News tagged with email messages

Britain planning new Internet snooping laws

The British government wants to expand its powers to monitor email exchanges and website visits, The Sunday Times newspaper reported.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 26

Review: Thunderbird innovates, but Web mail wins

The last time I relied on email software for personal messaging, George W. Bush was starting his second term, Pluto was still a planet and the Motorola Razr was America's most popular mobile phone.

Technology / Software

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (12) | comments 4

BlackBerrys buzz back to life after long outage (Update)

BlackBerrys across the world buzzed back to life Thursday, leaving customers outraged and threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business when it's already struggling to keep up in a crowded ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

BlackBerry outage hits Europe, Middle East, Africa (Update)

The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone said Monday that all services had been restored to users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after widespread service outages.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Anonymous gives Colombian president a hack attack

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday tweeted that his Facebook page had been hit by the hacker group Anonymous, which took a swipe at the country's independence celebrations.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple girding gadgets against hackers

Apple on Friday said it was working to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company's popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Obama 2012 campaign to go beyond email, text

(AP) -- Call him the Digital Candidate: President Barack Obama is asking supporters to use Facebook to declare "I'm In!" for his re-election campaign and is using Twitter to personally blast out messages ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

US startup challenges Swiss Post on home turf

A US firm that specializes in verifying email delivery is expanding into Europe and challenging the Swiss Post, which it has accused of brazen patent infringement.

Technology / Business

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hackers talk their way into computers

Cyber crooks are avoiding the need for slick software skills by talking their way past computer defenses with old-fashioned telephone calls.

Technology / Software

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Blogger 'tweets' attack on Osama bin Laden

An IT consultant in the Pakistan city of Abbottabad was an Internet celebrity on Monday after unwittingly providing a real-time account of the attack that killed Osama bin Laden.

Technology / Internet

created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Israel unveils 'first sin-free Yiddish smartphone'

An Israeli telecoms company is offering ultra-Orthodox Jewish clients a kosher smartphone with Hassidic folk music ringtones and a menu in Yiddish, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 11

US man arrested in hacker stock fraud scheme

US authorities Monday arrested and charged a Texas man accused of masterminding a scheme using a Russian hacker and an email spam campaign to pump up the value of fledgling companies, the Justice Department ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft takes down major fake drug spam network

Microsoft on Thursday announced the dismantling of a "notorious and complex" network of virus-infected computers used to send billions of email messages daily hawking fake drugs.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Facebook Messages prepares for mainstream

Facebook fans hungry for an @facebook.com address, get ready.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook Messages to arrive soon at your inbox

Facebook fans hungry for an @facebook.com address, get ready.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3