Microsoft — Online FREE Storage
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Online FREE storage space
Microsoft is offering free personal and secure storage on the Web of a whopping 5 gigabytes to users registered for its Windows Live services.
Users of its Hotmail e-mail service can access this virtual hard drive on the web using the same name and password. The service, which was in a beta
form with limited storage and went live last week across the world, can be accessed at
Users can upload and store their files in three folders: Personal, which they alone can access; Share with friends, which will be open to designated
friends who are also registered Windows Live users; and a Share with the World, where one can place files that are open to the wider public to
view. There is a generous limit of 50 MB for any one file.
You can read more on this piece by Anand Parthasarathy in ‘The Hindu’ dated 02 Mar 08 or browse it at:
<http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/02/stories/2008030252601100.htm>
