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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 pictures, music, and other files stored on a connected hard drive. Set-up has been made really simple. You plug in the Pogoplug to an electrical outlet, connect it to the internet via an ethernet cable, and then plug in your USB hard drive to the Pogoplug. That is it – a home server that anyone can set up, which is exactly what Pogoplug’s designers wanted. In fact, one of the designers told our Editors that he designed the Pogoplug to be simple enough for his mom to use.

Gadgetell Editors had a chance at CES to see the Pogoplug in action and are eager to get their hands on the device. Who can blame them? Instead of uploading photos and videos to online sharing sites, Pogoplug lets you act as your own server. Imagine not having to bother with purchasing a FTP, a domain name, or having to cough up a premium fee for your online photo sharing site because you need more storage allowance. For $99 (not including tax or shipping), Pogoplug lets you simply send a link to anyone you want to see your files and storage space is limited only by the size of the hard drive you connect to the device. If Pogpplug actually works like its designers say it will, which I certainly hope it does, it is going to change the game of file sharing.

This is a guest post by Merlyn Akhtar.  Merlyn Akhtar is a tech-savvy person who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty with hardware.  One of the first upgrades she performed was installing a 2X CD-ROM drive in a PC in her early teens back when Prodigy was an awesome ISP.

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