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luck777jojo
10th April 2006, 04:39
Okay, this isn’t the whole internet on a floppy or even the whole internet on a hard drive but it’s still pretty interesting.

A company based in Bellevue, Washington called Webaroo is planning to release software which will let you “search” the internet while offline. All the information will be stored on your hard drive and you should be able to access the first 2 or so pages of search results (about 20 sites per search) with full graphics etc.

They’re planning on releasing this in “packages” based on a specific topic, and they say the “entire web” will require about 80GB of hard drive space, while each package separately will be much smaller (abut 256MB each).

They are planning on opening up their site tonight so I’m hoping we shall soon see if this is really a huge technological advance or just another crazy idea. Personally this just seems like an over glorified idea for an encyclopedia, since it will be limited by the “packs” they decide to release just like an encyclopedia is limited.

Read full article here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/5388
No1uKnow
10th April 2006, 04:57
haha what a pain in the ass for their scripters I bet

thanks for the great news topic luck, once again!

maybe we should make a general news section, just for you ^^
luck777jojo
10th April 2006, 05:06
it already is a general news section if you haven't noticed ;)
JAvEX
10th April 2006, 05:08
Not a bad read. I don't see why we need the internet when we are offline, I am never offline.

...@luck777jojo. I think he meant that you should have your own news section...
Snip3r Sax
10th April 2006, 05:25
inresting read.
javex altho you would probably be online most of the time , but say when ur just looking at sites its much safer to look at them while offline
luck777jojo
10th April 2006, 05:31
...@luck777jojo. I think he meant that you should have your own news section...but this is my own news section...... well practically my own, everyone else with permission to start new thread here rarely does it so.....
Sudden Death
10th April 2006, 11:26
y would u need the internet offline? Just connect to the interenet. Maybe if ur paying on pay-as-u-go dial up internet thing but i doubt many people do that any more.
luck777jojo
10th April 2006, 12:17
well they're suggesting if you just need to look something up while at the airport or something and there are no free wifi spots around just paid wifi....... then again San Francisco is gonna be one huge free wifi hotspot soon so why bother is what I have to say on this subject.
Conker
11th April 2006, 15:02
offline internet... pfff

why would you be offline, your computer is connected, you can access wirelessly via mobile phones, laptops, even some fridges, i think its a pointless idea and how long would it take to download !?!?!?!
sinnit
11th April 2006, 15:33
o.O ummm why are they doing this? If you're offline you can't update. THE INTERNET IS ALWAYS UPDATING o.o end of story.
No1uKnow
11th April 2006, 15:53
I also stuck this article on MPC downloads news section, someone posted it on fark.com yesterday

anyways, haha luck guess your right, this is pretty much your section anyways :P
luck777jojo
11th April 2006, 22:08
hah I beat fark to it w000h000 :P