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Many still await MSN, Yahoo e-mail upgrades

November 19, 2004 Microsoft and Yahoo promised 250MB of e-mail storage. But for many users, change has yet to arrive. TAGS: MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! Inc., upgrade, MSN, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Hotmail outage peeves some e-mail users

February 24, 2005 Customers report loss of new and saved messages, while Microsoft remains mum on the scope of the problem. TAGS: MSN Hotmail, outage, Gmail, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., e-mail, Google Inc.

Google tool plucks from rivals

July 20, 2004 Search king quietly adds feature to Gmail that imports contacts from Yahoo Mail and Hotmail, as e-mail competition heats up. TAGS: Gmail, MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., spokesman, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., Web browser

Hotmail to offer 250MB of free storage

June 23, 2004 Microsoft service jumps into e-mail storage battle, countering Google and Yahoo by upping storage limits for free users. TAGS: MSN Hotmail, Ask Jeeves Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., e-mail, MSN, Microsoft Corp.

Filter flaw vexes Hotmail, Yahoo

March 23, 2004 A problem in the way Web-based e-mail services Hotmail and Yahoo Mail filter messages could have allowed an attacker to steal access rights and data from users. TAGS: GreyMagic Software, MSN Hotmail, flaw, advisory, XSS, script, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, vulnerability, attack, Microsoft Internet Explorer, message, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp., security, Web browser

Yahoo, Microsoft bolster e-mail services

May 26, 2005 With early version of PhotoMail, Yahoo targets demand for sharing snapshots. MSN Postmaster, meanwhile, takes aim at spam headed to Hotmail. TAGS: photo-sharing, Yahoo! Inc., MSN Hotmail, spam, MSN, e-mail, photograph, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft cooking up more features for Hotmail

July 28, 2005 Will turn up the heat on online rivals with changes to the Web-based e-mail, plus other plans for MSN. TAGS: MSN Hotmail, MSN, phishing, search result, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Outlook, e-mail

Yahoo promotion upgrades e-mail for some

April 3, 2004 Storage giveaway to subscribers comes in the same week that rival Google announces a big leap into e-mail services. TAGS: Gmail, promotion, Yahoo! Inc., subscriber, Google Inc., MSN Hotmail, e-mail, message

Hotmail tries to fry more spam

October 23, 2003 Taking a new twist on an old antispam method, Microsoft previews a system for singling out mail from approved addresses. It plans to use the system in its free Hotmail e-mail service. TAGS: MSN Hotmail, spam, anti-spam, holder, sender, mail, inbox, contact, America Online Inc., message, Time Warner Inc., e-mail, e-mail address, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

AOL gets ready to launch free Web e-mail

December 22, 2004 America Online is testing a service with 100MB of e-mail storage, as it prepares to square off with Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail. Image: You've got free mail TAGS: America Online Inc., MSN Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc., subscriber, Google Inc., e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Hotmail giving cold shoulder to Google mail?

June 15, 2004 Users of Google's soon-to-be launched Gmail service say they can't get messages through to users of the rival Microsoft service. TAGS: Gmail, invitation, MSN Hotmail, Orkut.com, Google Inc., MSN, account, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

Yahoo Mail puts words in your mouth

July 17, 2002 Yahoo uses an automated filter to search e-mail and swap out a handful of words that pertain to Web code known as JavaScript. TAGS: Richard Smith, JavaScript, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, command, word, MSN Hotmail, newsletter, MSN, HTML, e-mail, message, security, password, Web browser

Windows Live hits second generation

June 27, 2007 Microsoft begins testing photo sharing and Web-based hosted storage in its Windows Live services. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Live, hosted storage, photo-sharing, MSN Hotmail, online storage, generation, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., photograph

Porn gets spammers past Hotmail, Yahoo barriers

May 6, 2004 Junk e-mailers set up porn sites and use visitors to bypass defenses used by Hotmail and Yahoo to stop bot software from automatically opening e-mail accounts. TAGS: spammer, porn, MSN Hotmail, bot, human, Yahoo! Inc., word, visitor, account, e-mail, security, Microsoft Corp.

Google to offer gigabyte of free e-mail

April 1, 2004 The search company launches Gmail, an e-mail service with so much free storage that users will never have to delete messages, it claims. TAGS: Gmail, Google Inc., MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail, MSN, message, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft aims to take the desktop 'Live'

March 31, 2006 Trying to outflank Yahoo and Google, Microsoft tests desktop hub for e-mail and other consumer services. TAGS: Yahoo! Mail, desktop software, MSN Hotmail, Gmail, America Online Inc., desktop search, Yahoo! Inc., POP3, account, Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., e-mail, Microsoft Corp., blog, Microsoft Windows

Gmail likely to clear U.K. privacy hurdles

April 13, 2004 Britain's data protection authorities seem to be smiling on Google's plan to offer Web users a gigabyte of e-mail storage in return for targeted advertisements. TAGS: Gmail, data protection, Privacy International, Britain, Google Inc., MSN Hotmail, U.K., representative, office, message, e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

W3C criticizes antirobot tests

November 6, 2003 Citing difficulties for the visually impaired, the Web's leading standards group gives a thumbs-down to tests designed to prevent software robots from harvesting information for spam schemes. TAGS: verification, draft, MSN Hotmail, robot, customer service, Yahoo! Inc., audio, solution, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Windows Live rooted in MSN's past

November 3, 2005 Microsoft's new Web service, which debuted this week, owes much to MSN and a failed effort called "Hailstorm." Photos: Windows Live and kicking TAGS: Microsoft Windows Live, MSN Spaces, MSN, Microsoft Windows Live Spaces, Microsoft Windows Live Mail, MSN Hotmail, IM, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., operating system

MSN toolbar beta makes its debut

January 26, 2004 Microsoft says the toolbar provides easier access to the company's various Internet portal services, such as Web-based e-mail and search. TAGS: Internet portal, MSN, toolbar, portal, MSN Hotmail, taskbar, access, Time Warner Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Corp., search engine, Yahoo! Inc., operating system
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