‘A remarkable fact that is emerging from tons of CES news releases is the “increased connectivity” in devices which till a few months ago lived pretty much in isolation. And it all came together this morning. I received an email from KeySpan, and they were pitching me on something called a USB Server:

The USB Server connects USB devices to a Mac or PC via a wired or wireless Ethernet-based LAN. The USB Server will ship in late Q1 2004 with an MSRP of $129. Much like a USB print server, the USB Server enables attached USB devices to be used and shared by client PCs on a LAN. In addition to printers, the USB Server supports other USB devices such as hard drives, scanners, and more.

In other words, it is home networks and sharing of devices made relatively easy. I had a duh! moment, for this is something so simple that one wonders why no one had actually thought of this before.’ From GigaOm.