Microsoft conjures with name for online raise
After Windows Live E-mail on the last moment were renamed in Windows Live Hotmail, has Microsoft now also trouble a fitting name for its new online raise service to find. Officially hotly the last test version Windows Live Skydrive.
The business from Redmond is currently fast busy betaversies of the raise with the brand-new name to test. Live-users can, to drag as in this demo to see is, via their Live Spaces-account truces uploaden through they to privmappen or public files. The ontwikkelteam has the thumbnails Of Windows Vista added at the geploade truces for better herkenbaarheid.
The service looks forward there promising and in a well-organized manner, but that is unfortunately not the case for the name that Microsoft at the new online raise assigns. During the development, the programmers SkyDrive used. Something later on dove the name LiveDrive on, of which were affirmed and later on again denied, that the round the same service went. When the first test version appeared, baptized Microsoft the raise till Windows Live Leaflets. And now the software maker promises to choose for the sounding Windows Live SkyDrive.
Google do not want to wait long on self with the presentation of new online raise services. When users of Gmail (2.8 GB sit) and Picasa (1 GB) at their limit, can they for 20 dollars 6 GB extra raise buy. The IT-thousand leg says to want to expand this service from till a maximum of 250 GB. Microsoft want to announce get not yet how many oplag users of the Windows Live SkyDrive till their disposition. Probably becomes more known as soon as the last version of the Windows Live-service the life family sees.
Colleague Mary Jo Foley of socraweb. com has sometimes trouble by to hold which code names Microsoft the world in swings. Round the readers - and itself - from the fire to help, treats they this summer each day a new terrific word. The last addition: Cosmos.
Update 10 August 2007 12:25
In the text stands indicated that Picasa 2.8 GB online raise offers and Gmail 1 GB looks after. These landlords have been turned around. The text has been adapted.