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Anti-Palin Screed Makes Wasilla Woman Many Friends

Letter sent to curious friends became Web fave, generated more than 13K responses

Sep 30, 08 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Wasilla, Alaska, woman just wanted to share her Sarah Palin experiences with 40 friends, but the none-too-flattering email she wrote ended up on computer screens nationwide, the Los Angeles Times reports. Now Anne Kilkenny, who became involved in local politics while Palin was mayor because of a fight to... More »

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Alaska • email • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Wasilla

 Palin 'Hacker' 
 Dodges 
 Charges 
 —for Now 

Grand jury to resume hearing testimony on Tenn. student

Sep 24, 08 3:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal grand jury ended its session yesterday without handing down an indictment against a University of Tennessee student accused of breaking into Sarah Palin’s email account, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The panel heard testimony from schoolmates of David Kernell, the 20-year-old son of state Democratic... More »

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email • Tennessee • grand jury • hacking • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Chattanooga • David Kernell • Mike Kernell

 FBI Raids 
 Suspected 
 Palin Hacker 

 Tennessee student's home raided

Sep 22, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 20-year-old student suspected of hacking into Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account found himself on the wrong end of an FBI search warrant while throwing a party Saturday night, reports NBC affiliate WBIR-TV in Knoxville. David Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee, is the son of a prominent... More »

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Yahoo • Department of Justice • University of Tennessee • FBI • email • hacking • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • David Kernell • Rubico • Mike Kernell

(AP) - Hackers broke into the Yahoo! email account that Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor and posted some content on the Internet. The group Anonymous claimed credit but did not explain its motives. The FBI and Secret Service are investigating. Palin has taken criticism for using private email... More »

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Alaska • email • hackers • Sarah Palin

Palin's 'Private' Emails Raise Accountability Flap

Two-account system undercuts public transparency, critics charge

Sep 15, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Candidate Sarah Palin vowed to be an "open and transparent" governor, but as VP candidate she's drawing unwanted scrutiny with her use of private email to conduct state business, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Although the governor has a state email account, which is archived, she appears to use... More »

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Alaska • email • governor • Sarah Palin • transparency • public records • McCain-Palin

OPINION

 McCain Doesn't 
 Send Email: 
 So What? 

Obama's attacks on Mac ignore injuries that keep him from typing

Sep 13, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's attempt to slam John McCain for his lack of email and computer knowledge is ridiculous, Jonah Goldberg writes in the National Review. Not only is McCain unable to type because of war injuries, but his exaggerated ignorance of the Internet pales in comparison to Obama’s inexperience... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • email • political advertising • attack ad • Election 2008 • Jonah Goldberg

Va. Court Voids Spam Law

Statute violated First Amendment rights; man who sent 10M emails daily can go free

Sep 12, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia’s anti-spam laws are unconstitutional because they prohibit behavior shielded by the First Amendment, the state’s supreme court ruled today. The ruling overturns the conviction of Jeremy Jaynes, who received the nation’s first felony spam conviction in 2004, the Richmond Times-Dispatch says. Prosecutors alleged Jaynes sent up... More »

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free speech • email • spam • First Amendment • felony • Virginia

PRODUCT REVIEW

 Gadget Checks Email—Period. 

It's light on features,
but Peek is perfect
for the non-Geek

Sep 11, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are two kinds of gadget-buyers: Feature-listers and elegance-appreciators. And, boy, will feature-listers ever hate the Peek, writes David Pogue in the New York Times. The Peek is a simple, cheap little gadget that does nothing but send and receive email. Feature-rich, it ain’t, but it may well... More »

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email • iPhone • BlackBerry • Treo • smartphones • gadget • David Pogue • Peek

Palin Emails Complain In-Law Wasn't Canned

Governor lambasted
'joke' investigation into trooper's behavior

Sep 4, 08 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin railed against the "joke" investigation of her former brother-in-law, a state trooper embroiled in a nasty custody battle with her sister, in emails sent to the ex-public safety commissioner she fired in July. “This trooper is still out on the street, in fact he's been promoted,... More »

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investigation • Alaska • email • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • firing

Northwestern Using Emails
to Combat File Sharing

Campus prefers education campaign to punishment

Aug 28, 08 8:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Northwestern University has a way to decrease peer-to-peer sharing of copyrighted files: send students emails. The system, called Be Aware You’re Uploading, delivers email notifications to active p2p users on the network, Ars Technica reports. BAYU has a successful track record of reducing p2p usage and copyright violations. It’... More »

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email • copyright • file sharing • University of Michigan • p2p • peer to peer • open source • copyright infringement • illegal downloading • Northwestern University

Obama Texts, E-Mails VP News to Supporters

Asks backers to watch rally, write 'welcome notes' to Biden

Aug 23, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(AP) - Barack Obama's choice for a running mate was texted and emailed to supporters shortly after 3am this morning, though word had leaked out to reporters a couple of hours earlier that he'd chosen Sen. Joe Biden, a veteran lawmaker from Delaware. The text message: "Barack has chosen Senator Joe... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • email • text message • running mate • Election 2008 • vice presidential candidate

Gmail Goes
Dark for 2 Hours; Email Addicts Freak

Google blames outage on internal error

Aug 12, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google's Gmail was largely inaccessible for 2 hours yesterday, as both the company and compulsive email checkers struggled to figure out what went wrong, the Los Angeles Times reports. The blackout was followed by a flurry of anxious web-chatter on the subject of the much relied-upon email service. The company... More »

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Google • email • Gmail • communication

Obama VP Pick Imminent,
Campaign Message Hints

But spokesman says it's 'just an email'

Aug 11, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama supporters got an email from campaign manager David Plouffe last night saying the senator was “about to make one of the most important decisions of this campaign—choosing a running mate,” and urging them to sign up to be the “first to know.” Will... More »

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Barack Obama • email • David Plouffe • vice presidential sweepstakes

EPA Staffers Told to Keep Quiet in Memo

Environmental experts suspect politically charged 'gag order'

Jul 29, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what some officials fear is a sign of secrecy and political meddling, an email to Environmental Protection Agency staff asked that they not answer questions from journalists, the Government Accountability Office, or its own inspector general, CNN reports. In the email, which an environmental workers’ group called a “... More »

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email • Environmental Protection Agency • secrecy • Barbara Boxer • Stephen Johnson

 Miley Spread Jams VF's Inbox 

Readers' response sets record for volume, though not for vitriol

Jul 15, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Readers really responded to Vanity Fair’s now-infamous Miley Cyrus photo spread—but not in a bad way. The 915 letters were by far a record, but editor Graydon Carter tells Women's Wear Daily he's seen much worse on the outrage scale: “They were much kinder than the letters... More »

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email • Vanity Fair • letters • photograph • Miley Cyrus • Graydon Carter • hate mail

 US Surfers Get 
 Biggest Bite of Spam 

McAfee experiment reveals how quickly e-junk proliferates and other fun stuff

Jul 2, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Internet users in the US get the most spam, security-software firm McAfee finds after a study. McAfee gave 50 people across 10 developed countries laptops and instructed them to sign up for as much stuff on the internet as possible, and to reply to every spam message. The resulting volume... More »

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Internet • fraud • email • spam • capitalism • computer security • McAfee

HP Exec Busted for Passing
IBM Secrets

Exec shared rival's confidential info with new HP bosses

Jul 2, 08 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former Hewlett-Packard vice president faces federal charges for sharing trade secrets from IBM, the Wall Street Journal reports. The exec requested confidential pricing information while he was working for IBM. Two months later, he got a job at HP and emailed the info to an HP executive, according to... More »

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email • espionage • IBM • corporate governance • federal indictment • corporate crime • Hewlett-Packard

OPINION

'Dudes Next Door' Spread Cool Via Email

Thrillist, 300K readers and growing, offers daily tips for guys

Jun 19, 08 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Binoculars that can be discreetly filled with alcohol and a giant burger that requires the use of five napkins exemplify the "dude next door" cool that Thrillist.com promises with its daily emails, Meredith Goldstein writes in the Boston Globe. The 3-year-old site has 300,000 subscribers, say its... More »

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Internet • email • men • website • thrilllist.com • Daily Candy

 Court Limits Bosses'
 Access to Staff Emails 

Landmark ruling extends constitutional protections to electronic communication

Jun 19, 08 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal court has ruled that emails and text messages on work accounts—routinely monitored by some employers—are protected by constitutional safeguards against unreasonable search and seizure. The ruling only applies to electronic communications supplied through outside servers, not internal systems. The ruling forbids service providers from handing over... More »

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email • text message • Electronic Frontier Foundation • corporate monitoring • US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals • search warrant • Jeff Quon • Arch Wireless • Stored Communications Act • Ontario Police Department • 4th Amendment

Tech Firms to Fix Monster They Created

Email, IMs keep employees available and distracted

Jun 14, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google, Microsoft, Intel, and IBM are partnering are on a new initiative to help workers distracted by emails and instant messages improve their productivity, the New York Times reports. The Information Overload Research Group, a nonprofit launching next month, will devise cultural and technological solutions to reduce the digital... More »

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Google • Microsoft • work • email • Intel • IBM • office • instant messaging • productivity

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