Free Microsoft 'virtual hard drive' 500 MB

The new service of the American software group allows people to save documents, e-mail, music, photos, photos, videos . on the Internet to share with friends. 5,000 people have the opportunity to test the service, while the final version will be available by the end of the summer.

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Windows Live Folders.Photo: LiveSide

Information about virtual drive Live Drive has appeared since more than 1 year ago. However, Microsoft calls its new service Windows Live Folders and will rename it when it releases the official version.

Brian Hall, director of Windows Live, said Microsoft also introduced many other online programs, but did not promise to bring its word processor and desktop applications online.

AOL is giving away 5 GB of users through Xdrive storage. Meanwhile, Yahoo expanded its e-mail service with unlimited capacity, while Google's Gmail reached nearly 3 GB. Microsoft itself also released 2 GB e-mail box.