Machine Mashing

Being able to integrate content from devices across the network is one of the aims of Microsoft's Live Mesh -- which enables sharing of folders between PCs and mobile devices. This is a really useful technology for many people today who have a number of machines distributed across their home and work environments. Another approach similar in scope is the Yahoo! Open Strategy (Y!OS), which enables centralization of user profiles in one place, so that multiple Yahoo applications can make use of these. Y!OS also enables Yahoo apps to be integrated using mashup technologies, and makes use of the centralized profiles to enable users to more seamlessly access additional apps.