Google wants your data.
The search engine giant is reportedly looking to launch a service that would allow computer users to store their hard-drive info on Google's servers. Users could access these files via the Internet from computers and mobile devices with one password, and share the information with friends, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Google currently offers storage separately via its Docs applications, Gmail, and Picasa (the Web-based photo-hosting offering), as well as the option to purchase up to 400GB of additional storage. This new endeavor, however, will reportedly pull those services together via a single search box.
Google does not "have anything new to announce right now," according to a spokesman. He would acknowledge only that "cloud computing is going mainstream" and that "storage is an important component of making Web apps fit easily into consumers' and business users' lives."
In September, Microsoft unveiled a unified installer to enable one-stop downloads of recently updated Windows Live applications, reportedly intended to assist with this "cloud computing"--a fancy name for software and services delivered via the Internet.
Cloud computing at Microsoft is viewed as an effort to compete against Google, which has moved in on what has traditionally been considered Microsoft territory with its Google Apps program.
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