Coming soon from Google: GDrive?

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

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Google Has Plan to Act As Hard Drive for Users' Files

By KEVIN J. DELANEY
March 7, 2006; Page B3


Google <http://online.wsj.com/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=goog>  Inc.
aims to be able to store on its own computers files that consumers normally
keep on their hard drives, according to a document the Internet company
inadvertently released on the Web.

It is an ambition the Mountain View, Calif., company believes could undercut
rival Microsoft
<http://online.wsj.com/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=MSFT>  Corp. in
their ongoing battle. But there are potential privacy and security
implications if Google were to hold user data that hackers or the government
might seek to access.

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt cryptically told analysts Thursday that
Google wants "to be able to store everybody's information all the time."
Executive-speaking notes from the analyst-day event, which the company
accidentally made available briefly on the Web, reveal intriguing details
about its ambitions. Google is moving toward being able to "store 100% of
user data," the notes indicate, citing, "emails, Web history, pictures,
bookmarks" as a few examples. Any timeline is unclear. The internal notes
say Google's "store 100%" scenario would be made possible if Google had
"infinite storage."

The notes say Google has "efforts in this direction." They refer to what
appear to be unannounced Google initiatives including one dubbed "GDrive."
The notes don't provide detail, but the GDrive name suggests Google might
allow users to store their files on Google computers that they can access
over the Web from devices such as personal computers and cellphones. Mr.
Schmidt noted during his remarks that Google's storage of any personal data
would be "subject to your permission for us to keep it."

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