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Judge Orders Users' Deleted Google E-Mails Turned Over Posted by Pile (8479 views) [E-Mail link]
We've been saying for some time, if you use the free e-mail services, they're not free. You pay for them dearly with a complete compromise of your privacy and personal security. This was nowhere more poignantly illustrated than earlier this week where a federal judge ordered Google to not only turn over a user's Google G-Mail correspondence, but also the deleted messages which are also seemingly stored forever.
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Yahoo, AOL Consider Charging for E-Mail Posted by wizeGurl (9753 views) [E-Mail link]
In an attempt to "protect users from spam"--and, coincidentally, earn themselves millions of dollars and create a two-tier e-mail system--Yahoo and AOL are both considering implementing systems in which large companies and frequent commercial e-mailers pay from 1/4 cent to a cent per e-mail. In return for this fee, the mail goes straight to user inboxes, skipping the spam filters that sometimes catch even requested mailings.
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Yet Another Threat to Internet Freedom Posted by wizeGurl (8543 views) [E-Mail link]
There's a new threat to the future of communications in the United States. It pits the nation's largest cable and telephone companies against those who believe the Internet should support the free and independent flow of ideas. Broadband is the key. As more Americans switch to high-speed Internet connections, the companies that control the "pipes" are dreaming up new ways to make more money from this hunger for speed. The telco and cable giants want to split the Internet into two tiers: one for those who pay extra to be pushed to the front of the broadband stream-�and the other for everyone else.
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Bush Makes It A Crime To Annoy People Online Posted by Pile (10280 views) [E-Mail link]
It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. As is the norm these days, this nasty law was snuck into another piece of legislation (Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act) at the last minute and approved by Congress.
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Illegal Government Cookies, Anyone? Posted by wizeGurl (9411 views) [E-Mail link]
It seems that in addition to the warrentless spying that the NSA has been doing on American citizens, in clear violation of U.S. law, isn't the only way they've been keeping an eye on us. There was also the illegal cookies. In a posting on his googlewatch.org website a privacy activist, Daniel Brandt, says he discovered that the NSA was using tracking devices when he logged on to the agency website on Christmas Day. He found the site was using two persistent cookies that would not expire until 2035, well beyond the life of most computers.
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Million Dollar Home Page Idea Posted by wizeGurl (9445 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
Alex Tew, a 21-year-old student from a small town in England, is cleverer than you. And he is proving it by earning a million dollars in four months on the Internet. And, astonishingly enough, it's legal, and does not involve food items shaped vaguely like religious icons.
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eBay Can't Even Tell Which "eBay E-Mail" is Fake Posted by Pile (9453 views) [E-Mail link]
A sophisticated phishing attack has proven to be so successful, it has tricked eBay Inc.'s own fraud investigations team into endorsing it as legitimate, according to an independent security consultant who reported the attack to eBay.
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You've Got Mail! (and Herpes) Posted by Pile (9720 views) [E-Mail link]
A new web site has been launched in Los Angeles with the noble concept of allowing people to e-mail others anonymously and notify them that they may have been exposed to a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Is Overstock.com's CEO Completely Insane? Posted by Pile (12954 views) [E-Mail link]
Amidst a myriad of complaints over customer service, falling stock prices and other problems, revelations surface that Overstock.com, the online retailer that masquarades as a metaphor for an orgasm, has a CEO that may very well be a total nutjob. CEO Patrick Byrne has held calls with financial analysts in which he delved into his sexuality and experiences with cocaine, in the midst of a tirade on how a cabal led by a "Sith Lord" was out to destroy his company.
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Which Search Engine Is Most Relevent? Take the Blind Test. Posted by Pile (8577 views) [E-Mail link]
Here's an interesting process. You type in a search query, preferably something you're familiar with; the site displays un-branded results from popular search engines and you vote for which one you think is most relevant. Afterward, the results are revealed and you can see how others have voted. A nice, objective method of analyzing the usefulness of the Internet's most popular search engines.
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