Virtual Computer for free from g.ho.st
Get a virtual computer for free at g.ho.st (update: April 2010. unfortunately g.ho.st has been withdrawn as a free service, see section below for alternatives)
It does n’t look like a normal link but type g.ho.st into your browser and you will come a cool service called Ghost, which stands for Global Hosted Operating System. There has been a lot of talk about Cloud computing and this is a real service that shows the power of the Cloud. When you register you effectively get your own computer which you can access from any web browser and even from you mobile.
You get email, office look-alike applications, and a generous 15 Gigabyte of storage. If you work from a number of different locations this could be a very good service for you. If you can get access to any old pc connected to the internet you can access your “own” pc, so no need to keep lugging your laptop around with you.
At Office Answers we provide virtual office services to a wide range of customers and I can see that this would be useful to many of them. Particularly with up to 15 Gigabyte of storage as you can transfer files from your normal pc (there is even a sync feature) so wherever you are you can access all your important files.
Alternatives to G.Ho.ST
The G.Ho.ST service was withdrawn in March 2010. There appear to be some alternatives available such as icloud which offers a standard service with 3GB storage for free, or a paid for version with 100 GbB storage. I have not used the icloud service but if anybody tries it please feel free to add a comment to this page.
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