The Big Gorilla Project
Spam is an ever-increasing annoyance for e-mail users. Most people have some form of spam filtering application that reduces the instances of the frequently offensive unsolicited commercial messages....
View ArticleA Decade of Cybercoffee
It seems like forever ago, and it seems like just yesterday. It’s been a decade since the first Internet cafe opened for business in London’s West End. Cafe Cyberia was designed to support the way...
View ArticleGmail Scam Used by Phishers to Gather Personal Data
Internet e-mail scammers are using the popularity and allure of Google’s Gmail service to phish for personal data, including e-mail addresses and passwords. Gmail e-mail accounts are one of the most...
View ArticleZafi Worm Comes with Christmas Greetings
Watch out for a special present included with your e-mail Christmas greetings. A mass-mailing worm, W32/Zafi.d@MM or Zafi.d, is making the rounds of e-mail users and is transmitted in the form of a...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Develops Reasonable IT Use Policy
The U.S. Navy is developing a service-wide policy regarding the acceptable use of information technology. The policy will affect approximately 900,000 users, including Navy and Marine Corp service...
View ArticleStanford Internet Study Details Most Common Online Activities
A report of Internet-related activities, published by Stanford University in 2000, asked 4,000 respondents to select among a list of 17 online activities. The results were not surprising. An updated...
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GNC-2009-05-04 #474 You have to Watch to Win!
You have to watch to win! Video link is in the show notes. One more show here in Honolulu before I take the show on the road. It will be a very busy May and June as farmers say you have to make hay...
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Google Wave is a drink of cold fresh water.
On Thursday, at the i/o conference, Google unveiled a project two years in development, Wave. Answering the question, “What would email look like if it were invented today?” Google’s answer awed me....
View ArticlePlease Stop Emailling – Please Start Calling.
Tell me what you see with this email (remember you have to read up on this one): to: Bill from: Tom Original Message: Hey Bill – don’t have your email. call me: 555.4321 ——– to: Tom from: Bill Original...
View ArticleDo you read ALL of that email?
In this day and age, it’s easier to send a message to someone across the world than ever. I remember watching my mom write a letter to someone back before I knew about email. She would be meticulous in...
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Tabbloid – Your Website Magazine
Many people are still very simple in their use of the internet. They check email and a handful of websites on a regular basis. They are not users who follow large numbers of RSS feeds or use an RSS...
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Wear Your Email Safety Helmet
Whenever I want to feel fearful and depressed I usually visit one of the news websites. Earthquakes, murder, war, theft, snoops, kidnappers, recession, depression, corruption, and all other sorts of...
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US Relays Most Spam
The USA is the worst country in the world for relaying spam, according to Sophos’ latest report on spam. The US was responsible for 13.1%, followed by Brazil and India at 7.3% and 6.8% respectively,...
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What Makes A Tech Success?
It seems in the world of computers and the Internet there is always a steady stream of new things on the horizon, as well as a steady stream of new products and services. It’s been this way for many...
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Time for Yahoo to Close Groups?
It’s another Monday and seems to be another day of inbox Spam. However, I’ve noticed recently how more and more spam groups are being created on Yahoo! and joining me. They basically say the same...
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Google Groups New Interface Looks More like Email
If you use Google groups, you might have noticed the switch to the new version. It is a little more colorful, using html5 and integrating into the other Google properties. Google Groups Interface...
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GNC-2011-10-17 #714 All the News
You will love the rack overheat alarm going off in the middle of the show. Adds for some comedy and bewilderment by me as I have never heard that alarm coming out of the rack. Lots of great tech news...
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The Aging Technology Alliance
The Aging Technology Alliance (AgeTek) trade association is a group of companies that have products and services to help older people maintain their quality of life and stay in their homes longer. The...
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Create a One Time Email Using Gli.ph
There is a good chance that you have read about the problem of Matt Honan who was hacked by individuals who used social engineering to do it. One of the things that Matt admitted was he used the same...
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Talkler: Have Email Read to You
Are you drowning in email. Do you feel like you are never going to catch up, then Talkler maybe for you. It will not only read your email to you but it will also listen to your commands. You can use...
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Gmail rolls out a new Compose interface
This week Google began rolling out a new Compose interface for Gmail. If you have not yet received then you soon will — it is spreading to users gradually. The new look is based on a version that has...
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Quick tip: Back out of the new Gmail Compose
Last week Google began rolling out its brand new Compose feature, a version that had been a part of Labs for testing over the past few months. Originally, it appeared that the roll out of that feature...
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Get Ready for Gmail Revamp – New Inbox on Desktop and Mobile Gmail Coming
Google has been doing some major updating as of late to try and make it all work together. Gmail is one of those items that is getting a revamp. Today on the Official Gmail Blog, Product Manager...
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New Gmail is Rubbish
Last night, Google pushed out the latest Gmail update for Android and I’ve spent the whole of today cursing the new app. What was a productivity tool has become an exercise in frustration and frankly I...
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Dispatch for iOs versus Mailbox for iOs
I wish someone would make an iOs email application that would combine both Mailbox and Dispatch. Currently I am using a combination of both. I like Mailbox because it allows me to easily sweep emails...
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Microsoft pulls Outlook 2013 patch
This week was the monthly Patch Tuesday, a time when Microsoft sees fit to push out updates to various software, most notably Windows and Office. Its a tense time, thanks to past problems that have...
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Philips Hue and IFTTT
In my first post on Philips Hue, I referred to “The Internet of things” where normally dumb devices such as fridges and washing machines are connected to the network. Having a washing machine with an...
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My.com Launches the First Mobile-Only Email Service
My.com is offering an interesting alternative to the desktop based email service that you are currently using. The @my.com email service is a mobile-only approach that has been designed to fit with the...
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Mailchimp Has Enhanced Automation Tools - email – Geek News Central
I haven’t had the need to build many e-mail lists over the years. But on the rare occasion I do, I’ve found Mailchimp to be a good solution. Mailchimp’s template-based e-mail newsletter system makes it...
View Article272 million emails and passwords leaked from Gmail, Hotmail and more - email...
It seems that not a day goes by without some security news, usually in the form of a breach. There have been some big ones too, from Target to Home Depot, as well as online ones, including the...
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