Google, Microsoft Battle Over 'Cloud Mail' Google and Microsoft are battling to win e-mail contracts from private and public sector customers for their versions of Web-based e-mail, known as "cloud mail." Omar Gallaga, the technology-culture reporter for the Austin American-Statesman, tells Robert Siegel that Google has hit a major obstacle in its effort to switch the city of Los Angeles over to Web-based e-mail.

Google, Microsoft Battle Over 'Cloud Mail'

Google, Microsoft Battle Over 'Cloud Mail'

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Google, Microsoft Battle Over 'Cloud Mail'

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Google and Microsoft are battling to win e-mail contracts from private and public sector customers for their versions of Web-based e-mail, known as "cloud mail." Omar Gallaga, the technology-culture reporter for the Austin American-Statesman, tells Robert Siegel that Google has hit a major obstacle in its effort to switch the city of Los Angeles over to Web-based e-mail.