Intel readies new remote PC access function

Intel has developed technology that lets people remotely power up their computers and retrieve files across an Internet connection, according to a report on The Wall Street Journal site on Wednesday.

The technology, called Remote Wake, will work only on PCs that use a recently introduced chipset from Intel and requires new software to be loaded onto the PC, according to the report. The technology will also reportedly allow PCs that use Internet-based phones services to be remotely activated to receive calls. Remote Wake could also allow consumers using a Web-enabled phone or a laptop connected to the Internet to activate their PCs and retrieve files, according to the report.

source : http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10016941-92.html

Mr Gates, at a forum in Hong Kong to mark the 10th anniversary of the software giant's Asian research arm, added that technology currently being developed would transform the way people use computers, expanding their ability to interact with the machines.

Increasing internet connection will greatly broaden services for users, allowing them remote access to a wide range of software and information, he said.

"People often talk about this as the internet service revolution," Mr Gates told a gathering of 1600 researchers and academics

"That will eventually lead to machines with lots of server capacity, low-cost computing, low-cost storage. And that will let us write software in an even more ambitious way, eliminating the last constraints we have."

source : http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24179113-5014239,00.html

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