I rely on a handful of open-source web apps that handle everyday tasks without installing anything locally.

The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores. It's largely built into Firefox 3.6. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Web site FilesOverMiles shares files directly between your web browser and the person you want to share with, cutting out the web server as a middleman for instant, uncapped* peer-to-peer file sharing ...