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OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive

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SmartAboutThings writes with news that Microsoft finally figured out what to rename SkyDrive, after losing rights to the trademark last year. From the article: "Microsoft has just announced that SkyDrive, their cloud storage service, will be renamed to OneDrive very soon. This follows the news of trademark infringement case filed by British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) last year over SkyDrive branding. Microsoft had initially hinted at fighting BSkyB's claims over SkyDrive branding, but then decided to step back and rebrand their cloud offering. The Redmond giant has registered onedrive.com and has also posted a promotional video on YouTube announcing the upcoming change."

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  1. I can just see it... by grcumb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coming soon...

    Celebrity endorsement of One Drive by the eye of Sauron: 'One Drive rules them all! Two thumbs up! If I had Thumbs!'

    Enter our One Draw to win! Secret decoder rings for the first nine (human) winners!

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  2. Ubuntu One? by agendi · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The name reminds me of another cloud storage service strongly identified with an OS https://one.ubuntu.com/

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  3. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by bondsbw · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what they all say, until they reach TwoBillion-OneHundredFortySevenMillion-FourHundredEightyThreeThousand-SixHundredFortyEightDrive.

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  4. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Funny

    you should wait for threepointonedrive.

    I'm waiting for version 3.14159..., aka Pi-in-theSkyDrive

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  5. The One Cloud by lunchlady55 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Three versions of Windows 8 for the Elven-kings under the sky,
    Seven System Management Apps for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
    Nine Office Productivity Tools for Mortal Men doomed to die,
    One XBox for the Dark Lord on his dark sharepoint site
    In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie.
    One Cloud to rule them all, One Cloud to find them,
    One EULA to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
    In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie.

  6. Directives of Moron by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "directives of moron" is an anagram of Microsoft OneDrive.

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  7. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by Centurix · · Score: 5, Funny

    InfiniteImprobabilityDrive, all you files become pictures of whales and petunias.

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  8. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by rvw · · Score: 5, Funny

    LiveDrive
    WindowsDrive
    or have they finished burning those brands to the ground?

    DriveBy could be another name that will end all these problems for them.

  9. Re:It'll be fun to watch. by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Although personally I prefer the dev null drive.

    ah, I see you've had some experience with Maxtors, too...

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