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Web Mail Shootout.. GMail vs Yahoo Mail vs Hotmail

This is getting very hot. Earlier you may not find enough storage to store your emails and would have to delete then and there the unwanted emails. But this is not true today. Now the storage barrier for Email Storage is virtually or truly unlimited. The attachment size can be as big as 10 MB. This was first started by Google and thanks to Google to start giving 1GB storage space initially while others where giving very less storage space. This was cached up by Yahoo and Hotmail. Now Yahoo and Hotmail are leading in giving out the storage space. Yahoo has broken the storage limit and give unlimited storage of emails while Hotmail now has upgraded the storage space to 5GB. Here I will compare the three email services and their features. The comparison is made by scoring points for each feature and I compare 20 Feature sets totaling for 100 Points. When I started to write this article, I got an announcement from Live Side Blog stating that the Hotmail is getting an update which boosts

Windows Live Folders

Another addition to the Windows LIVE Family is Windows Live Folders. You may sign up from http://folders.live.com It just requires a Hotmail id or Windows Live ID to sign up. It offers 500 MB of storage space. Home Page Folder Contents   Folder Options Uploading files   This is very much analogous Yahoo Briefcase which only offers 30MB and there is lot of time-out issue with yahoo briefcase. Windows Live Folders is expected add Live preview of uploaded contents, integration with Windows Live messenger etc. Google's GDrive is expected to hit soon as well. Now the online storage becomes easy with these services. Try it today.   Barath..

How to Make Windows XP Look Like Windows Vista, Installing Windows Vista SideBar on Windows XP.

To make Windows XP look like Windows Vista you may choose many theme installers. The best one with true transparency effect is windowBlinds from Stardock Software. But because I had few issues with the stardock software, and also the theme is not applied to sub windows and forms, also is not native windows theming engine, I used some other customization software STYLE XP . It utilizes same themeing engine as Windows XP. It can be used to just install the themes and can be un-installed later. PART 1: INSTALLING WINDOWS VISTA THEME 1. Download Style XP from TGTSoft . (Trial version is sufficient, if you need it you may purchase it) 2. Download the Vista Theme from here . (It downloads a zip file named vista.zip) 3. Launch StyleXP from Programs --> TGTSoft --> StyleXP 4. It is the Main Window 5. Go to VisualStyles Option and click on add a new style 6. Select the above downloaded vista.zip file. click Open. 7. Now Select the Option Vista CG, Take a GLASS OPTION and CLI

Is it Real ?

Is it Windows Vista ? No.....Look Again.. It is Windows XP, with the theme applied. In last post I wrote about why the consumers are not willing to shift to vista. It is also one of the reason. You may able to bring the technologies of Vista to Windows XP. So why upgrade ? But even though you transfer, it is not 100 % Thus still go for Vista.. The Sidebar is the SIDEBAR OF WINDOWS VISTA. It is installed on Windows XP. I will post how to install sidebar on XP later or you search for it in google/live search. You may install all the gadgets from Windows Live Gallery .   Is it Mac ?     No... Look Again. You move the taskbar to top. Now safari browser is available for windows as well. You may try that. It is not fully mature as FIRFOX or IE7 Yet in windows platform. But it is good. The Dock is from StarDock ObjectDock . It is free with limited options. But is good enough.   Make your XP flexible and change the way it looks. You may also get other customization software&