With the recent introduction of 25 GB online storage available through the Windows Live SkyDrive service, I became interested in trying it out again.

However, the standard interface is through a web interface and I prefer to also have the option to access it through a standard explorer interface or through something like Outlook.

While snooping around for options, I came across the Gladinet Cloud Desktop app:

It will mount your Skydrive (among other things like Amazon S3, Google Picasa, Google Docs) as a standard network resource in Windows, making it accessible through explorer. Nice.

Currently in beta, there seems to be a few issues to be aware of…

Get it here: http://www.gladinet.com