The concept of keeping your files on the Internet is nothing new and that are there are already several companies which, for a monthly or annual fee, rent a certain number of space in order for users to save those essential data that they don’t want to lose if a personal computer begins to go haywire.
The MSN team is working on a new Windows Live service, code-named Live Drive, that will provide users with a virtual hard drive for storing hosted personal data.
Microsoft archrival Google is developing similar technology, code-named Gdrive, according to information Google accidentally shared with analysts in early March.
"Microsoft is planning to use its server farms to offer anyone huge amounts of online storage of digital data," Ozzie told Fortune. "With Live Drive, all your information—movies, music, tax information, a high-definition videoconference you had with your grandmother, whatever—could be accessible from anywhere, on any device."
Microsoft starts Online Storage Wars with Windows Live Drive source
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Posted by: Nick | May 30, 2006 6:24 AM | Permalink to Comment