Google loves me. And other Google Chrome users.
If you happen to use Google’s Chrome web browser, Google has added the ability to copy and paste images straight into a Gmail message. Last year, they added the ability to drag and drop attachments and images straight into your e-mail. This takes it a step further. They want to make …
Osama bin Laden was a prolific user of email for many years, evading the global intelligence community by using simple, cheap tech: USB sticks.
His system depended on couriers who would use internet cafes, checking in to his anonymized email accounts and copying incoming messages to a simple USB memory stick.
They’d take he stick …
Attachments. Email wouldn’t be the same without them, but who among us can honestly hold up their hand and say out loud: “Attachments! I love ’em!”?
Exactly.
Attachments are painful. They lurk among your email messages, filling up your storage quota and generally being annoying. There must be a better way.
That’s what the guys …
From Amazon’s cloud collapse to Sony’s PlayStation Network catastrophe, it’s been one of those weeks, and it just got measurably worse: Imagine the personal info of over 21,000 New York Yankees ticket holders–names, account numbers, addresses and more–suddenly splashed around the Internet.
Or don’t, because that’s just …
Starting yesterday, another one of Gmail’s Labs features snuck their way into the email service permanently. Did you mean to send the email to Andy or Andrew? The new feature helps eliminate accidental boo-boos.
In addition, it’ll also suggest other recipients that you commonly email in conjunction with whoever you’re sending it …
“Gmail Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t quite ready for primetime. They may change, break or disappear at any time.”
That’s the ominous message that greets you when you delve into the deepest, darkest corners of Gmail. Beware!
However, some of Gmail’s experimental features can and do make your e-mail …
Have you noticed less spam in your inbox today? Maybe not, but you can rest assured that less will be coming your way soon, thanks to the takedown of something called the Rustock botnet, one of the world’s most active spam-generators.
The takedown seems to have been the work of “anti-spam activists,” with the amount of spam emails …
Don’t blame the bloggers for starting all that gossip. Chances are, the email in your inbox from your friend is what started the rumor mill going.
Scientific American reported that when it came to the 2008 presidential election, which was rife with false gossip items along the likes of “Barack Obama wasn’t born in the US” and “Sarah …
Do you feel a propensity to sign up for one email domain over another? Have you noticed that most of your address book consists of people who use Google Chat or Yahoo! Messenger? Just don’t get why people would stick with one old domain over another?
Hunch looked through the stats of their users and asked them about which of the four …
Want to get to the bottom of who sent you that anonymous email? Concordia University professor Benjamin Fung and his team devised a strategy to find out who the author of that unsigned note is, according to Gizmag.
Using patterns found within the email, such as typos, spellings and other idiosyncrasies, scientists can find a style …
Let’s face it; you’re into some weird, tasteless, mind-numbingly awful stuff on the internet. But should you have to use your own e-mail address to get access to all of it? Did we lose a war?!
Microsoft’s Hotmail service has added a new feature that lets you whip up an e-mail alias completely separate from your regular e-mail address …
If you’ve started to notice more junk mail in your email inboxes, it’s not just you: Reports are showing that spam has returned. For some reason, the world’s number one source of those annoying unsolicited emails, Russian Rustock, just decided to give you a break on Christmas Eve, according to the New York Times. After a brief hiatus …
