--- In os2user{at}yahoogroups.com, 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;
> 
>     There's an even easier way to take advantage of Google's 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 PC's 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

But is one sure that one's data is really private? It seems like any
government could justify searching through the data for terrorism
links or child pornography or any other illegal activity.

Jayant





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