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Google Slips Talk of Online Storage Service

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ambitious-google-never dept.

sonsonete writes "Reuters reports that Google is preparing to offer online storage, according to company documents that were mistakenly released on the Web. From the piece: 'The existence of the previously rumored GDrive online storage service surfaced after a blogger discovered apparent notes in a slide presentation by Google executives published on Google's site after its analysts presentation day last Thursday.'"

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  1. That's just what we need! by dada21 · · Score: 3, Funny


    Free online storage from a company that can't keep their documents safe from prying eyes -- including the document that eludes to the fact that they're offering free online storage.

    Whoops.

    1. Re:That's just what we need! by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny
      Free online storage from a company that can't keep their documents safe from prying eyes -- including the document that eludes to the fact that they're offering free online storage.

      Yeah, but just think, your stuff would be blocked from anyone in China.

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  2. Here's the deal by mslinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    As soon as Google gives me all of their data, I'll give them mine.

    1. Re:Here's the deal by Petronius · · Score: 4, Funny

      They already have yours.

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  3. In the meantime by Johnso · · Score: 4, Funny
    Until Google offers this service, feel free to upload all of your confidential files to my server:

    66.35.250.150
    User: ident
    Pass: itytheft

    I'm happy to be of service!

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    I'm a signature virus. Please copy me to your signature so I can replicate.
    1. Re:In the meantime by mjeppsen · · Score: 4, Funny

      I tried to upload my secret data, but I couldn't connect...

      Damn, already slashdotted!

      -MJ

  4. Re:Their Objective by xiphoris · · Score: 3, Funny

    This has been google's strategy from the beginning, the more info they have about you, the users - the better they can market to you, the users.

    If you take the pessimistic stance that marketing will always happen, regardless, then at least in this scenario you receive marketing that might actually interest you instead of, oh, I don't know, notification about a new brand of tampon (the sorts of adverts that I always see on TV for some reason).

    For example, Google would know that by reading Slashdot, you must be male, and automatically exclude you from receiving such misdirected advertisements. Likewise, if Google were in control of all the advertising, the Slashdot crowd would never get another v14gr4 ad again! (since they have no use for it) :-)

  5. Leaked.... or Released? by djsmiley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looked thru a few comments.

    1. google desktop search doing the "holding documents for 30 days" told me, as well as the rest of the world (including my mum) that this was comming anyway.

    2. was it really leaked? I mean, how many times have google acidentlly realased anything?

    3. Was the blogger anon? Hell, i bet its serjy!

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  6. We accept. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Google accepts your terms. Please start your download Here.

    Thank you for your cooperation.

  7. Re:Am I the only one ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, at least two other people mentioned it before you.

  8. Re:Why give everything to google? by wolfdvh · · Score: 2, Funny
    "With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including emails, web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc),"

    In other news, Google announces plans to purchase all hard drive makers"

  9. At last, an actual Turing machine... by podperson · · Score: 2, Funny

    With infinite storage...

    1) Invent infinite storage device.
    2) ???
    3) Profit!

  10. Re:big enough site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    LOL, conspiracy theory!"