Boo!

There were a lot of sites that I was not aware of that I thought were pretty cool but the one that stuck out to me was G.ho.st, the web-based Virtual Computer (i.e. Virtual Machine). The nice thing about it is that it's basically like any VM that you can run on your PC, although everything is Web-based, as it doesn't run Windows programs, and they give you 5 Gigs of storage space (and 1 additional Gig for every person you invite to the site) . The UI is very similar to Windows and every program is a web-based equivolent. For example, instead of having AOL Instant Messenger installed, it uses Meebo, which allows you to access several messaging programs without having to download the program to your PC. A nice feature about it is that you can access this anywhere at anytime. The only thing I'm not sure of since it is browser based, is if it uses your local PC's processing resources, or the host's. I think Library patrons who cannot afford to purchase a PC could use this tool to maintain a small desktop of their own wherever they go to write papers and other documents, manage email and conduct research (it has its own web browser) and save their findings on their VM.