Microsoft To Enhance Hotmail and Search

Microsoft is making some big changes to its free e-mail service Hotmail. The company plans to make Hotmail's interface more like its Outlook and Outlook Express programs. New potential features for Hotmail will include the ability to block senders and preview messages without opening them, much like outlook. It will also get new anti-phishing features. In an effort to stay competitive with Google's G-Mail and Yahoo Mail, Microsoft also plans to beef up the amount of the user's storage to 2 gigabytes. Yesterday, Microsoft previewed its new version of Hotmail as Senior Vice President Yusuf Mehdi presented at the company's Financial Analysts Meeting. Ina Fried of CNET latest ebusiness news