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How to Avoid Becoming
a Phishing Victim

Simple precautions can keep info out of scammers' hands

Oct 7, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Phishing scams are becoming a lot more sophisticated. Unwary Internet users can easily end up with their bank account and credit card details in the hands of crooks. CNET lists the best ways to avoid becoming a victim:
  • Change passwords regularly. Experts recommend that passwords be changed every three
... More »

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email • hacker • Gmail • computer security • phishing • hacking • Hotmail

Hotmail Phishing Scam
Also Took In Gmail Users

Hotmail users not alone; scheme was 'industry-wide'

Oct 6, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hotmail users weren’t the only ones compromised in the huge phishing scheme that came to light yesterday. Another 20,000 email accounts and passwords have surfaced, bearing addresses from Gmail, Yahoo, AOL and other services, the BBC reports. Google has found a third list but hasn't detailed its contents.... More »

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Google • email • Gmail • hackers • phishing • hacking • e-mails • Hotmail

opinion

Gmail Reveals Google's Achilles' Heel: 'Arrogance'

Search giant is starting to look a lot like the companies it toppled in late 90s: Blodget

Sep 17, 09 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Henry Blodget of the Business Insider recently switched from Yahoo Mail to Gmail, mainly because Yahoo had become “buggy, inconsistent, and unreliable.” For basic functionality—and spam-blocking—Gmail performs well. But he hates the "conversation model" for email. Why? "Because I can't easily find the exact... More »

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Yahoo • Google • email • Gmail • search • Henry Blodget

ANALYSIS

Gmail Outage Means Unprecedented Googling


Sep 1, 09 7:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The outage affecting Google’s email service today sent millions to its search function, Jennifer Van Grove writes on Mashable—with so many looking for an explanation that, for a time, Gmail-related topics were 18 of the top 20 US queries. “The frenzy of Google searches on its status... More »

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technology • Google • email • Gmail • Google Trends • outage • Mashable

UPDATED

 Gmail Goes Down Again 


Sep 1, 09 4:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Google Inc.'s Gmail service got knocked offline today in a widespread outage that affected most users for a few hours this afternoon. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the disruption, which led users to get a "502" error message. Google first posted of the problem at 3:53pm... More »

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Google • Internet • email • Gmail

Hacker Sends Confidential Twitter Files to Blogs

Cyber-scoundrel also hacks Twitter CEO's Gmail, Paypal accounts

Jul 15, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A hacker who gained access to a Twitter administrative account two months ago has been sending confidential files to bloggers, InformationWeek reports. Most of the documents sent to blogs such as TechCrunch have been only mildly embarrassing internal correspondence, but some contain security passwords. The hacker, who goes by “... More »

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hacker • Gmail • computer security • cybercrime • passwords • Amazon • Twitter • Evan Williams

PROFILE

 Google Exec 
 Reinvents 
 Geek Chic 



Marissa Mayer can't be compartmentalized

Jul 15, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Marissa Mayer is Google’s 20th—or maybe 16th—employee, responsible for such household names as Gmail and Google Maps. But the 34-year-old exec is also addicted to cheese and Oscar de la Renta, and carries an iPhone “to have a non-Google product to better simulate the user,”... More »

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Google • Stanford • Silicon Valley • Gmail • Oscar de la Renta • Google Maps • Marissa Mayer • designer fashion • Omega De Ville • Zack Bogue

(Newser) - Google’s latest project, a Web-based lightweight OS to rival Windows, sounds pretty cool at first. “But that’s why you should be worried,” writes David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times. The search giant has simply become too powerful for comfort. “Google accounts for an... More »

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Google • YouTube • Microsoft • Gmail • monopoly • operating system • computer • Google Chrome OS • Google Docs

(Newser) - For all the iPhone’s bells and whistles, it doesn’t mesh well with Gmail. While users of Palm Pre and Android smartphones get instant “push” notification of new email, iPhone users have to manually “pull” messages off Google’s server. A simple new app may finally bring... More »

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Google • email • iPhone • Apple • Gmail • application • smartphones • App Store • email push

 Gmail Adds 'Undo Send' Option 

New feature lets users email in haste, then repent in 5 seconds

Mar 20, 09 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anybody who's ever been gripped by regret seconds after hitting "Send" will like Gmail's new feature, Wired reports. "Undo Send" gives users a grace period—currently 5 seconds, although future updates will provide the option for 10 seconds—in which they can yank back emails that are being... More »

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Google • email • Gmail • Google Mail Goggles

 Google Brings Gmail Offline 

Offline and 'flaky' modes rolled out to win over business users

Jan 28, 09 5:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Google has rolled out an offline service for Gmail in a bid to woo business users, CNET reports. The system lets users read, write, and search emails in their browsers even when they’re not connected to the Internet. Messages are sent and retrieved again once network access is restored.... More »

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Google • email • Google Gears • Gmail • offline • offline web applications

 Google Goggles: Necessary 

Mail Goggles meant to help prevent you writing missives you'll regret

Oct 19, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - With drunk-dialing evolving at the speed of technology, people need an updated version of that friend who grabs your phone and says, "Dude, don't call her." But, asks Alex Williams in a look at Google's Mail Goggles in the New York Times, "Are we becoming so tethered... More »

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Google • email • Gmail • drinking • drunk • Google Mail Goggles

 Google Helps Curb 
 Boozy Screeds 

Mail Goggles works late on the weekend to make drunken email tougher to get to

Oct 7, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you've ever, after a few drinks, sent an email you later regretted, Google's got a gadget for you, InformationWeek reports. Mail Goggles, a play on those beer goggles that make you see (and think) fuzzy, activates late night on weekends “to verify you're in the right state of... More »

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Google • email • beer • Gmail • drinking • Google Mail Goggles

GLOSSIES

This Xoogler Might Be the
Next Bill Gates

Former Googlers make ever-widening waves
across Silicon Valley

Oct 4, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the past few years, Google has lost some serious firepower to the startup frontier, Luke Dittrich writes in Esquire. With self-styled Xooglers  providing the brain power not only for two dozen or so startups, but for the venture-capital firms that fund them, it’s likely “the next big... More »

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Google • YouTube • Silicon Valley • Gmail • venture capital • Internet startups • venture capitalists • Esquire

AOL Brings in Outside Help With Homepage Redesign

Gmail, Facebook will be accessible from firm's web portal

Sep 10, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - AOL is overhauling its portal page, incorporating third-party email services and social-networking sites into AOL.com, paidContent reports. The redesigned site allows users to perform global status updates, so a message sent from AOL would show up on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and more; users will also be able to view... More »

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social networking • Internet • AOL • MySpace • Facebook • Gmail • Bebo • Yahoo Mail • web portal • Twitter

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

it's april 1

Google Gets
Into the Spirit

Search engine
pranks users with email time machine, mission to Mars

Apr 1, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google continued a time-honored tradition of April Fools’ Day pranks today with foolish new email features and a mission to Mars, cNet reports. Gmail users found a new feature, “Custom Time,” which would allow emails to be sent back in time. And not to worry in case of... More »

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Google • Mars • Gmail • prank • April Fools' Day • Rickroll

Gmail Spam Doubles, Duping Junk Blocker

Program touted to tell real email from spam 'defeated'

Mar 10, 08 7:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spammers doubled junk mail from Gmail accounts last month and all but iced a touted spam-blocker, PC World reports. Gmail junk rose from 1.3% to 2.6% of all spam in February, overwhelming the company's CAPTCHA programs with spam from multiple accounts. "It's only a matter of time... More »

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Google • spam • Gmail • CAPTCHAs • junk mail

Google: Spammers Throwing in Virtual Towel

But others say number of junk messages increasing

Nov 29, 07 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Emailers have been hitting the “Delete” button for years, but spammers may be just now taking the hint, Google says. The tech giant isn’t releasing specifics, but it insists that the number of junk emails sent out has leveled off and could even be dropping for the first... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • email • spam • Gmail • virus • disposable email addresses

How to Survive the Email Onslaught

Salon surveys advice for those losing the battle with their deluged inboxes

Jul 13, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A spate of new survival manuals is addressing the problem of swamped inboxes, writes Salon's Scott Rosenberg. But how does one navigate through the sea of attachments, spam, and forwarded off-color jokes? Most experts agree on striving for emptiness: delete ruthlessly. More »

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Google • Internet • email • Gmail • inbox • web • World Wide Web • computer • etiquette

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