Newborns to get e-mail addresses, SCMP.com, 2 June 2005

“The scheme, called "e-mail 4 all". The scheme is one of a dozen projects the government is undertaking to popularise the internet and promote "e-government" amid plans to get at least 40 per cent of the state's 5 million people connected by 2010. The internet penetration rate is now about 17 per cent among Malaysia’s 25 million population.”

Full Story at http://technology.scmp.com/techinternet/ZZZ4PJRGA9E.html



Asia Malaysia

Population (2005 Est.) 26,500,699
Internet Users, (Year 2000) 3,700,000
Internet Users, Latest Data 3.1 %
Use Growth 9,513,000
(2000-2005)
Penetration 157.1 %
(% Population)
(%) Users in Asia 35.9 %

Full report at http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm#asia



AOL goes high-speed, again, CnetNews.com, 2 June 2005

“AOL on Wednesday began offering its Internet service, which includes AOL e-mail and content, to customers in the Washington, D.C., area and Chicago over DSL lines from Covad Communications. The new service offers customers 1.5mbps download speeds.”

Full Story at
http://news.com.com/AOL+goes+high-speed%2C+again/2100-1038_3-5729761.html?part=rss&tag=5729761&subj=news



AOL Aims to Get Up to Speed With DSL, Washingtonpost.com, 2 June 2005

“America Online Inc. yesterday began offering high-speed Internet access with AOL e-mail and content in the Washington area and Chicago, a move that company officials hope will stem the loss of dial-up users as the service is rolled out nationally later this year.”

Full story at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/01/AR2005060101918.html?nav=rss_technology



Yahoo and Cisco combine their anti-spam technologies, InfoWorld, 2 June 2005

“Yahoo and Cisco Systems are combining their anti-spam technologies to create a new e-mail authentication system. Te system, called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), wil
l draw on Yahoo's DomainKeys authentication technology and Cisco's Internet Identified Mail. The technology will be offered to other industry players on a royalty-free basis in an effort to reduce the amount of spam spread across the Internet.”

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/02/HNyahoociscoantispam_1.html



Yahoo, Cisco Team on E-Mail Authentication, eWeek.com, 2 June 2005

“Yahoo and Cisco have joined forces to promote a cryptographic approach for authenticating e-mail in the battle against fraud and spam. Yahoo Inc. has been rallying around an approach it calls DomainKeys since late 2003, while Cisco Systems Inc. a year ago developed a authentication technology called Internet Identified Mail.”

Full Story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1822720,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594



Security Remains the Name of the E-Mail Game, eWeek.com, 2 June 2005

“A the INBOX conference, he executives from e-mail service providers and software makers said that the fight against spam, phishing attacks and viruses has just begun. While threats may still be real, the market for e-mail security also has turned from a seller's market to more of a buyer's market as the first wave of customers have already installed technology such as anti-spam software. the need for e-mail authentication so that users could verify the senders of e-mails and help cut down on phishing and other fraudulent activity.”

Full Story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1823283,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594