
Ever thought of surfing the web when you are not connected? Well, that is the latest offering from Rakesh Mathur. Mathur, who co-founded Junglee 8212; that was later taken over by Amazon 8212; has developed a software 8216;Webaroo8217; that will make this possible.
Like the Kangaroo 8212; that is an inherent part of the company8217;s logo 8212; it promises to leapfrog the net to a new era. The company on Monday launched a new free software service that enables consumers to instantly search web pages and view web sites without an Internet connection, on their handhelds and laptop computers.
Already the company has support from Acer, which also announced its intention to bundle Webaroo software in its laptop.
Webaroo, which launched its services today, issued a statement quoting Campbell Kan, head of Mobile Computing Business Unit, Acer Inc, as saying that they plan to incorporate Webaroo8217;s software into Acer8217;s mobile PCs.
Webaroo servers scour the web, analyse web pages and automatically select the subset of pages with the most content value in the least storage size. These pages are then assembled into topic specified 8216;web packs8217;.
These webpacks can be downloaded on a laptop or a mobile phone. Once downloaded, the webpacks or web sites can be accessed anytime.
Zdnet, a premier technology portal, termed it as a 8216;8216;new permutation in web search8217;8217; with the general idea being to take a one million gigabyte index and compress it to 40 gigabytes.