Google recently announced that it was launching a new feature for Google Docs, which would allow users to upload and store any kind of file. What may not have been clear, however, is that this new storage from Google isn’t limited to just Google Docs.

The company is saying that Gmail and Picasa storage can also be used. Google Docs Product Marketing Manager Peter Harbison writes:

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas wrapped up this past weekend, but the experience will be felt throughout the year as the companies that demonstrated upcoming products release those products to the world. One of the companies presenting at the event was Verbatim, and they have some new portable data devices on the way.

WebProNews got a look at some of the company’s upcoming offerings, which can be viewed in the following clip:

Symantec has put together its "State of the Data Center" report, which is the product of a survey of 573 businesses in 26 countries.

Gmail used to offer a gigabyte of storage to new users, but now it offers at least seven gigs. Picasa comes with a gig. Sometimes that’s not enough. While Google has offered the ability to pay for additional storage, the company has now reduced the prices for it.

Do you use Yahoo Briefcase? No? Well, you’re not alone. In fact, so few people are using it that its shutting down entirely.

I remember awhile back coming across a post that Nick Carr did about someone who was using Amazon’s S3 remote storage service to do backups, and wound up getting a bill for a month’s worth of charges for hosting his data — and it was a single cent (the original post by Dave Gurnell is here, and Nick’s post is here).

The last time I checked my Gmail quota (actually just a few minutes ago), I was just using 45 megabytes of my 3,373 megabyte quota. So are email quotas irrelevant?

If that’s not enough, over at the Gmail blog, they’ve just mentioned “More Gmail Storage for All”

Google has given the storage counter for Gmail a little boost to its spin, but believe it or not they could be doing more.

Storage demands of modern rich media content drove Nirvanix to create a system that can handle those files, and web applications, better.

Google users can boost their available storage for Gmail and Picasa Web Albums to as much as 250GB for an annual fee.

The product formerly known as Windows Live Folders has been renamed and opened up to people in the US, UK, and India.

The global rollout of Yahoo’s shift to endless email started today, with all users expected to be upgraded in the coming months.