ControlC turns your clipboard into a social networking tool
Date : 2008 02 05 Category : Web Webware.com
Sick of installing bookmarklets or browser plug-ins to save and share links with other people? Or do you simply want to keep a record of all the text, links, or pictures you've copied to your computer's clipboard? Check out ControlC, a new service that's halfway between a social bookmarking tool, and an archive utility.
Mac, Linux, and PC users can install a small app that will keep a record of their computer's clipboard and automatically upload it to a feed. Uploaded items remain private until the user manually "unlocks" them for public viewing. Other users can then befriend one another and keep an eye on each others feeds like they would messages on microblogging services like Twitter.
The service is free to use, but after five days older clipboard items are hidden. $20 gets you six months of access to the entire history, along with the option to import and export the data, get first dibs on upgraded software, and access to the customer support forums.
There are several other (local) software-based clipboard archiving and productivity applications which you can find over on Download.com (here's a sample search). Personally I'd like to see ControlC add some of the multi-clipboard management that make tools like M8 and Real Clipboard so useful for power users who like to keep a lot of items in a temporary cache.
Note: ControlC is in private beta, but you can register using code "beta4040" on this page until 11:59 PM PST tonight.
[via TechCrunch]
Keep an eye on your clipboard items, or those captured from other folks using ControlC. The service requires a small peice of software that's almost like spyware in logging your clipboard items and uploading them to ControlC's servers.
(Credit: CNET Networks)