Gmail Mobile

1. Gmail Mobile

Now you can access your Gmail account from your mobile phone or device. Just point your phone's web browser to http://m.gmail.com. Your Gmail account stays synched, whether you access it from the web or the mobile interface. It's easy to use and it's free (but yes, your wireless plan could still charge you).

For more on this:
- read full story from gmail.com


2. US 'winning war' on e-mail spam

The number of unsolicited e-mails received in the US appears to be falling thanks to new laws and better technology, a government report says. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said internet users still disliked spam - but most got less than two years ago.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Dec 20 2005


3. FTC: CAN-SPAM Is Working

The much maligned CAN-SPAM Act is having some effect on reducing unsolicited e-mail two years after its passage, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) insisted Tuesday.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Dec 20 2005


4. Santa IM Worm Making a List

A worm targeting the three major instant messaging (IM) networks is spreading its payload to buddy lists. The IM.GifCom.All worm shows up as an innocuous-seeming URL in a chat message screen, featuring a link to what appears to be a Santa Claus site, said IM security vendor IMlogic, which first discovered the worm Monday.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Dec 20 2005


5. Civil Air Patrol Coordinates Search And Rescue Flights With IM

The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) uses instant messaging to coordinate search and rescue flights, Department of Homeland Security missions and disaster response. Initially, CAP’s network team was concerned that instant messaging would expose the organization’s communications infrastructure to a raft of viruses and worms and proposed shutting down all IM.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Dec 20 2005


6. AOL and Google Formalize Partnership to Include Shared Selling of Ads

America Online formally announced a revived partnership with Google yesterday, a deal that affirmed AOL's value less than a year after a chorus of calls for its parent, Time Warner, to shedthe division as a lost cause.

For more on this:
- read full story from The New York Times, Dec 21 2005


7. Yahoo's hosting clients get blogging software

Yahoo Inc. will make available to subscribers of its Web hosting services the open-source WordPress blog publishing software, both organizations are announcing on Tuesday.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Dec 20 2005


8. Power Line Broadband Comes to Texas

Texans are poised to join a small but growing group of consumers and small business users worldwide who are accessing the Internet over electric power lines.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Dec 20 2005


9. BT's 'reputation damaged' by India outsourcing deal

BT's decision to export some 900 jobs to India has damaged the British company's reputation, according to the Communications Workers Union (CWU).

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Dec 20 2005