Online Dictionaries

From Kenn Ng, a visitor to my web site:

"I haven¹t seen any discussion regarding online dictionaries or word lookups
using various software tools. Some suggestions:

WordWeb ­ A freebie download ­ www.wordweb.com

Acronym Finder ­ Online web page ­ www.acronymfinder.com

TheFreeDictionary ­ Online web page ­ www.thefreedictionary.com/

Dictionary.com ­ Online web page ­ www.dictionary.com

Word Menu ­ Lexicon software ­ www.wordmenu.com

Merriam Webster ­ Online web page ­ www.m-w.com

I use all of these from time to time and have my favorites. WordWeb and Word
Menu (directed toward writers) can be used off-line while Acronym Finder is
very good for finding acronyms which are too numerous everywhere.

I¹ve enjoyed using your web site and have found it useful and keep coming
back for moreŠ."

Hotmail, Yahoo increase e-mail storage limit

Interesting that Google's 1 GB of free storage with their new free e-mail service, Gmail, has put pressure on Yahoo and Hotmail. Yahoo has increased
the limit for their free service from 4 MB to. 100. Hotmail will increase from 2 MB to 250 in July.

If anyone is reading my blog and would like to try Gmail, send me an e-mail at jkarpen@lisco.com. I have three invitations that I'm allowed to pass out.

Note that the service won't be available to the general public until later this year.

Google Labs previews forthcoming services

Keep an eye on Google Labs. This is a page that lets you preview new Google services. I'm excited to see that they're starting Google Groups 2,a service similar to Yahoo Groups.

Thanks to Steve Guich for the tip.

Google's Gmail is impressive

I've been using Google's Gmail, and I like it. Early on they got a lot of attention because of two features:

-1 gigabyte of free e-mail storage
-ads in your e-mail related to the content

These things overlooked the fact that Google has done a good job of taking a fresh approach to e-mail, organizing it in a different way than is
customary.

More information can be found at: http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html

Directory of the most useful web sites

Received this from a reader. Looks like a useful listing of some of the best web sites:

"We are happy to introduce our website, Bauq, which is a list of the most useful websites by categories. Users new to a subject can rely on Bauq to easily find the most relevant and important resources on the web. The directory also helps experienced users to quickly access the websites they need, without memorizing site names or URLs.

Name of the site: Bauq Best Websites Directory
URL: http://www.bauq.com/
Description: A directory of the most popular websites.