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You probably can’t live without your PC. But do you love it?
"PCs can be clunky and difficult to maintain. They’re slow to start up and prone to crashing, wiping out precious files and photographs. They are perennially vulnerable to virus attacks and require frequent upgrades. And if you lose your laptop, or worse, it’s stolen, you lose not only your machine but everything stored in its circuitry that’s not backed up — those files, contacts, e-mail messages, pictures and videos.
But what if a computer were nothing more than an Internet browser — a digital window pane onto the Web? You could forget about all the software that now powers your computer and everything it does. All of those functions would be done through the Web. And none of the information that’s now inside your computer would be there anymore. Instead, it would all be on the cloud of connected computers that is the Internet.
There would be no more pesky software installations, no more trudging through menu after menu to configure programs, no more backups or upgrades. E-mailing bulky attachments would be a thing of the past, as people could allow others to access their files online, making collaboration easier.
Any device, anywhere — from a desktop PC to a mobile phone — could give users instant access to all their files and programs so long as it had a Web browser. At the same time, new kinds of devices would be possible, from portable computers that are even lighter than today’s thinnest PCs, to, say, a Web-connected screen in a hotel room that would give guests full access to their digital lives.
Cloud computing is not new. People have been using Web e-mail services like Hotmail for a dozen years. They interact with Web services like Facebook or Twitter, which live on the Internet, from their PCs at home and work or from their mobile phones. Google and others already offer online versions of word processing and spreadsheet programs."
After reading this from New York Times, I have come to realize that I want to put all my files in the cloud but I haven't find the best web-based online storage.
Here are some I could find:
Mediafire
Zumodrive
Dropbox
Google's cloud
What would you recommend?
Suggestions?
"PCs can be clunky and difficult to maintain. They’re slow to start up and prone to crashing, wiping out precious files and photographs. They are perennially vulnerable to virus attacks and require frequent upgrades. And if you lose your laptop, or worse, it’s stolen, you lose not only your machine but everything stored in its circuitry that’s not backed up — those files, contacts, e-mail messages, pictures and videos.
But what if a computer were nothing more than an Internet browser — a digital window pane onto the Web? You could forget about all the software that now powers your computer and everything it does. All of those functions would be done through the Web. And none of the information that’s now inside your computer would be there anymore. Instead, it would all be on the cloud of connected computers that is the Internet.
There would be no more pesky software installations, no more trudging through menu after menu to configure programs, no more backups or upgrades. E-mailing bulky attachments would be a thing of the past, as people could allow others to access their files online, making collaboration easier.
Any device, anywhere — from a desktop PC to a mobile phone — could give users instant access to all their files and programs so long as it had a Web browser. At the same time, new kinds of devices would be possible, from portable computers that are even lighter than today’s thinnest PCs, to, say, a Web-connected screen in a hotel room that would give guests full access to their digital lives.
Cloud computing is not new. People have been using Web e-mail services like Hotmail for a dozen years. They interact with Web services like Facebook or Twitter, which live on the Internet, from their PCs at home and work or from their mobile phones. Google and others already offer online versions of word processing and spreadsheet programs."
After reading this from New York Times, I have come to realize that I want to put all my files in the cloud but I haven't find the best web-based online storage.
Here are some I could find:
Mediafire
Zumodrive
Dropbox
Google's cloud
What would you recommend?
Suggestions?
By the way , I use DSL for internet , no problems its good 
good question. I would say it is RELATIVELY easy to use lol