A "serious security flaw" in Gmail turns Google's e-mail service into a spamming machine, according to a recent security report.
Google today began marketing new online tools for protecting e-mail from spam and other problems as it continued to encroach on the terrain of software king Microsoft.
Spammers are taking advantage of Google's free Analytics service to track the performance of spam campaigns and boost their business.
The software tool used by Google's Gmail to stop spammers has been cracked, leading to a big increase in spam sent from Gmail accounts last month, according to security firm MessageLabs.
Out of the top five search engines, Yahoo returns the riskiest sites for users, according to security vendor McAfee
The world of speculative telecommunications investments has quieted down considerably since the beginning of the decade, when hype-fuelled carriers plunked down billions to reserve the right to carry mobile phone calls, video calls, and massive volumes of spam at high speed using then-fanciful 3G mobile technology.
As we embark on a new year, the industry hype-machine is slowly warming up to sell us new technologies that will make our jobs easier in 2007. Rest assured though that some problems will remain, like spam.
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Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.
Researchers think computers that "gossip" with each other are key to filtering out ads -- and piracy-fighting decoys -- on P2P networks.
For almost two years, I've argued for a non-proprietary, interoperable, freely deployable anti-spam standard, even as every spam-fighting solution I've seen has failed to pass muster. Until now.
E-mail has taken a battering over the last year or so with mountains of spam and viruses delivered to our mailboxes daily. Can the problem be fixed, and can e-mail still be free?
Five years ago, the e-mail technology providers were telling us it would take time before the spam situation improved. Yet, today, there's more spam than ever. In his latest Technology Shakedown, ZDNet's David Berlind blames AOL, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for the mess and demands they act now
With an interface that lacks ads but is also short on features, this early Google Talk beta serves Gmail users who want to chat via text or voice.
Google's new Web mail service is free and provides a gigabyte of storage, but also raises privacy concerns. We put the beta version through its paces.
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Hosted CMS and blog solutions litter the market, yet none offer Terapad's combination of simplicity and functionality.
Drag-and-drop message organisation and a built-in MP3 player are among the notable new features to this radical overhaul of Hotmail.
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