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As the Web matures and the trend toward Web-based computing emerges, several companies are trying to anticipate users' needs and become the next Hotmail-type success story.

Web-based applications jockey for position First it was free email, then free Web calendars. Now there seems to be a boomlet of Web-based events organizers. Service makes pass keys for Web sites Ezlogin is trying to become a one-stop destination for people who want easier ways to use their personal Web pages. Hotmail founder wants to revolutionize e-commerce Sabeer Bhatia, whose Hotmail venture changed the way people send email, has formed an e-commerce firm he says will change the way people buy and sell on the Internet.