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MyTechnology wants Knexus program to become the library for the PC

metromode, 7/31/2008

Any book fanatic can tell you all about the importance of a library when it comes to sorting, storing and accessing information. Paul Drallos wants to tell you why your computer needs one.

Not so much a library, but software designed to act like one. That's where his company, Berkley-based MyTechnology, comes in. Its principal product is called Knexus, a program inspired by Drallos' library to sort out the information cluttering up computer hard drives. It uses a book shelf model instead of the common method more closely associated with a filing cabinet.

"This is a way to take a completely disorganized hard drive and create a completely organized library for it," Drallos says.

MyTechnology is a one-man operation made up of Drallos, a researcher in theoretical atomic physics. His previous work in plasma display research for the federal government and some of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers helped make plasma televisions widely affordable.

Like so many other users, Drallos quickly became frustrated with a modern computer's inefficient folder, sub-folder and sub-sub-folder model of storing information. That, and his home library, inspired the Knexus concept which he has been developing for three years.

The program just came on line this year and is available to PC users. The following for it has been quickly growing and Drallos is working on Apple and Linux versions. He is offering a 30-day free trail of the software, which can be found here.

Source: Paul Drallos, president of MyTechnology and creator of Knexus
Writer: Jon Zemke

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