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[JohnOConnorax1u]

funny, no Windows Mobile app for GDrive and no Android App for SkyDrive

[dinther]

What is missing in this information is download capacity. If I upload a 10 Gig HD video file to Google Drive and share it publicly and a million people download/view the file. When will they shut me down?

[RobertMilk]

There is a third-party Android app for SkyDrive. It is "Browser for SkyDrive".

[RobertMilk]

There is a third-party Android app for SkyDrive.... It is called "Browser for SkyDrive"

[harz]

When I was little, I recall running Duke Nukem 3D through a LAN connection on several machines with a few friends. Ever since then, I've been waiting for the day that ALL computing was done on a central location, and what we interfaced with was just a monitor and keyboard and mouse. It seems like we are slowly making our way there. More and more is in the cloud. Chromebooks come mighty close, but they still have a CPU etc. One day I still believe it will happen. Only time will tell.

[triden]

Google Drive TOS: "When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such

[triden]

Google Drive TOS: "When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such

[RayLloyd]

The comparisons left out linux sync availability. Dropbox is the on ly one that has this .. an important issue for many users.

[Evildave]

harz, on 24 April 2012 - 02:35 PM, said:

When I was little, I recall running Duke Nukem 3D through a LAN connection on several machines with a few friends. Ever since then, I've been waiting for the day that ALL computing was done on a central location, and what we interfaced with was just a monitor and keyboard and mouse. It seems like we are slowly making our way there. More and more is in the cloud. Chromebooks come mighty close, but they still have a CPU etc. One day I still believe it will happen. Only time will tell.

Even if your computer was a pure dumb terminal from the 1970's, it had a CPU. You're not getting rid of the CPU or RAM, ever. Nor the 'graphics' accelerator, if the thing will be capable of any sort of gaming. Nor local storage, as the network is not universal, and some settings need local storage, no matter what. In fact, the kinds of scripting web pages do, and middleware involved mean that not only will there be a CPU, RAM and GPU, they will continue to become more powerful. Though all-in-one 'system on a chip' variants, as you see in 'smart phones' are probably the future that they're all converging towards.

[Evildave]

Though seriously, cloud storage is awful. Don't put anything on the cloud that's private, EVER.

The chances it will remain 'private' without a lot of good encryption are slim to none. There is not a single cloud storage provider on earth who will fail to roll over, if any government that they have market share in (or want market share in) asks to snoop on your files. Some will sell you out to practically anyone for a few dollars. And the terms of service can change if the company changes hands. Where will your data be with 'free market' selling and reselling of data providers, and desperation brought out by stiff competition and need of funding to make payroll? No matter how you delete it, it will always be 'out there'. Forever.

It can disappear (as far as YOUR personal access is concerned), or be distributed beyond your control, and all it takes is the ebb and flow of the economy to make it happen.

The only good use for free cloud storage is to store 'white noise' in encrypted formats, to consume government snoops' resources fruitlessly

Otherwise, only completely public data with no licensing issues (i.e., you're publishing something like a document or image or bit of video that you own - but not for long, as 'the world' owns it soon after, no matter what level of 'sharing' you have assigned to it).

[winglessangel31]

*Google Drive
"When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content."

*SkyDrive
"Except for material that we license to you, we don't claim ownership of the content you provide on the service. Your content remains your content. We also don't control, verify, or endorse the content that you and others make available on the service."

*Dropbox
"By using our Services you provide us with information, files, and folders that you submit to Dropbox (together, "your stuff"). You retain full ownership to your stuff. We don’t claim any ownership to any of it. These Terms do not grant us any rights to your stuff or intellectual property except for the limited rights that are needed to run the Services, as explained below."

[winglessangel31]

*Google Drive
"When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content."

*SkyDrive
"Except for material that we license to you, we don't claim ownership of the content you provide on the service. Your content remains your content. We also don't control, verify, or endorse the content that you and others make available on the service."

*Dropbox
"By using our Services you provide us with information, files, and folders that you submit to Dropbox (together, "your stuff"). You retain full ownership to your stuff. We don’t claim any ownership to any of it. These Terms do not grant us any rights to your stuff or intellectual property except for the limited rights that are needed to run the Services, as explained below."

[AdamM]

If people just bought:
-a domain name
-a hosting service subscription
(like HostGator)
-and an ftp: client

They can upload unlimited amounts of files- period.

[Evildave]

Well, the most profitable thing in computing is to take something simple that's common sense to any techie, and make a dumbed down UI for it and hawk it to the masses as a 'new invention'. Preferably with a software patent.

[blahnesss]

Those were good days. There was nothing more satisfying than waiting for a buddy to show up on the security cam then detonating the remote charge on the behind a dumpster.

I think the Onlive gaming service is moving in the right direction... it's just as easy as netflix, and requires no hardcore GPU to run many modern titles (even on a tablet).

harz, on 24 April 2012 - 02:35 PM, said:

When I was little, I recall running Duke Nukem 3D through a LAN connection on several machines with a few friends. Ever since then, I've been waiting for the day that ALL computing was done on a central location, and what we interfaced with was just a monitor and keyboard and mouse. It seems like we are slowly making our way there. More and more is in the cloud. Chromebooks come mighty close, but they still have a CPU etc. One day I still believe it will happen. Only time will tell.

[NicholasvanRheedevanOudtshoorn]

Left off a very important row: Linux App: No, No, Yes, No, No

[IrwinBusk]

Evidently not quite baked yet. When I try to log into it, I get the message "Google Drive is not ready yet". And a link to sign up for a message from them, when it is ready.

[ardsur]

I understand that Google Drive will add all your files in all Google associated programs into the Drive, such as Gmail, google docs, picasa, Google+ and than this 5 Gb size looks rather small. Or shall I first clear out Picasa and find another free photo host?

[Trulylatino]

These Cloud Storage Services are a little to pricey.

I think I'm going to stay with my two 1.5 Terabyte External Hard Drive for a very long time.