The rumours have resurfaced. The Wall Street Journal has reported that a limited online storage service is to be available from Google soon, with additional storage available on a paid-for basis.
As previously predicted, the paper says the service will be known as GDrive. Those funny Google guys!
Privacy worries?
We're a bit doubtful about that last point. After all, But would you trust Google with your data? After all, these guys don't even seem to want to move anything out of beta - and that's before you get to privacy concerns.
The GDrive will be part of what Google calls 'cloud computing' - pooling data into large data centres rather than carrying out tasks on individual machines. "Cloud computing is going mainstream," said our spokesperson. "The applications people use every day, such as email, photo sharing, and word processing, are moving to the web because it's easier to share and access your data from anywhere when it's online, in one place."
"We're always listening to our users and looking for ways to update and improve our web applications, including storage options"
Microsoft's rival SkyDrive web app is currently in beta and provides 1GB of storage at present. It's set to fully launch next year, potentially with more storage space.