25GB of online storage, for FREE

[ToyotaNSaturn]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/159413/5_great_microsoft_web_services_you_probably_dont_use.html

How's this for a deal: Get 25GB of online storage, at no cost, with no strings attached. That's what Windows Live SkyDrive offers. Just create folders on the site and upload files to it. You can share any of your folders with colleagues, as well. The site's design is simple and straightforward.

I've been using this for quite some time but didn't realize they went from 5GB to 25GB. This is a great service for sharing pictures, large files, MP3's, whatever with friends. While it's not a hard drive backup solution, it's good.

Windows Live Photo gallery is another excellent tool. Dunno why MS just doesn't add this to it's OS as a standard product. It's FAR better than anything they created before for managing & viewing pictures.

 

[uc50ic4more]

Their max file size is 50MB, though.

I use Amazon's S3 service. 15 cents per GB per month.

 

[firemachine69]

When I used to use online storage, it seemed whenever I needed the files, the site of choice was always down...

YMMV.

 

[GMGuy]

So what sort of gotchas are in the fine print for file storage places? Photo sharing sites always lay claim to your photos as a condition to use the service (to paraphrase: we can use any of your photos for whatever we want, for free).

Alex.