SkyDrive

SkyDrive is the shorter version of a Microsoft product fully titled Windows Live SkyDrive. Windows Live SkyDrive was initially launched in 2007 by Microsoft as a way for users to download files onto an online storage unit, then accessed from any web browser by the owner of the information, along with anyone else they want to allow access to on the Internet.

SkyDrive was originally released to the public in August 2007, providing buyers with 500 MB of space to download their files of any kind for usage from anywhere one could access the Internet via the WWW. By early 2008, Windows Live SkyDrive shed its "beta" status and began offering 5 GB of storage for its users.

Microsoft also offers visitors a blog from its development team regarding new features and news about their product.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “SkyDrive”

• This Week’s Thoughts: Computers in the cloud

  
  mynetx - Windows Live Enhanced — Authority: 416
  Cloud Computing is everywhere these days.  Microsoft has launched Windows Azure, Chrome OS also focuses on your data in the web.  But what is it all about?  What possibilities and disavantages has cloud computing?  Finally: Who can or should use it? Cloud computing is currently a hyped phrase on the web.  ...
  4 days ago

• How to access Office Web Apps ?

  
  meraTechPort — Authority: 107
  Office Web Apps makes it so easy to create, edit and share your documents online and many of you must have already tried earlier. But there were many who didn’t had access and couldn’t try it. Now everyone can access Office Web Apps. As MS Office 2010 beta is publically  available , anyone can try office Web apps ...
  5 days ago

• “SkyDrive Explorer” made the most of Microsoft with this resource

  
  The Positive Side — Authority: 135
  Microsoft makes available to us for a while, a comfortable service for online storage, hard disk where to put the safe in case of Crash Music-Video-Documents and cram everything you want without stealing space on our hard drives up to 25 Gb . Just have a Live account, all right also to Messenger or Mail ...
  1 week ago

• “SkyDrive Explorer” made the most of Microsoft with this resource

  
  The Positive Side — Authority: 135
  Microsoft makes available to us for a while, a comfortable service for online storage, hard disk where to put the safe in case of Crash Music-Video-Documents and cram everything you want without stealing space on our hard drives up to 25 Gb . Just have a Live account, all right also to Messenger or Mail ...
  1 week ago

• How to Send Huge Files over Internet

  
  Tech Salsa — Authority: 124
  It feels very bad when we want our friend to send us some song or a movie clip through email over internet because the emails like Gmail or Yahoo have some restrictions on the size of the data that we can send. So what are you going to do if you are required to send some important data of about 500 MB in size? ...
  1 week ago

• New Office 2010 beta works with Windows Live

  
  Windows Live team blog — Authority: 533
  In September, we announced the Tech Preview of the Office Web Apps on Windows Live. As you may know, the Office Web Apps on Windows Live are free online companions to applications like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint that let you access, edit and share Microsoft Office documents from virtually anywhere. ...
  1 week ago

• New App Links SkyDrive to Windows Explorer

  
  Sarah In Tampa — Authority: 516
  There’s a new application that integrates the Windows Live SkyDrive service into Windows Explorer. Simply called “ SkyDrive Explorer ,” this software turns your SkyDrive folder into just another location you can access directly from Windows. Once installed, as with local folders, you can drag-and-drop files ...
  2 weeks ago

• Access SkyDrive in Windows Explorer

  
  CyberNet News — Authority: 417
  Windows only (32/64-bit) I love the fact that Microsoft gives users a free 25GB of storage for files through SkyDrive , but I think they’re able to do that because they don’t provide an easy way for people to upload things. That way most people will never come close to hitting their 25GB limit, but that may ...
  2 weeks ago

• Windows Live Toolbar 收藏夹同步暂不可用

  
  LiveSino.net — Authority: 131
  由于 Windows Live Toolbar 工具栏的收藏夹同步功能 的故障，一些用户报告他们的浏览器收藏夹已经消失。Windows Live Toolbar 团队在官方博客中就此事 发布了公告 ： 我们已了解一些用户在最近 24 小时内遭遇了如下问题：当在一台或多台 PC ...
  3 weeks ago

• SkyDrive Explorer: exactly what youd expect

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 740
  Windows Live SkyDrive users have been begging Microsoft to provide a plugin for Windows Explorer ever since the service launched. Its annoying to have to use a Web interface when you have 25GB of space to fill. SkyDrive Explorer was not created by Microsoft but it does exactly what its name implies: it gives you ...
  3 weeks ago

• SkyDrive Explorer – Simple, Efficient, Fast, and Free!

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 138
  Guest writer Rick Robinette explains how you can manage your SkyDrive space smarter, and faster, with SkyDrive Explorer, a free extension for Windows Explorer.If you have a Windows Live account (e.g. Hotmail) I am sure you are taking advantage of the Microsoft’s Windows SkyDrive service, which offers 25 GB’s of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Drag & drop files and folder to Windows Live SkyDrive using SkyDrive Explorer

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 545
  SkyDrive Explorer is a free yet powerful Windows Explorer extension that help you make your every day task with Windows Live SkyDrive using Windows Explorer easier, without need to install additional programs or ActiveX. SkyDrive Explorer will organize interaction with online storage itself. It uses standard ...
  3 weeks ago

• Will Messenger finally get tabbed conversations?

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 740
  Windows Live Messenger users have been requesting tabbed conversations as a feature in the application for years, but Microsoft has failed to deliver, leading to some frustration among beta testers and many users opting to use add-ons like Messenger Plus! Live or other third-party clients that support the .NET ...
  4 weeks ago

• Windows Live Wave 4 传言若干则

  
  LiveSino.net — Authority: 131
  尽管微软没有在 Windows 7 上市之时发布第一个公开版本的 Windows Live Essentials ，也没有在公开谈论任何关于 Wave 4 的信息，但现在可以确定的是，离测试版的发布“真的”不会太远了。 接着昨天 Windows Live Messenger 标签式聊天窗口 ...
  4 weeks ago

• SkyDrive: Add 25 GB of Cloud Storage to Your Notebook for Free

  
  Notebooks.com — Authority: 602
  If there’s one thing you can never have too much of, it’s hard drive space. Most notebooks these days come with relatively large hard drives, but if you’re stuck with an 8 GB netbook or just need easy access to cloud storage that you can access anywhere then Microsoft Live SkyDrive is just what you’re ...
  4 weeks ago

• 必应 Bing 之搜索历史保存与分享

  
  LiveSino.net — Authority: 131
  必应 Bing 的 搜索历史保存与分享特性 （名为“Save & Share”）也是今年 6 月必应 Bing 首次发布时推出的，基础版（默认）仅支持查看搜索历史记录，而基于 Silverlight 技术的增强版支持保存/组织/分享搜索历史。本文仅介绍了 增强版 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Use Windows Explorer to Access Your Windows Live SkyDrive Files

  
  What's On My PC — Authority: 125
  If you have a Windows Live account (e.g. Hotmail) I am sure you are taking advantage of the Microsoft’s Windows SkyDrive service, which offers 25 GB’s of FREE password protected online storage space that can be used to store, access and share files.Normally, to copy files to and from your PC to your online ...
  4 weeks ago

• SkyDrive Explorer - Lets Users Add 25 GB Of Secure Online Storage To Windows Explorer

  
  Megaleecher.Net - Making technology work for you... — Authority: 423
  Microsoft SkyDrive offers a generous 25 GB of free online-storage but lacks the simplicity of having the online-storage mounted as an local disk-drive for easier access like the one offered by ZumoDrive and LiveDrive , however, the same can now be achieved by using free Windows utility - SkyDrive Explorer ...
  4 weeks ago

• Browse SkyDrive files from Windows Explorer

  
  Techno Life @ tothepc.com — Authority: 529
  Microsoft SkyDrive is a free service for online storage of files and data. It provides 25GB free storage space  and you can browse stored files within web browser through official skydrive website. Now you can do that same through default Windows Explorer interface by installing SkyDrive Explorer plugin (extension ...
  4 weeks ago

• SkyDrive Explorer: Access SkyDrive right from your Windows Explorer

  
  ithinkdifferent — Authority: 532
  Want to access Windows Live SkyDrive via Windows Explorer. Well now you can.  SkyDrive Explorer is the name of the extension that enables you to view your SkyDrive contents from the comfort of your Windows Explorer. SkyDrive Explorer is a Windows Explorer extension that is free to download and easy to use. This ...
  4 weeks ago

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