WINDOWS Live announced yesterday that it will expand its domain for Hotmail, allowing users to sign-in to their e-mail, instant messenger and other Windows Live services using country-specific domain names. Users in Singapore can choose to sign up for a username ending with hotmail.sg, which not only identifies their country of residence but also increases their chances of getting their favoured Windows Live ID, Microsoft said.

In my last column , I wrote about a few file storage sites that I use, including Box.net, Dropbox, Google ( News – Alert ) Docs, and Zoho Docs. I typically use Box.net and Dropbox to store PDFs and other files for reference. I use Google Docs and sometimes Zoho if I want to edit documents online.