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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 USB drive, and plug it in. 

After some setup done from your browser, you can share files online.  You send a link to your content to your friend and that link is only good for 14 days.  There is an iPhone app that gives you access to your files; the app will be free. 

There is no need to go around firewalls or anything.  For video, you can download or stream.  The web interface allows you to watch your own videos in a built-in flash player if your files are in either the H.264 or FLV (flash video) format.  Other video files can be downloaded, but not watched via flash player.  There is no transcoding done by Pogoplug (yet).

The tiny device is actually a pretty powerful computer with a 1.2 Ghz processor (the maker of the processor was not disclosed) and 512MB of RAM in the press unit.  The final version may have different specs depending on the market. 

The makers of Pogoplug will be supporting developers so the device may gain more functionality as time goes on.  This really is a special device.  It pretty much allows anyone with any skill level to share files on the Internet without a lot of work. 

Product Page [Pogoplug.com]