iTwin is a little USB dongle that can create a AES-256 encrypted connection between two Internet-connected Windows machines, and let them transfer files between them from anywhere in the world. This little ITwin USB dongle was demonstrated at CEATEC and it worked as well as it’s expected to.
The iTwin is basically a two-part USB drive, which one user to plug it into one computer, detach the second part and hand over to the second person to be hooked up to the second computer. In this case, the connection between the two computers is established and they can share files and connect to each other as long as they’re hooked up to any Internet connection. The connection is also protected by the AES-256 encryption, making data transfer over the Internet is shielded from being eavesdropped.
The device would be suitable for frequent travelers who always need to connect back to one computer in the office or at home, for grabbing or sending files over. For the Mac users, the device would get an OS X firmware update in eary 2010 which would allow Mac-to-Mac or Mac-to-Windows transfering.
via engadget
December 18th, 2010 at 9:54 am
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