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No that is not a mistype or a scam i am pulling, this is for real.

How many times did you need a place to put your content, your files someplace online so you could share it with other people ? Did you find a service that offers it for free ? Well i did but they usually offer like a couple of gigs, and not 1TB.

The service i found via chris pirillo is oosah.com

Oosah is a Web-based digital media content hosting and management system. Oosah provides individuals and businesses with an all-in-one service for uploading, hosting, managing and sharing their digital media assets. Members can also use Oosah to create new media assets in the form of multimedia presentations that we call “oosahs.”

First, Oosah is very intuitive and easy to use. Oosah features are accessed using the same drag-and-drop, and keyboard commands that you are familiar with from desktop applications.

Second, Oosah gives you a full Web-based File Manager. The Oosah File Manager gives you the ability to organize your content better than any other Web 2.0 content hosting site.

Third we give you more sharing options than any other site. Not only can you share content by emailing, or by linking/embedding in other sites, but you can also podcast your content, or you can download it and burn it to CD/DVD for off-line distribution.

We even let you print your photos at full resolution on your local printer. There are other features unique to Oosah as well, which you will find as you use it, and more are coming.

Not only this but the service can connect to other websites such as youtube, flickr, picasa and facebook to herlp you manage your content.

They even have a desktop application for gamers that instantly uploads screenshoots to your oosah account, by just pressing the print screen key, pretty coool.

Combine all of that with 1TB of storage … and you have a winner

Created at Oosah.com

Just a few minutes ago i happened to tune into Chris Pirillo Ustream Chanel that was showing the GnomeDex conference, and it caught my attention right away.

It was a presentation of a new media center software called boxee.

boxee is a social media center. with boxee you can play videos, music and pictures from your PC or from the Internet. you can also share with your friends what albums you’re listening to, what movies and TV shows you’re watching, send recommendations and more.

boxee is designed to work with a remote control (it looks great on a big screen TV), but you can also control it using your keyboard.

once installed boxee will start scanning your local Movies, Music and Pictures folders automatically. boxee will attempt to bring artwork, reviews, cast, etc. for your media, so browsing your library becomes more useful and fun than looking at a list of files.

boxee is based on the best media center on the planet, xbmc.

If you havent figure it out what the fuss is about, well this media center will drive content right to your screen from services like youtube and last.fm and display it right on your screen, and above all it will let you know your friend activity on those services, get recomandation from your friends on what videos, shows to watch or what music to listen too.

Plus it can connect to other devices on your home network being computers, file storing servers or even mobile devices ( that have a way to comunicate on the network ) and pull in content from them as well : pictures, music or video.

I dont know if this has caught your attention, so i am going to add another BIG + … its OPEN-SOURCE, yes you heard right … open-source, plus it has versions for windows, mac and linux … how cool is that.

The only bad side is its in alpha state and hasnt opened download to everybody, you must register on the site to get a download link ( hope i receive one soon ).

Enjoy the screenshots and videos below.
Cheers.