Gmail the number one spam resource
The problem with email is spam, well actually its spammers. But with all of security features that have been installed on our computers and what the email hosting companies have put into their systems, why does spam keep getting through?
It is a question of where it comes from. Gmail as it comes from Google is [...]
Google works for CIA
As if Google did not control enough things, it seems that they have been recruited to help out the CIA and other security services to help them better understand how to process and share the information that these services appear to accumulate.
In order to get one step ahead of the people that they are [...]
Rogue servers on the rise
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Google have been working on a paper that looks into the rise of the rogue server; these are servers that reroute internet users whose computer has been infected to websites whose sole intention is that of fraud.
These servers which are known as servers that lie, are or [...]
Just what can you do with Google maps?
Believe it or not, some people who use computers and the internet do actually get stuck where surfing, they run out of things to do and so end up figuring out alternative things to look for. One such new idea is using Google maps, but what exactly can you find on the internet using Google [...]
February 1, 2008The Times is a spammer
It seems that News Corp could be making some news of its own, with The Sun and The Times being the headline news, as both of these established titles have been implicated in a spamming scam.
By employing a search engine management company both these titles entrusted their reputations in a hope that they would be [...]
Virus creator takes on Google
The man, who is credited with creating the first computer virus Rick Skrenta, is working on a project that he believes will bring Google to their knees. But taking on worlds top search engine at their own game is not going to be an easy task, so why would think that he even stands a [...]
December 27, 2007Yahoo Mail beats Gmail
There has been free email around for virtually all the time that the internet has been in existence. By far the most famous is the Microsoft creation of Hotmail, followed by Yahoo and Google. It was expected to be the battle to end all battles and at first Google’s gmail had cornered the market simply [...]
December 21, 2007Yahoo guilty of Copyright infringements
It seems that Yahoo China is in breach of some copyright laws, which involve the Yahoo China music search and concerns deep linking to sites that offer pirated music.
The Yahoo China is not wholly owned by Yahoo itself, but still the site has been reported to the authorities in China and even a court in [...]
Gmail offers colour coding
There was a time when email was just a message, but these days an email account means so much more than just a way of sending simple messages.
Gmail from Google have changed the way that people use email and what users want from email, in some ways this is great, but there is the possibility [...]
Are Spammers giving up?
The Chief of Spam at Google thinks so, and the reason that he gives is, that the fight against Spam is getting better and the anti Spam precautions are catching more Spam before it gets through.
Of course naturally Google are not giving away any of the figures, but they are only talking about their own [...]