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Google’s Cloud Storage Could Launch In The Coming Weeks

8:30AM Today | Andrew Liszewski

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is closer than ever to launching the company’s cloud-based storage service that will rival now established services like Dropbox and Apple’s iCloud. In fact, it could be available in just a few weeks. More »


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How To Get 4.5 GB Of Dropbox Storage For Free

8:50PM February 3, 2012 | Casey Chan

The more Dropbox storage space you have, the happier your computer will be. It’s true! And the more free Dropbox storage space you get, the happier your wallet will be. And right now, you can get 4.5GB of Dropbox space FOR FREE. Win freaking win. Here’s how. More »


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PlayMemories: Sony’s Cloud Service Is Like PhotoStream With Videos

12:30PM January 10, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

PlayMemories is Sony’s way to stop your mum from shooting 500 pictures at Christmas and then never looking at any of them because they’re stranded on an SD card she doesn’t really know how to work. More »


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BitTorrent’s ‘Share’ Offers Free, Unlimited Storage

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12:30PM January 7, 2012 | Logan Booker

Sort of. The program — called “Share”, as mentioned in the headline — is built on the same BitTorrent protocol we all know very, very well. The process of sharing isn’t a stretch from what we’re used to — all the new program does is provide an interface more suited to the purpose of storing and retrieving cloud-based files. More »


Mobile

Dropbox 2.0 For Android Supports Bulk Uploads

7:20PM December 23, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Dropbox released its newest Android app iteration Thursday with a revamped layout and better functionality. Were the new app a kitten, it’d now do back-flips and be 500MB larger for uni students. That’s right, a 500MB back-flipping kitten. On your phone. More »


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Microsoft Answers Your Azure Questions

We asked readers for questions about Windows Azure to put to Microsoft, and you came up with some great responses. Tim Buntel, product manager for the Windows Azure platform at Microsoft Australia, has all the answers. Read on! More »

Computing

Google Chromebooks Now Cheaper, Prettier

4:52AM November 22, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Oh, hey, Samsung’s Wi-Fi Chromebook now comes in black. Oh, hey, Acer’s Chromebook is $US50 cheaper. Oh, hey, Google made some UI tweaks to the ChromeOS. Cool. More »


Entertainment

Is Google Music A Letdown?

1:00AM November 17, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Google Music is out of beta in the US, and it pretty much does everything we thought it would. It will let you buy, store, stream and share tracks you already own. Sounds familiar… maybe because it’s an entirely unoriginal idea. More »


Software

Everything You Need To Know About Using iTunes Match

10:31AM November 15, 2011 | Adrian Covert

We’ve known about iTunes Match for a while, but it just went live today in the US. The $US25/year music service promises to not only store your iTunes purchases in the cloud, but to back up your non-iTunes tracks as well. So how does it work exactly? More »


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Pogoplug Cloud Floats Free Online Storage

4:00AM November 15, 2011 | Mat Honan

The storage wars are on. Pogoplug launched a new online storage service today, Pogoplug Cloud, with 5GB of free storage and (surprise!) the option to buy more. More »