...

Gear gallery: The iPhone 3GS, GPS Grandmaster and Split Personality Samsung Phone
Wired Top Stories — ... in Windows. WIRED Easy to use. Simple setup. Great utility: I must be able to access my collection of LOLcat photos from anywhere. The iPhone app is solid software. TIRED No wireless mode ... yet. Poor security — it's a wise idea to keep those tax returns or bank documents off the PogoPlug. Computer crashes are deeply flummoxing. The iPhone is currently the only mobile device that supports remote access. $100, pogoplug.com Read our full Cloud Engines PogoPlug review. ...

Performing Thinkpad, Fine Kettle, Solid Slider
Wired Top Stories — ... in Windows. WIRED Easy to use. Simple setup. Great utility: I must be able to access my collection of LOLcat photos from anywhere. The iPhone app is solid software. TIRED No wireless mode ... yet. Poor security — it's a wise idea to keep those tax returns or bank documents off the PogoPlug. Computer crashes are deeply flummoxing. The iPhone is currently the only mobile device that supports remote access. $100, pogoplug.com Read our full Cloud Engines PogoPlug review. ...

PogoPlug now supports HFS+ formatted drives
Macsimum News — Posted by Dennis Sellers Since Pogoplug launched its iPhone app, they’ve been focusing on other ways to make the self-titled Pogoplug—a small, US$99 device that makes your home external hard drive accessible through the web—work better with Apple products. 

GBTV #586 | WordCamp Dallas, PogoPlug, iJector, MiLi Evolution, X-mini Tiny Speakers
GeekBrief.TV | Video Podcast — ... PogoPlug is now Mac friendly. It makes external hard drives accessible on your local network and over the Internet. They’re sending me one, so we’ll have a review soon. ...