Tag: email
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 21-Aug-07: iTunes, Japan, email, iPhones, Bjork
– A church in Florida is boosting numbers with free iTunes giveaways (Engadget)
– The Japanese government hopes to replace the internet by 2020 (Slashdot)…
September storm of spam coming, targeting students
There’ll be a 40 per cent increase in email spam in September, thanks to spammers perfecting their new techniques, and things are only going to get worse according to the email security firm SoftScan.
They believe that many spammers will target students returning to colleges and universities, because they have the potential to connect unprotected laptops to large, fast, educational networks which may themselves be poorly secured.
SoftScan say that a typical student’s surfing habits — careless use of the Net, including spending a long time in chat rooms and playing online games — makes them the perfect target. Their shiny new laptop may already be part of a “botnet” before being connected to a college’s network.
George W Bush parody spam email is one welcome piece of spam mail
Does George W Bush know how to turn on a computer, let alone write a spam email? I think not. Nonetheless, this parody spam email is a hilarious take on the Nigerian spam mail every and their pet golden retriever receives every day, regardless of how many freakin’ spam filters you’ve set up on your email account…
Opinion: Stamp out striking posties with email
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
For those outside the UK, the reason for this rant won’t mean much but the wider implications affect us all wherever we live. We’re currently in the grip of a nationwide wildcat postal strike in Britain and it’s started to get me more steamed up than that kettle you use to open your partner’s letters.
And it got me thinking, what’s the point of post anyway now we have email. I’ve had a pile of stamps sitting on my desk for months.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for workers rights, fair pay for a fair day and all that, and I love my new postie, he’s very friendly and helpful. But the sooner everyone switches over to electronic delivery and snail mail dies off, the better life will be…
Playboy is planning emails with integrated video!
Happy party time company Playboy (do your own image research) is partnering with online communication specialist Email Reaction, to create email marketing for Playboy TV UK.
Apple insider reveals iPhone's secrets
Actually, there are plenty of ‘insiders’ coming out of the woodwork to spill the beans on how iPhone performs – probably more insiders than there are actual Apple employees.
SpinVox launches Voice-to-Screen messaging for BlackBerry
SpinVox has announced that its Voice-to-Screen messaging service is to be available on BlackBerry devices.
BlackBerry users will now be able to receive their voicemail messages as email direct to their phone. They’ll be able to see who called and what the message was, and be given the option to send a quick reply.
Yahoo! to offer unlimited mail storage
In a first for a web-based email service (unless you know different), Yahoo! is to offer unlimited email storage to all of its users. It comes as Yahoo! reaches the ripe old age of 10. That's a long time online….
Euro bureaucracy requires companies to put complete info on their emails and websites
A new European law came into effect on January 1st that requires all UK companies to put a host of information on their web sites and email signatures, or else face hefty fines for breaching the "Companies Act". Email and…
Hotmail is 10 this month
Yes it's another web birthday: Hotmail is 10 years old this month! Woo-hoo… Officially launched by entrepreneurs Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith in November 1996, it has become the most used web-based email service on the planet. As seems fitting…
