Yahoo
is set to release a software update for its web based e-mail users later
today. Among the new features is a program that
allows users to send text messages from their PC directly to cell phone
users. The enhancements make it easier to send e-mail, instant messages or text
messages from a single Web site - no need to launch or toggle between separate
applications or devices. It will take up to six weeks for all the new features
to become available to all 254 million Yahoo Mail subscribers in 21 languages
worldwide.