The article missed the best deal: 25 gb free with no need to install
any software: http://www.mediamax.com>

jr



On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:29:24 +1000, Mike O'Connor wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Just read an article in the NYTimes on subject at ;
>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/technology/07basics.html>
>
>Includes the following;
>
>    Theres an even easier way to take advantage of Googles largess.
>    Users of Internet Explorer can download a program called Gmail
>    Drive. (A Google search for the term will point you to download sites.)
>
>    If you are using the Firefox browser, an even better downloadable
>    add-on is Gspace. (You can find it at
>    addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1593
>    http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1593> or www.rjonna.com
>    http://www.rjonna.com>.) It puts a button on the toolbar of the
>    browser that with a few clicks puts the file right into your Gmail
>    account. Rahul Jonna, the Phoenix programmer who created it nine
>    months ago, said the Gspace hack has been downloaded almost 500,000
>    times.
>
>    Its novelty may be limited. Google is considering a backup service
>    called GDrive, and Microsoft says it will have a backup service
>    called LiveDrive as part of its new operating system.
>
>    I.B.M.
>   
http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=IBM>
>    sees an opportunity in this consumer market for backup. It sells a
>    consumer program named Tivoli that automates backup. Every time a
>    file is changed, a copy is stored on the PCs drive and a copy is
>    sent to a backup device or a remote server. (That service is
>    separate; you will not get to use I.B.M. servers.) The $35 program
>    can be bought online only, in the software downloads sections of
>    the Web sites of Circuit City, CompUSA, OfficeMax
>   
http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=OMX>
>    and Staples. I.B.M. is also selling the software to cable Internet
>    providers, like Comcast
>   
http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=CMCSA>,
>    which will offer its customers automated backup to their servers.
>
>Regards,
>Mike
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