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Google's Gmail To Offer 1GB E-mail Storage?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-g-man-cometh dept.

tstoneman writes "Wow, according to the New York Times (free reg. req.), looks like Google is really trying to push the envelope by offering 1 GB free storage for e-mail users via a service called Gmail, still in the testing phase, so that users never need to change their e-mail address. In addition, they want to offer their searching capabilities so that users can search through their entire set of e-mail, I guess forever. CNET News also has more details." Update: 04/01 02:38 GMT by S : The Google site now has an official press release, naturally dated April 1st.

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  1. Wahooo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will sign up for 1000 accounts and get a free terabyte storage system.

    1. Re:Wahooo by Penguinshit · · Score: 4, Funny


      In a corner office on Java Drive in Sunnyvale, CA, Dan Warmenhoven's head just exploded...

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    2. Re:Wahooo by arpy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I feel for you man - having a post that says "I am retarded" moderated at +5 insightful must hurt...

    3. Re:Wahooo by kryonD · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's not a Joke....the real joke was an advertisement for a job opening in 2007 at their lunar facility. It was there at about 2330MST, now it's gone and of course googling for it is fruitless. I wish I had printed it. It was about 8 pages long and even went into how they would use Einsteins theory of relativity to combat SPAM.

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  2. Gmail? by beakerMeep · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not Moogle?

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    1. Re:Gmail? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You've got mail, kupo!

    2. Re:Gmail? by Professor_Quail · · Score: 4, Funny

      great googley-moogley!

  3. Re:Google vs. spammers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Almost a week's worth

  4. PERFERCT! by brain_not_ticking · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I can archive all of those viagra offers and search through them to find the best deal! YAY!!

    Wait...froogle already lets me do that

  5. Re:Google vs. spammers by eric_ste · · Score: 5, Funny

    Trained pigeons can do wonders... even against spam. Considering the amount of spam reaching relays, I'm thinking about buying stock from the company that breed google's pigeons.

  6. I killed your bunny and put it's head on a pike by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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  7. Name for service by I+don't+want+to+spen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't they call this Gig-gle?

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  8. 1 GB by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    1 GB ought to be good enough for anybody

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  9. Re:What day is it launching on? by BubbaFett · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uh, yeah, the New York Times is printing a hoax. Right.

  10. just one request by dalutong · · Score: 4, Funny

    dear google,

    i love you. please listen.

    please allow for pop and imap connections to your new web mail.

    i love you baby, but you have to do this if you want to keep me.

    sincerely,

    your smiley face, :)

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  11. Slashdotted - Google Cache is here by billstewart · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just in case it gets /.ed, the google cache of the article is here....



    ok, I'll go mod myself down now....

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  12. 1000 GB == TB? by Dalcius · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must work for a hard drive manufacturer.

    Hehe.

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  13. Re:woah by glitch! · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but i serisouly have no clue how that could remain profitable,...

    And in unrelated news, Google has won a multi-billion dollar contract with NSA for its cooperation in setting up and maintaining an "information storage and retrieval facility" dedicated to national security and total information awareness purposes...

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  14. Re:Streamload does this by SlimFastForYou · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean theres a living, breathing watcher of anime who is female? My prayers are answered! Praise Allah!

  15. You are all individuals... by brlancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google: "You are all individuals."
    Slashdot: "We are all individuals. Now, about a gig of email."
    Google: "It's just a joke. April's Fools? It's April, you're fools."
    Slashdot: "I do not think you have properly examined all the possible avenues for abuse--"
    Google: "IT'S A JOKE. IT'S A FUCKING JOKE. DO YOU NOT HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR?"
    Slashdot: "--where someone can use this tremendous amount of space for genera file storage in an attempt--"
    Google: "Joke. Wokka wokka? Hey, look, SCO is threatening IP litigation!"
    Slashdot: "--to,WHAT? Where? Quickly, man your posts..."

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  16. Google is having problems. :( by stfvon007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    We seem to have slashdotted google. Im getting wierd errors whenever I try to search for anything. Check it out for yourself. http://www.google.com

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