Online Storage/File Sharing

 

 

Online Storage/File Sharing Permanent MediaFire Windows Sky Drive Beta divshare Xdrive Mozy Google Gmail Box.net Temporary RapidShare

Permanent

- MediaFire

- Windows Live SkyDrive beta

- divshare

- Xdrive

- Mozy

- Lycos Mail

- Google Mail

- Box.net

 

Temporary

- RapidShare

- FileUpload 

 

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Permanent

 

MediaFire

http://www.mediafire.com/

 

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- Unlimited Storage

- 100MB per file

- Code for embedment of images

 

After Registration

- Cool dashboard, similiar to windows explorer

- Set folders to private

 

Windows Sky Drive Beta

http://skydrive.live.com/

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- 500 MB of free online storage

- 50 MB per file

- Live ID required

- Beautiful Dashboard

- Create Shared foler / Private foler

- Transfers are protected using Secure Socket Layers (SSL)

 

divshare

Rating: 7/10 ( further consideration required )

http://divshare.com/

 

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- Unlimited Storage

- 200MB per files

- Expires after 7 days ( without registration )

- Code for embedment of songs / images / video ( flash video )

- Allow simultaneous download

- Downloads are not allowed in some regions

 

After registration

- Files will NEVER expires

- Register member includes dashboard, folders, password-protected folders

 

Comments: You can put your files in folders to have a better management for your files, the only thing miss is a tool like box.net provided

for embeding documents/images/videos/ for easy sharing. From some tech blogs, I can see that this site is actively growing.

 

Xdrive

RECOMMENDED!

Rating: 8/10

http://www.xdrive.com/

 

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- 5GB free space

- Service of AOL, claims to be secure and verify by TRUSTe

- With the Xdrive Desktop, you can backup your files automatically, files are uploaded to the site

- Share A Folder

- Public Folders, publish folders on your Xdrive to the web. Post it on a message board or blog.

 

Comments: This site sometimes mentioned in famous tech blogs, like Webware. This service is quite useful for backup of important files. And the service it provided is secure and there is even a software for hosting files, which gives the users a convenient way to backup their files.

 

Mozy

RECOMMENDED!

Rating: 7.5/10

http://www.mozy.com

 

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- 2GB Storage

- After the registration, check the E-mail account you entered and you should recieve a confirmation e-mail, click the link there, and download a software that will enable you to upload files to its server.

- To increase the storage, you can pay or just invite somebody to sign up. For each person who sign up there, you can receive 250MB extra storage. For details, please refer to Mozy website.

 

Lycos Mail

http://mail.lycos.com

 

- 3 GB mail storage

Its large storage enable you to store many things in it beside mail.

- Upload file with NO SIZE LIMITATION

 

Google Gmail

http://www.gmail.com

 

- 2.7GB and counting storage

Its large storage enable you to store many things in it beside mail.

- Need invitation to sign up

- Can upload up to 10MB per file

 

Use Gmail as your online hard disk:

GMail Drive Shell Extension( not very stable )

 

Download Link : http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/GMail-Drive-shell-extension-Download-15944.html

 

Box.net

http://www.box.net

 

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- 1 GB Storage

- Similiar to mozy, you can increase you storage by paying money and invite someone to sign up.

 

 

Temporary

 

RapidShare

http://rapidshare.com/

- Upload up to 100MB per file

- Delete after 30 days with no downloads