FON Updates User Policy, Gives Away Free Routers

April 12, 2007


FON Updates User Policy, Gives Away Free Routers
DailyTech, IL – Apr 11, 2007

FON hopes to keep users by upgrading routers after enacting a new user policyA service that aims to give users more access to wireless Internet is offering free routers while changing user policies. FON claims to be the largest WiFi community in the world, with members sharing WiFi at home or the office so they can enjoy WiFi from other Foneros members.


AOL shamed by loss of thousands of emails
iT News, Australia - Apr 10, 2007

The move comes after several AOL customers complained to consumer watchdog Which that their saved emails had disappeared.

One customer, Jacqueline Fleming, said that almost 2,000 emails were wiped from her account over Christmas. "There were business emails, sentimental ones and even details of my holiday booking," she said. A few weeks later, her January emails disappeared.


AOL shamed by loss of thousands of emails
IT Week, UK - Apr 10, 2007

AOL has assigned technical staff to help UK customers whose email archives were wiped of thousands of messages.

The move comes after several AOL customers complained to consumer watchdog Which that their saved emails had disappeared.


Yahoo China Launches Blog and Networking Service
PC Magazine - Apr 10, 2007

SHANGHAI (Reuters)—Yahoo China on Tuesday launched a new blogging and networking service, in a move aimed at diversifying its revenue streams as it steps up expansion in the world's second-largest Web market by subscriber numbers.



Security Firm Says China Fixing Spam Problem; US Isn't
PC World – Apr 11, 2007

THE amount of spam originating from China dropped dramatically in the first three months of the year, an IT security firm says.In the period from January to March, China accounted for 7.5 per cent of all worldwide spam, Sophos said in a statement. This compared with 21.9 per cent in the year-earlier period.


US Remains Biggest Spam Culprit, Says Report
TMCnet – Apr 11, 2007

Though arguably one of the most advanced in terms of e-mail and Internet usage, the U.S. also has the dubious honor of relaying almost a fifth of the world’s spam, according to a report by IT security and control company Sophos.