AOL Offers Free, Web-Based E-Mail, Yahoo.com, 6 June 2005

“The service will provide users with two gigabytes of storage, along with protection against viruses and spam. Google's Gmail service currently gives users about 2.3 gigabytes of storage and is gradually raising that ceiling. Yahoo offers 1 gigabyte for free and Microsoft Corp.'s Hotmail allows 250 megabytes. The company also upped its offerings for paying subscribers to its traditional America Online e-mail, giving its nearly 80 million accounts unlimited storage space.”

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050606/ap_on_hi_te/america_online_free_e_mail



AIM e-mail debuts, CnetNews.com, 6 June 2005

“The e-mail service, dubbed AIM Mail, is part of an updated version of the AIM 5.9 software. AIM's Web-based e-mail has numerous competitors, including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. But its integration with IM is a new feature. AIM's 22 million users will be asked if they want to activate their e-mail accounts through the upgrade. Sometime this summer it will begin offering unlimited e-mail storage for regular AOL subscribers.”

Full Story at http://news.com.com/AIM+e-mail+debuts/2100-1038_3-5733583.html?part=rss&tag=5733583&subj=news



Microsoft Creates 'Push' E-Mail Capability, Yahoo.com, 6 June 2005

“Microsoft Corp. weighed in Monday on the increasingly competitive market for real-time e-mail on mobile devices. Users of a Window-based mobile device could already "pull" e-mail off a corporate server, periodically connecting with a company's network to check for new e-mail and deliver messages composed on the handheld.”

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050606/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_e_mail



Microsoft takes aim at Blackberry with mobile email, Reuters, 6 June 2005

“Microsoft will give away software upgrades to give Outlook users access to wireless corporate email on mobile devices. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant will make free upgrades available for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows Mobile 5.0 that will lift business email and other Outlook data from corporate computers, and automatically send it to mobile phones running on Microsoft Windows software.”

Full Story at http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8706113&src=rss/technologyNews



Nortel readies Outlook multimedia plug-in, infoWorld, 6 June 2005

“The plug-in, called the Multimedia Office Client, is designed to let employees use voice, video and text messaging through Outlook. Users will see Multimedia Office Client as a toolbar within Outlook 2003 that lets them initiate voice, video or text-messaging calls by clicking on a contact's name, as long as that contact has the capability to participate in those types of sessions. Presence information provided in the toolbar indicates whether they can. The client can start voice calls on either a desktop phone or a PC-based soft phone with a headset. Also through the toolbar, users can manage their communications.”

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/06/HNnortelreadiesoutlookplugin_1.html


MSN flaw put Hotmail accounts at risk, CnetNews.com, 6 June 2005
“The company found that an attacker could use the vulnerability to obtain "cookies" from Hotmail users by getting them to click on a malicious URL. That could then grant access to those e-mail accounts. The Hotmail and MSN flap comes within a week after Microsoft acknowledged that its South Korean MSN Web site had been hacked. Attackers placed malicious software on the news section of MSN Korea in an attempt to steal passwords for "Lineage," a popular online game in Asia.”

Full Story at http://news.com.com/MSN+flaw+put+Hotmail+accounts+at+risk/2100-1002_3-5734448.html?part=rss&tag=5734448&subj=news

Fake Bin Laden e-mail hides virus, BBC News, 3 June 2005

“The messages claim to contain pictures of the al-Qaeda leader's arrest but anyone opening the attachment will fall victim to a Microsoft Windows virus. The vulnerability exploited by Psyme is found in Windows 2000, 95, 98, ME, NT, XP and Windows Server 2003. Users were urged to update their version of Windows to close the loophole.”

Full Story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4607203.stm



Bin Laden Trojan quickly constrained, CnetNews.com, 3 June 2005

“Millions of copies of various versions of the e-mail were mass-mailed. All versions of the message announced that the al-Qaida leader had been seized and included an attachment called "pics" that, when opened, attempted to download a worm to the victim's PC. This is not the first time Osama bin Laden's name has been used in an attempt to trick users to open a malicious file.”

Full Story at http://news.com.com/Bin+Laden+Trojan+quickly+constrained/2100-7349_3-5731405.html?part=rss&tag=5731405&subj=news



E-Mail Addiction Is Good!, Forbes.com, 3 June 2005

“Access to e-mail and other applications helped these executives make faster decisions (56%) and respond more quickly to colleagues (59%), and gave them more flexibility about deciding when and where to work.”

Full Story at http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/03/cx_ah_0603diglife.html?partner=rss



Phishers going after small fry, CnetNews.com, 3 June 2005

“The number of credit unions in phishing e-mails has been growing over the past months. The total rose from three in February to 21 in May. In April, the number of phishing attempts reported to the Anti-Phishing Working Group rose to 14,411, continuing a trend of slight monthly growth this year. However, a small drop in unique phishing e-mails was reported, down to 3,930, from 4,100 in March.”

Full Story at http://news.com.com/Phishers+going+after+small+fry/2100-7349_3-5731174.html?part=rss&tag=5731174&subj=news



Phishers going after small fry, ZDNet.com, 3 June 2005

““The number of credit unions in phishing e-mails has been growing over the past months. The total rose from three in February to 21 in May. In April, the number of phishing attempts reported to the Anti-Phishing Working Group rose to 14,411, continuing a trend of slight monthly growth this year. However, a small drop in unique phishing e-mails was reported, down to 3,930, from 4,100 in March.”

Full Story at http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5731174.html



Skype Launches Two Premium Services, Yahoo.com, 5 June 2005

“SkypeIn and Skype Voicemail are built into the latest version of the software, available for the Linux, Mac OS, Pocket PC and Windows platforms. The company already has a SkypeOut feature for making calls from computers to regular phones for less than 2 cents a minute.”

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050605/ap_on_hi_te/sweden_skype



VoIP Gathers Steam, eMarketer, 6 June 2005

“The number of US residential VoIP subscribers in the US will reach over 4.1 million in 2005, up from 150,000 at the end of 2003. As of March 2005, the number stood at 2 million, meaning that growth will be great enough to double that figure by the end of the year. Revenues for 2005 will total over $1 billion.”

Full Story at http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003430