NEW YORK (AP) -- Its subscription business in decline, America Online Inc. is launching yet another product on the open Web: a free, ad-supported e-mail service tied to its instant-messaging platform.
Users of AOL Instant Messenger will be able to send and receive mail with "aim.com" addresses using their existing AIM screen names.
Initially, users will need the latest version of AIM software, available as a "beta" test download for Windows computers beginning Wednesday. Ultimately, they'll be able to send and receive mail from any Web browser.
Each account comes with 2 gigabytes of storage -- comparable with Google Inc.'s Gmail and more generous than the free offerings from Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s Hotmail and even AOL's flagship subscription service.
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17 USC § 1008 Prohibition on certain infringement actions:
No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the noncommercial use by a consumer for making digital musical or analog musical recordings.
I don't care, it's from AOL and likely to be full of shitty crappy ads. I'll pass... thanks though.
Now stop being so freaking nice, and buy a stun gun. - Krell
I agree with Potato. They'd have to do way more than simply match how much storage Google offers.
AOL DSL 3MB is great(at least in germany).
They can Stop Napster the Company, BUT never Napster the Idea...
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