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Windows Live Folders (beta), recently renamed to Windows Live SkyDrive (beta), and with the name change has come new features. The basic idea of WLS is to give you a space to upload up to 500mb of info from your computer to the internet, to be accessed by you, friends, or everyone (with respective folders). The interface for WLS really didn’t change all that much, and the icons are all the same. The service does have better integration with all of the other live services, like Live Spaces and Hotmail, allowing you to link files from your Live Space to SkyDrive. Compared to other services though, the only benefit WLS has is integration with other Windows stuff, and if you are a fan of branded Windows services, this is for you. For other people, there is Gmail, with Gmail Manager for Firefox, and Avvenu, which lets you get any file off of your computer over the internet for free. Whatever service you choose, just remember to make sure it’s safe; you don’t need strangers getting into your files.