Tag archive: e mail

A doctoral candidate at Indiana University has published a paper claiming that law enforcement authorities are more and more commonly requesting e-mail, instant-message, and cell-phone location data, despite the gray area surrounding whether or not providers have to give up this information. Christopher Soghoian’s paper, titled The Law Enforcement Surveillance Reporting Gap, alleges that there “are likely hundreds of thousands” of requests for… Read More

If you bank, shop or book hotels online, it’s likely you were one of the many who received an e-mail this morning warning you of a security breach. After a hack involving marketing provider Epsilon, major companies like Chase, Barclays Bank, US Bancorp, Marriott, Ritz Carlton, Best Buy, LL Bean, Home Shopping Network, and TiVo have all released statements asking customers and subscribers to be wary of possible phishing schemes on the horizon.… Read More

Even though Hotmail has had some trouble holding its ground as an e-mail client to the likes of growing Gmail and ring leader Yahoo, the Microsoft product has recently been busy bringing some formidable new features. Recently, it integrated Facebook chat and even offered a “throwaway” account feature. Now it’s stepping up its integrated options with new Active Views for LinkedIn, Posterous, LivingSocial, and Netflix. Active View was introduced… Read More

Like it or not, the Internet’s variety of communication tools have paved the way to extinction for tangible letters. But even though its popularity has been drastically decreased, snail mail still serves a purpose – and it’s now getting an electronic makeover. Sweden is developing a way for citizens to pay for postage via SMS. This means that buying, licking, and applying stamps could be a thing of the past. Consumers will be able to text the… Read More

Facebook is still in the process of rolling out its Messages application, but a few recent studies and surveys already bode well for the social network’s new feature. A recent comScore study revealed that Web-based e-mail is losing popularity, declining 8-percent in the past year. Naturally, 12-to-17 year olds were most likely to ditch the archaic communication tool last year, closely followed by 18-to-24 years olds. 25-to-34 year olds also… Read More

Until now, ads appearing within you Gmail account were limited to plain, easily-ignored text. But Google admits it is testing display ads as well, which could be heading to your inbox soon. As you can probably guess, display ads simply mean ads with images. A spokesperson told Search Engine Land that “We’re always trying out new ad formats and placements in Gmail, and we recently started experimenting with image ads on messages with heavy image… Read More

Microsoft says that it has resolved an issue that affected over 17,000 Hotmail users over the New Year's weekend. Beginning on December 30, Windows Live Hotmail users began reporting that their inboxes and storage folders were curiously empty of e-mail – with some accounts containing a decade of stored messages. Some users reported receiving a solitary “Welcome to Hotmail” message from Microsoft, as if they had recently… Read More

After becoming fed up with the constant assault of spam his inbox was subjected to, Dan Balsam quit his job in the marketing field and went to law school to fight whoever was flooded his e-mail with illegitimate ads and messages. In an interview with Balsam, the AP reports that he has been filing suits against spammers since 2002 and with winnings of over $1 million from cases and settlements, is able to support himself. Balsam generally files… Read More

The Detroit Free Press is reporting that a Michigan resident could face five years in prison for reading his wife’s e-mail. 33 year old computer technician Leon Walker had been snooping through wife Clara Walker’s Gmail account after finding her password written in a book next to their shared laptop, and by doing so discovered that she had been having an affair with an ex-husband. In response, Clara filed for divorce and had her now ex-husband… Read More

Oleg Nikolaenko, a 23-year-old Russian man was arrested in Las Vegas last month and arraigned this morning in Milwaukee for running a massive spamming operation, The Wall Street Journal reports. Nikolaenko is being accused of spearheading a massive international spamming network that experts say is responsible for a third of the world’ spam, and odds are you could very well have been one of his victims. He is pleading not guilty. The FBI is… Read More

Only a handful of users have been granted access to Facebook’s new messaging system, but details continue to pile up. Microsoft announced in its blog today that users will be able to send and receive Microsoft Office files – specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This is a fairly crucial tool for the site’s step toward full e-mail services. While maintaining this idea of “modern messaging” and keeping the service focused as a conversation… Read More

Just when you thought your private data was safe on Facebook after last February’s private message spill, the company’s loose-lipped servers have done it again. On Tuesday, the site temporarily stopped shielding private e-mail addresses, making contact information that users specifically asked to sequester viewable to the public. Gawker first reported the story Wednesday morning with an irate tip from a user. “Everybody's email has been… Read More

E-commerce sales–purchases over the Internet, e-mail or other electronic networks–rose to $17.23 billion in the last quarter, a 29.7 percent increase over the third quarter. Overall retail sales rose 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter. Read more at CNET News.com.