Say you’re on the road and you need to look at a file that’s on your main computer at your office or house. Or you’re using a device with limited storage, like a smart phone or one of the tiny new “netbook” portable PCs, and you want access to a file that isn’t on the device at hand.

You might be able to get at the desired file whether you have previously uploaded it to an online storage

or photo-sharing service, or e-mailed it to yourself. But, in many cases, you could be stuck.

Now Dell, the big computer maker, is aiming to solve that problem with a new service called Dell Remote Access. Despite the name, the service can be installed on any type of Windows PC running Windows XP or Windows Vista to build its files remotely accessible, as towering as it has a broadband connection. You […]

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