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Fans Swoon as Steve Jobs Returns Emails

Apple world abuzz after CEO answers customer queries

(Newser) - At least a dozen Apple customers have been stunned to find themselves the recipients of emails from Steve Jobs himself over the last few weeks. The ultra-succinct replies (ranging from "no" to "yep" to "Software fix coming soon. Sorry for the bug.") sent by the...

How to Stop Annoying Email Forwards
How to Stop Annoying
Email Forwards
Mar 19, 2010 1:57 PM CDT

How to Stop Annoying Email Forwards

StopForwarding.com a blunt, yet effective tool

(Newser) - Mass email forwards can quickly cross the line from amusing distraction to unwanted annoyance. If you care deeply about stopping someone you know from sending borderline -spam, you might be bold enough to try stopforwarding.com . The website sends a curt, anonymous email informing the person that a friend has...

Porn Star to Post Tiger Emails
 Porn Star to Post Tiger Emails 
will it ever end?
Mar 19, 2010 10:38 AM CDT

Porn Star to Post Tiger Emails

Joslyn James explains reasoning behind Woods website

(Newser) - Oh, she’s not done: Joslyn James is releasing even more evidence of her affair with Tiger Woods on her website today. This time, the porn star will release emails detailing how a good friend of Woods—who also allegedly coordinated a meeting between Tiger and mistress No. 1, Rachel...

Emails: Ensign Pulled Strings for Lover's Husband

Evidence mounts that Ensign may have crossed ethics lines

(Newser) - John Ensign tried to get a Las Vegas energy firm to hire his lover's husband as a lobbyist, according to new emails making the rounds at the FBI and a Senate ethics panel. The emails, which a source passed off to the New York Times , represent the first written evidence...

Racist Email About First Lady Stings Tenn. Exec

Hospitality official forwards comparison of Michelle Obama and chimp

(Newser) - A Tennessee tourism executive is backtracking after forwarding an email that compared Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee. Tennessee Hospitality Association CEO Walt Baker has apologized to "anyone who is offended by this action" and "the people of Tennessee, and to anybody that has either seen or been affected...

Iran Says It's Banning Gmail
 Iran Says It's Banning Gmail 
Feb 10, 2010 3:56 PM CST

Iran Says It's Banning Gmail

Tehran promises to unroll national email service instead

(Newser) - Iran today declared a "permanent suspension" of Google's Gmail service. It's not yet clear if the regime has the technical ability to block Gmail, or if the ban is merely a bellicose threat. Tehran's telecommunications agency said a national email service for Iranians would soon be set up to...

Facebook-Style 'News Feed' Coming to Gmail

Google attempts to make email service more social

(Newser) - Google is planning a new social networking feature for Gmail that allows users to see a feed of status updates and other information from their friends. The feature, which could be rolled out this week, will add a window to Gmail that displays a rolling count of the away messages...

Facebook's New Email Client: 'Gmail Killer'

'Project Titan' overhaul of messaging function has insiders abuzz

(Newser) - Facebook plans to replace its clunky old messaging system with a fully featured e-mail platform in the hopes of taking down the biggest players in the market. The project’s official internal name is Project Titan, sources tell Michael Arrington of TechCrunch , but unofficially they’re calling it “the...

Best Airfare Deals Are Now Tweeted, Emailed

Airlines ramp up discounts in promotional offers

(Newser) - The latest airfare deals aren't online or at travel agencies—they're targeted promotional fares, being emailed and tweeted to customers who sign up to receive them or who enroll in frequent-flier programs. These under-the-radar offers, an inexpensive form of advertising increasingly popular with recession-battered airlines, range from 10% discounts to...

20 Resolutions You Can Actually Achieve
 20 Resolutions You 
 Can Actually Achieve 
new year's do-over
Jan 17, 2010 5:00 AM CST

20 Resolutions You Can Actually Achieve

Breaking down large goals makes them more realistic

(Newser) - New Year’s resolutions to lose 20 pounds, clean out all your closets, and cut your grocery budget in half not quite working out? That’s likely because your goals are too large. Here are 20 tasks you can accomplish, all of which are “no more challenging than reaching...

BlackBerry Email Restored After 8-Hour Outage

Problem with IM software at fault, RIM urges upgrade

(Newser) - BlackBerry email service in North America was restored this morning following its second outage in less than a week. Research In Motion said the root cause of the 8-hour lapse is still under review, but a flaw in two recently released versions of its BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging software appears...

80-Year-Old Granny Twitters by Fax

 80-Year-Old Granny 
 Twitters by Fax 
who needs a computer?
Dec 18, 2009 11:10 AM CST

80-Year-Old Granny Twitters by Fax

Dorothy Miller says the Celery system is 'so much fun'

(Newser) - To anyone who wrote off fax machines as so 1994: Turns out they're a pretty decent stand-in for a computer, at least for an 80-year-old grandmother who uses a new system developed specifically for seniors to post on Twitter—by fax. Dorothy Miller tells The Frisky the Celery system is...

Climate Emails Don't Prove Warming Is a Fraud
Climate Emails Don't Prove Warming
Is a Fraud
EUGENE ROBINSON
Nov 27, 2009 9:55 AM CST

Climate Emails Don't Prove Warming Is a Fraud

But they do damage credibility of scientists

(Newser) - The leaked climate change emails are “damning” and dangerous to the deadly serious inquiry into the state of our planet, Eugene Robinson writes. It’s not that the science is bad—“If I'm wrong, somebody ought to tell the polar ice caps that they're free to stop melting”...

Climate Skeptics: Hacked Emails Prove We're Right

Scientist talks about adding a 'trick' to graph

(Newser) - Hackers have gotten their hands on a trove of emails from leading climate scientists, and global warming skeptics are rejoicing. They say the emails prove the crisis is overblown and are crowing about one in particular, from 1999, in which a scientist plans to add a "trick" to a...

Hasan Asked Cleric When Jihad Was OK
Hasan Asked Cleric When Jihad Was OK
Nov 20, 2009 12:36 PM CST

Hasan Asked Cleric When Jihad Was OK

'I can't wait to join you' in the afterlife, accused shooter wrote in email

(Newser) - Before he allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood, Nidal Hasan told a radical Islamic cleric that he couldn’t wait to drink nonalcoholic wine with him in the afterlife, according to one US official. Hasan exchanged 18 emails with Anwar al-Awlaki, who authorities believe is an al-Qaeda recruiter. In them,...

Google Wave Too Bloated, Complicated
Google Wave Too Bloated, Complicated
Tech Review
Oct 14, 2009 11:13 AM CDT

Google Wave Too Bloated, Complicated

And its much-touted live-typing turns out to be a nightmare

(Newser) - Google Wave, the long-awaited chat/email/collaboration doohickey, is ambitious and sturdy, and packed with bells and whistles… and Twitter kicks its butt. See, Twitter’s main feature is simplicity, writes Farhad Manjoo on Slate, but Wave asks the world of users. It tries to replace email with “an entirely alien...

Facebook, Twitter Will Kill Email ... Maybe
Facebook, Twitter Will Kill Email ... Maybe
OPINION
Oct 12, 2009 3:59 PM CDT

Facebook, Twitter Will Kill Email ... Maybe

Social networking sites have their place, but so does predecessor

(Newser) - Email’s had a good run, but its day is done, according to Jessica Vascellaro of the Wall Street Journal. Email is an outdated form of communication, better suited to a time when we logged online and off, she argues. Now that we’re always connected, Twitter and Facebook are...

Yahoo Gave Iran Names of Dissidents: Blogger

Reportedly met with officials after Yahoo.com was shut down

(Newser) - A ZDNet blogger says Yahoo gave up the names and emails of 200,000 Iranian subscribers so the government would lift its block of the site during post-election violence. Yahoo turned over information on all Iranian users who publish blogs, writes Richard Korman, citing anonymous sources and a blog post...

Alaska Democrats Complain of Palin Email Cover-Up

Year-old requests still unfilled

(Newser) - Democrats have been waiting more than a year for officials to release the thousands of Sarah Palin’s emails, and they’re starting to get suspicious. “I think they’re hiding something, I think this is a travesty of justice,” says the state’s Democratic Party chairwoman. “...

How to Avoid Becoming a Phishing Victim

Simple precautions can keep info out of scammers' hands

(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 months
...

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