There have been rumors about a mythical Google G Drive service making the rounds for years — and by all accounts the company was working on a service that would let users upload files to the cloud so they could be accessed on any computer. But as Steven Levy outlines in his book on Google, In The Plex, the project was…

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Online storage service Box.net is one of dozens of online storage service that offers users a small amount of disk space for free and a larger amount for a fee. It’s also one of the best, allowing users to do things like share links with contacts, sync files with your desktop, access your files on a mobile device, view Office…

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Most netbook users treat their little laptops as second or third devices. It’s the computer you grab when you need to head out the door when you might need a computer on the road but don’t feel like lugging around a bigger, more power hungry machine. But that means that your netbook might not have all the documents and other…

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The Wall Street Journal confirms that Dell is set to announce its entry into the netbook market “soon.” Not much news there. I’ve already heard from multiple sources that the announcement will come tomorrow or Friday. But there is one interesting tidbit in the WSJ article: Representatives from Dell and Box.net are saying that Box service will come “pre-installed” on…

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