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Yahoo Again Expands E-Mail Storage
Associated Press
03/23/05 8:07 AM PT
Yahoo has gradually increased its e-mail capacity in response to Google's competitive threat. Microsoft's Hotmail offers 250 MB of free e-mail storage. As part of its e-mail changes, Yahoo also is providing software from Symantec to clean viruses detected in attachments.
Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) is quadrupling the amount of storage provided with its free e-mail accounts and upgrading its desktop search software in its ongoing duel with rivals Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Microsoft. (Nasdaq: MSFT)
Yahoo said late yesterday that it will provide 1 GB of storage for each free e-mail account. The current limit is 250 MB.
Expanding Desktop Search
The expanded storage will be available in mid-April, said Brad Garlinghouse, Yahoo's vice president of communications products.
The Sunnyvale-based company also is expanding the reach of its desktop software, a test product designed to find material stored on computer hard drives.
Yahoo's software, licensed from X1 Technologies, will now index content from e-mail address books and discussions in Yahoo's instant messaging service.
Battling Google
The expanded e-mail storage enables Yahoo to catch up with online search engine leader Google, which offers an invitation-only service that has been offering 1 GB of storage for nearly a year.
When Google introduced "Gmail," Yahoo provided just 4 MB of free e-mail storage.
Yahoo, which runs the world's most popular Web site , has gradually increased its e-mail capacity in response to Google's competitive threat. Microsoft's Hotmail service offers 250 MB of free e-mail storage.
As part of its e-mail changes, Yahoo also is providing software from Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) to clean viruses detected in attachments.
Yahoo's desktop software is also competing an array of similar products, including offerings from Google and Microsoft.
Associated Press
03/23/05 8:07 AM PT
Yahoo has gradually increased its e-mail capacity in response to Google's competitive threat. Microsoft's Hotmail offers 250 MB of free e-mail storage. As part of its e-mail changes, Yahoo also is providing software from Symantec to clean viruses detected in attachments.
Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) is quadrupling the amount of storage provided with its free e-mail accounts and upgrading its desktop search software in its ongoing duel with rivals Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Microsoft. (Nasdaq: MSFT)
Yahoo said late yesterday that it will provide 1 GB of storage for each free e-mail account. The current limit is 250 MB.
Expanding Desktop Search
The expanded storage will be available in mid-April, said Brad Garlinghouse, Yahoo's vice president of communications products.
The Sunnyvale-based company also is expanding the reach of its desktop software, a test product designed to find material stored on computer hard drives.
Yahoo's software, licensed from X1 Technologies, will now index content from e-mail address books and discussions in Yahoo's instant messaging service.
Battling Google
The expanded e-mail storage enables Yahoo to catch up with online search engine leader Google, which offers an invitation-only service that has been offering 1 GB of storage for nearly a year.
When Google introduced "Gmail," Yahoo provided just 4 MB of free e-mail storage.
Yahoo, which runs the world's most popular Web site , has gradually increased its e-mail capacity in response to Google's competitive threat. Microsoft's Hotmail service offers 250 MB of free e-mail storage.
As part of its e-mail changes, Yahoo also is providing software from Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) to clean viruses detected in attachments.
Yahoo's desktop software is also competing an array of similar products, including offerings from Google and Microsoft.
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