AT&T, Yahoo Launch Enhanced Web Mail In Beta

AT&T, Yahoo Launch Enhanced Web Mail In Beta

AT&T and Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday launched in beta a new version of their joint Web mail that includes several enhancements. The beta version, which is available to a limited number of AT&T Yahoo Mail users, includes drag-and-drop email organization, message preview and an integrated RSS reader for tapping into news feeds, blog entries and other Web content.

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-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, April 19 2006


Microsoft to take on Google's Gdrive

Microsoft is developing an online storage service seemingly aimed at Google's Gdrive, which is under development, say sources familiar with Microsoft's plans. Microsoft spokesman Adam Sohn confirmed on Thursday the existence of a project code-named Live Drive, which allows searching and sharing files across PCs and devices with the Sharing Folders feature in Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger e-mail chat client.

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-read full story from Infoworld.com, April 20 2006


Bad karma surrounds e-mail authentication plans

This week's powwow of e-mail heavyweights in Chicago returned the IT community's attention to the issue of e-mail message authentication, but the messaging community has too little to show for a year's worth of work, some say.

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-read full story from Infoworld.com, April 20 2006


Google tests advanced results page

Google is testing a new page format for its general Web search results that lets users significantly expand the details provided below Web site links.

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-read full story from Infoworld.com, April 20 2006


Google declines to rule out wireless airwave bid

Google Inc. on Thursday opened the door to the possibility that it could bid on U.S. licenses for wireless radio spectrum in order to offer Internet access services, but said no plans were imminent.

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-read full story from Yahoo! News, April 21 2006


37% of mobile households have checked e-mail on their phones

52% of households with a mobile phone have sent or received a text message, while 37% have sent or received e-mail on their handsets.

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-read full blog from ZDNet.com, April 20 2006


Beware of tax refund 'phishing' scams

It's just the news that hardworking taxpayers want to see in their inbox: an update on their refund from the Internal Revenue Service. But instead of clicking on that e-mail's links, federal officials advise you to hit the delete key.

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-read full story from CNN.com, April 14 2006


ChinaBlog.net Offers New Beta Features For Chinese Webloggers

ChinaBlog.net, which last month launched its beta version for Chinese users, has now expanded the service and offered a free open registration for all users.

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-read full story from ChinaTechNews, April 19 2006

Yahoo Plagued By Slow E-Mail

Yahoo Plagued By Slow E-Mail

A small security firm in Iowa says it has discovered why Yahoo's email is sometimes slow. An analysis of Yahoo Inc. mail servers found that they were only able to accept email about half the time on average, making it likely that email was taking longer than normal to deliver, the security firm said Friday.

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-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, April 14 2006


Symantec Gets In The Ring With Spam, Zero-Day Threats

In a sign that it has finished integrating the technology from its June 2004 acquisition of BrightMail, Symantec on Monday will reveal plans to roll out an e-mail security offering next month that guards against spam and viruses while mitigating the dangers of zero-day exploits.

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-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, April 17 2006


AOL Accused Of Blocking Critics' Emails

A coalition fighting AOL's upcoming pay-to-send email service claimed Thursday that the company was blocking delivery of emails that included a link to the group's Web site.

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-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, April 13 2006


Review: Symantec Eyes Total E-Mail Security

For many businesses, e-mail has become the communication of choice. Unfortunately, e-mail has also become the communication of choice for schemers, hackers, advertisers, virus writers and so many others, which saps the efficiency of email for legitimate use.

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-read full review from messagingpipeline.com, April 17 2006


Google unveils enterprise applications search with big-name backing

Consumer search darling Google shared the stage with a gaggle of prominent enterprise application vendors Wednesday to announce Google OneBox for Enterprise, a new feature that will enable the company's Google Search Appliances to do real-time searches on business applications.

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-read full story from InfoWorld.com, April 18 2006


OECD urges more international cooperation on spam

Governments need to pass more antispam laws, give law enforcement agencies more resources and work better across borders to combat unsolicited e-mail clogging up inboxes, an international economic group said Wednesday.

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-read full story from InfoWorld.com, April 19 2006


Yahoo mulls free Wi-Fi for its IM users

Yahoo is considering giving users of Yahoo Messenger free access to tens of thousands of Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide so they can engage in instant messaging, including voice communications, while unplugged from their regular home or office Internet connection.

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-read full story from InfoWorld.com, April 19 2006


Microsoft updates SQL Server database
The company on Wednesday said Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 includes new database mirroring tools and closer ties to SAP's NetWeaver software. Microsoft has also updated its free version of SQL Server 2005.
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-read full story from ZDNet.com, April 19 2006

AOL Accused Of Blocking Critics' Emails

AOL Accused Of Blocking Critics' Emails

A coalition fighting AOL's upcoming pay-to-send email service claimed Thursday that the company was blocking delivery of emails that included a link to the group's Web site. The DearAOL.com Coalition, which is circulating online petitions to gather signatures for an open letter to AOL, said emails with the link www.DearAOL.com were bounced back to the sender with a message saying, "failed permanently."

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- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, April 13 2006


Hacked computers download spam tool

Computers infected with a well-known virus began downloading a new spam tool Sunday night used by hackers to send unwanted e-mail. Virus writers part of the infamous Bagle spam gang began sending a new spamming tool Sunday night to thousands of hacked computers, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for F-Secure, a security company based in Helsinki.

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-read full story from InfoWorld.com, April 17 2006


Fort Wayne Gets Wi-Fi 'Hot Zone'

The Indiana Data Center, an ISP serving some 25 communities in and around Fort Wayne Ind., has deployed a large Wi-Fi "hot zone" in Fort Wayne. The wireless distribution system was developed by Colubris Networks. The system utilizes dual-radio access points, which have been deployed on water towers, hospital rooftops, and fire stations.

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-read full story from Yahoo!News, April 17 2006


Blackberry 8700g Reviewed (Verdict: Excellent), Now Available On T-Mobile

Less than three months after we first told you about the Blackberry 8700g's impending arrival in Spain and the UK, it hit our very own shores today as an exclusive to T-Mobile, which is carrying it for $399—or $299 after a $50 instant rebate and $50 mail-in rebate. We hate rebates, but whatever.

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-read full story from Yahoo!News, April 17 2006


Microsoft's Sender ID to get Postmaster push at e-mail conference

MSN Postmaster Services provides information, best practices and tools for helping ISPs better manage their e-mail infrastructure for serving MSN and Windows Live mail users. Microsoft plans on Wednesday to promote adoption of the Sender ID e-mail specification and introduce a new program for helping ISPs protect the integrity of e-mail messages at the E-mail Authentication Summit in Chicago.

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-read full story from InfoWorld.com, April 18 2006


Google to search inside business software programs

Google Inc., the consumer Web search favorite, on Tuesday said it is looking to make the way office workers search for information lodged deep inside complex business software more relevant.

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-read full story from Yahoo! News, April 19 2006


Google Upgrades Corporate Search Engine

Hoping to become less dependent on Internet advertising, online search engine leader Google Inc. is introducing a tool designed to make it easier for companies and their workers to find vital information scattered across a maze of complex software applications.

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-read full story from Yahoo! News, April 19 2006


Intellon Offers Next-Gen Home Networking Technology

While powerline networking has been slow to take off in the United States, industry executives and analysts say the technology has a future as broadband television and home automation take hold.

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-read full story from Yahoo!News, April 17 2006