There has been speculation on and off about a free e-reader hitting the market for years.
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Citibank offers free e-mail and wireless alerts if you get near to overdrawing your account.
Google is currently soft-launching Gmail, a free e-mail service that offers one gigabyte of free storage.
Seven months ago his site had 4, 000 subscribers to its free e-mail newsletter.
By letting users create their own news service, and offering free e-mail and popular message boards, Yahoo!
This was the first free e-text, and none better as a declaration of freedom from the old-boy network of publishing.
He says he didn't foresee the emergence of free e-mail and storage programs from the likes of Yahoo and Google's Gmail.
Google's free e-mail service shook up the business by offering huge storage capacity and new features, forcing competitors to catch up.
Users can see which members have the hottest portfolios and get free e-mail alerts when their favorite stock picker makes a change.
TaxACT, in particular, made its mark in the industry several years ago by offering free e-filing opportunities with the purchase of their products.
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Spark placed the development of free e-mail service Hotmail at No. 2 on the list, but online users disagreed, placing it sixth with 1, 000 votes.
Bhatia, of course, was the brains behind Hotmail, the free e-mail service that more than half of the world's Internet users have signed up for.
TaxACT has pushed the envelope in the industry since it came onto the scene, forcing competitors to match its free e-filing options and lower software products.
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The firm recently launched an initiative called Project 60, a 60-day-long blitzkrieg to bring free E-mail, search, forums and other basic portal functions to its Netcenter site.
Microsoft's New Year's buyout of the most popular free E-mail provider, HotMail, is another sure sign that the Redmond giant is taking its portal strategy very seriously indeed.
Guests not keen on paying for an e-book they might have to abandon halfway through can choose from the 15, 000 free titles in Amazon's free e-book collection.
He says he didn't foresee the emergence of free e-mail and storage programs from the likes of Yahoo (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) and Google's Gmail.
But the move follows a string of incidents where either security in Passport - or the Hotmail free e-mail system to which it is tightly bound - has proved to be lax.
Google Books lists nearly three million free e-books, which can be browsed by clicking on its Free Classics shelf and can be read on most devices, except for Kindles that aren't the KindleFire.
You'll need a library card, of course -- so if you don't already have one (more than 40% of Americans don't), borrowing free e-books might be a good reason to finally visit your public library and get a library card.
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Sony continues to offer its popular and critically-acclaimed public library lending feature by offering patrons with a valid library card the ability to easily and conveniently borrow free e-books wirelessly from over 15, 000 public libraries in the US via an intuitive, simple-to-use dedicated icon on the device.
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Gmail, a free online e-mail service offered by Google, could provide a clue to the way things are going.
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The site offers parents free advice via e-mail, guided tours of "safe sites" and recommended links and books on homeschooling.
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