The world's leading search engine sent a message to Yahoo, MSN Hotmail and other Web-based free e-mail services: you've got competition. Google confirmed rumors it was testing Gmail, a free service that will not only allow subscribers to send and receive e-mail, but also tap the firm's trademark keyword search facility to retrieve e-mails. The gee-whiz feature: 1 GB of free storage between 250 and 500 times more than at Yahoo and Hotmail. That means bulky holiday snaps won't easily overwhelm Gmail's In box.
"MSN and Yahoo have to respond," warns...
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