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Google on Tuesday added an embarrassment-avoidance tool that catches misdirected Gmail messages before they are fired off by users of the free Web-based email service. http://www.physorg.com/news174666297.html Technology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:26:06 EST news174666297 Microsoft on Monday blocked access to thousands of Hotmail accounts in response to hackers plundering password information and posting it online. http://www.physorg.com/news173989318.html Technology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:22:45 EST news173989318 (AP) -- IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market. http://www.physorg.com/news173681571.html Technology Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:53:26 EST news173681571 Cyber criminals are taking advantage of swine flu fears with e-mails promising news on the illness which then infect computers with a virus, a Spanish computer security firm warned Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news171900811.html Technology Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:20:02 EST news171900811 (AP) -- Lance Maggiacomo was out of work, bored and lonely when he started hiding his online relationships from his wife.There was no affair, only chatting through e-mail, yet it felt like cheating just the same. http://www.physorg.com/news171429045.html Technology Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:20:02 EST news171429045 (AP) -- Some e-mails purporting to be from the Homeland Security Department's intelligence division were fake and contained malicious software. http://www.physorg.com/news170340038.html Technology Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:41:32 EST news170340038 The White House said Monday it will tighten its email sign-up rules after drawing fire from some recipients of a message about health care policies who complained they had not asked for such updates. http://www.physorg.com/news169734405.html Technology Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:40:01 EST news169734405 (AP) -- A judge ruled Wednesday that the Alaska governor's office can use private e-mail accounts to conduct state business, as former Gov. Sarah Palin sometimes did. http://www.physorg.com/news169316040.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:40:01 EST news169316040 Chinese hackers crashed the website of Australia's biggest film festival, organisers said on Saturday, escalating tensions over a visit here by the exiled leader of the Uighur minority. http://www.physorg.com/news168332363.html Technology Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:00:02 EST news168332363 MySpace launched its own email service, MySpace Mail, for the 130 million users of the social network. http://www.physorg.com/news168241385.html Technology Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:50:01 EST news168241385 Yahoo! said Wednesday it would buy Xoopit, a San Francisco startup specializing in finding and organizing photos buried in email inboxes. http://www.physorg.com/news167569412.html Technology Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:04:24 EST news167569412 Google on Tuesday synched applications available online as services with Outlook email programs, continuing a push into workplaces historically dominated by Microsoft software. http://www.physorg.com/news163824320.html Technology Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:45:37 EST news163824320 (AP) -- Google Inc. is hatching a new species of e-mail and instant messaging, but the Internet search leader first wants the hybrid service to evolve even more with the help of independent computer programmers. http://www.physorg.com/news162736349.html Technology Thu, 28 May 2009 13:33:08 EST news162736349 Google added automatic translation technology to Gmail on Tuesday, allowing users of its email service to translate messages in another language with a single mouse click. http://www.physorg.com/news162041548.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 12:32:51 EST news162041548 (AP) -- Millions of people were cut off from Google Inc.'s search engine, e-mail and other online services Thursday, sparking a flurry of frustrated venting that served as a reminder of society's growing dependence on Google's technology. http://www.physorg.com/news161526619.html Technology Thu, 14 May 2009 13:30:37 EST news161526619 (AP) -- The chief executive of Internet search engine Ask.com, Jim Safka, is leaving for personal reasons a little more than a year after he took the post. http://www.physorg.com/news161372496.html Technology Tue, 12 May 2009 18:42:03 EST news161372496 (PhysOrg.com) -- The recent decision by the Los Angeles Superior Court in Hypertouch vs ValuClick, LCO81000 decided on May 4th by Summary Judgment found that the Federal CAN-Spam Act preempted California's rigorous anti-spam, false and misleading email laws. Hypertouch, an Internet service provider got ticked because they alleged some 45,000 emails containing advertisement with fraudulent and misleading headers, were sent to its customers using specious means to collect the emails. http://www.physorg.com/news160927117.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 14:59:20 EST news160927117 Hackers appear to be beefing up armies of "zombie" computers to recover from a major hit scored in the battle against spam email, according to software security firm McAfee. http://www.physorg.com/news160894469.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 06:21:02 EST news160894469 Nokia announced that the slimmest smartphone on the market (.39 inches thick), the Nokia E71x, will be available in AT&T retail stores and online beginning today. Priced at $99.99, this much-anticipated full QWERTY smartphone arrives at a time when one in two people surveyed say they would prefer to communicate via text message or email over phone calls. http://www.physorg.com/news160666205.html Electronics Mon, 04 May 2009 14:30:33 EST news160666205 Facebook Thursday said it has blocked a link at the heart of a "phishing" scam being used to dupe members into revealing passwords to accounts at the social networking website. http://www.physorg.com/news160375615.html Technology Fri, 01 May 2009 05:47:17 EST news160375615 Spam emails using "swine flu" as a keyword phrase have flooded the Internet as opportunists seek to exploit concerns over the outbreak of the virus, a global cyber security firm warned Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news160312704.html Technology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:18:56 EST news160312704 The fun folks at Google have been busy developing neat e-mail features within Gmail Labs, the company's experimental testing ground. http://www.physorg.com/news159702437.html Technology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:47:51 EST news159702437 (AP) -- Time Inc.'s experimental made-to-order magazine, "mine," shipped out this week, but many subscribers got a version that looked like it belonged to someone else. http://www.physorg.com/news159121494.html Technology Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:25:44 EST news159121494 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp.'s next version of its Office desktop programs will reach consumers next year, though not likely in conjunction with the Windows 7 operating system. http://www.physorg.com/news158991235.html Technology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:14:37 EST news158991235 (AP) -- One economy apparently isn't hurting these days - the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news158907571.html Technology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:00:23 EST news158907571 (AP) -- Experience the Passion of Christ - in 140-character bursts. http://www.physorg.com/news158587327.html Technology Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:02:45 EST news158587327 (AP) -- The review Web site Yelp, which has garnered some criticism from the businesses put under its microscope, will soon let those businesses and others respond publicly to customers' critiques. http://www.physorg.com/news158517186.html Technology Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:33:59 EST news158517186 The Nokia E75 has arrived in stores. The new arrival is the first device to ship with the new email user interface, offering full desktop email functionality, and complete integration of Nokia's email and messaging services. http://www.physorg.com/news158251554.html Electronics Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:46:36 EST news158251554 In some school classrooms, paper is becoming more of a relic than an educational staple. http://www.physorg.com/news157640113.html Technology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:55:56 EST news157640113 (AP) -- Televangelist Robert H. Schuller has reached millions worldwide with his weekly "Hour of Power" TV broadcasts, but when it comes to the Internet, he had a high-tech headache: an online impostor. http://www.physorg.com/news157271950.html Technology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:39:50 EST news157271950