Wuala–The Free, Online Hard Disk

When it comes to online storage, you can almost never have enough, but adequate space from most services almost always come with a price. Before you upgrade your online storage account, you should consider transforming your own hard disk into online storage for free with Wuala.

Wuala is an application that utilizes the idle resources on user computers in order to provide online storage. Each user is initially given 1 gig of space and anyone whose computer is on at least 20% of the time can offer up an additional amount of space on your own hard disk in exchange for additional space on Wuala. The amount of additional Wuala space you can receive increases as the amount of space and time you offer increases. The same principle applies to bandwidth. Wuala is also quick and secure, and while your data is adequately backed up, not even the Wuala team has access to your files.

With Wuala you can upload your files for storage or publish and share them with others. One of the best things about it is that it’s so easy to use; dragging and dropping files is no different than with your computers own file manager.

Wuala, currently in closed Alpha, was developed by Caleido AG. Learn more about it as it makes its way around the world at wua.la/en/home.