Microsoft Expands Free Storage In Hotmail
Wow, this is really cool news, for anyone using their hotmail address.
Microsoft Corp. is increasing the storage limit for its Web-based e-mail service, surpassing competitor Google Inc.’s limit but far short of Yahoo Inc.’s unlimited storage.
The limit for a free Windows Live Hotmail account will increase from 2G bytes to 5G bytes. The change will be rolled out to users over the next few weeks along with a series of other upgrades, wrote Ellie Powers-Boyle, a Microsoft program manager, on a company blog.
Google offers around 2.8G bytes of storage space for a free account. Last week, Google began selling storage space that can be used for either its Gmail or Picasa photo sharing services for US$20 a year for another 6G bytes as well as more expensive plans.
Under the new changes, Microsoft will let users store 10G bytes of e-mail data for a $14.99 annual subscription. Those subscribers will also get a new feature: the ability to forward e-mail from their Hotmail account to a Gmail or other e-mail account.
I have a hotmail account that I haven’t used for email in three years. Will this make me start? I’m not sure.
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