Opera has announced a new service today which might possibly change the way we do a lot of things in the internet today. The new service dubbed as "Opera Unite" can change any computer or device, running the Opera browser into a web server. By doing so, users can share their data with anyone connected to the internet without the need for a third party web server. Imagine sharing your photos without having to upload them to Flickr or Picasa. "Our computers are only dumb terminals connected to other computers (meaning servers) owned by other people — such as large corporations — who we depend upon to host our words, thoughts, and images. We depend on them to do it well and with our best interests at heart" says Lawrence Eng, a product analyst for Opera Software. By using their new service, Opera believes that users no longer have to rely upon third party companies for many popular services such as, e-mail, instant messaging, social networking, photo sharing, file sharing, web hosting, etc.
The technology looks very promising and available right now for anyone who would like to give it a try. Don't expect anything mind blowing so soon as the service is still in alpha stage and will take a long time to deliver it's full potential. As expected, the technology is fully open source and as a result, tons of new features will be added throughout it's lifecycle from various developers across the globe. It's really very interesting that browser manufacturers are coming up with such innovative ideas and thereby giving a wide range options to both consumers and developers. First it was Google Wave and now it is Opera Unite, who knows what Microsoft, Apple and Mozilla are working on to prove that their browser is the best available browser in the market? Hit on the read link for more details on the official page.
Read - Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser
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