Google getting GoogleDrive.com ready

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Google getting GoogleDrive.com ready

by Chris Gilmer Sep 12th 2007

There's more evidence that the mythical GDrive, Google's mysterious Google storage hard drive, could be real.

Google has apparently updated the name servers on GoogleDrive.com as noted by Garett Rogers. This could be one of the final steps necessary in launching the online storage solution. Could it be built into Google Apps? Or maybe a standalone service? We will have to wait and see.

GoogleDrive.com has been on quite a journey since its original registration in 2004. It sat parked until in 2006 it expired and picked up by a squatter. Then in July of 2007 Google's official domain management company took control on it. Now it's been transferred to Google servers.

Take a look at some other interesting domain names Google owns.

Tags: apps, gdrive, google, googledrive.com, hard drive, HardDrive, storage

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jodyanthony.com said 8:15AM on 9-13-2007

I like how they own EarthEnder.com

Andrew said 4:30PM on 9-13-2007

I've read more on this, and from what I've seen, its a big FAKE!

John Seeworthy said 8:32AM on 9-14-2007

Actually, this turned into a good search tip. I tried jennifer-wanderer.com, and ended up at the google search (with jennifer-wanderer.com still in the adress-bar!), but without the annoying "you're in that country so we serve you with what people there should have". Just plain English. Goodie.

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