Microsoft Skydrive free space boosted to 1GB

GOOGLE SEEMS everywhere on the web at the moment but one area where it might be falling behind is in online storage, and its old friends and Microsoft are the ones that stand to benefit.

Microsoft’s Windows Live SkyDrive beta has been gathering interest ever since it first appeared as a free download and the latest development is that Microsoft has doubled storage capacity to 1GB and added some nice-sounding new features.

These comprise:

First, the addition of RSS feeds to public folders so that when files are added, your significant others (or the great unwashed general public if that's what you've chosen) can be notified.

Second, the ability to add email addresses of those people direct from SkyDrive, rather than having to shell out to Hotmail or Windows Messenger.

Third, the chance to add the name of the person who added the file.

You can get more details here.

There are some quibbles, most notably international availability and deep integration with other Microsoft programs, but Google had better get cracking with its forever-rumoured GDrive free space or cede a little bit of web-country to Microsoft and others. µ