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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
RIM's BlackBerry outage draws Gartner criticism Canada's wireless darling apologizes for incident, which left customers without e-mail for three hours on Monday, but that might not be good enough. A consultant recommends changing devices
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Making e-mail list management easier I’ve been thinking about the problems we have in maintaining the mail list for the Gibbs Irregulars (a list of readers I poll for their thoughts — send a message to lists@gibbs.com with the subject “subscribe gibbsirregulars”). We had started out using Excel to track addresses but even a small list becomes a management nightmare. We had two choices: Move the list to a hosted service or run it locally using software designed for the job.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
E-mail attacks target unpatched Word hole Antivirus companies and the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) issued a warning Friday about sophisticated e-mail attacks that are using a previously unknown hole in Microsoft Word to infiltrate corporate networks.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Woman pleads guilty in porn spam case A New Hampshire woman has pleaded guilty to spam-related charges in connection with a pornographic e-mail operation, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Fee-based e-mail plan raises eyebrows A plan from Yahoo Inc. and America Online Inc. (AOL) to adopt an e-mail certification system that charges mass mailers a per-message fee is stirring concern in the market.
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Antivirus companies warn about Bagle.AG threat Network administrators returning to work after the weekend can enjoy a fresh Bagle with their coffee — and no, it's not that kind of bagel. On Monday, antivirus companies warned of another virulent new version of the Bagle e-mail worm, dubbed Bagle.AG.
Thursday, March 25, 2004
New Bagel.U a virus of few words Antivirus software companies are again warning e-mail users about a new version of the popular Bagel virus, which is spreading on the Internet through infected e-mail messages and targeting machines running the Microsoft Corp. Windows operating system.
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Sober virus in the wild but slow-moving An e-mail-borne virus that apparently originated in Germany is in the wild but has not yet spread widely or affected many users, an antivirus researcher said Monday.
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Sobig's success prompts calls for secure e-mail In the wake of Sobig-F's attack, security experts uniformly credited the worm's sophisticated design for much of its success. However, the sheer magnitude of Sobig's attack led to questions about whether the Internet's current e-mail infrastructure is making things too easy for virus writers and spammers.
Monday, August 25, 2003
Opportunism, spam behind new worms A widespread and dangerous Microsoft Corp. Windows vulnerability, spam e-mail messages and human frailty combined in recent weeks to produce a flood of new Internet worm attacks, according to experts at leading antivirus and e-mail security companies.
Friday, July 11, 2003
The essential elements of e-mail A good e-mail message will communicate your thoughts quickly, clearly and concisely, says Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts, author of Business Writing for Dummies. Lindsell-Roberts shared her tips for effective e-mailing during a recent seminar.
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
New Microsoft support worm very unhelpful A new mass mailing e-mail worm is spreading on the Internet, masking itself as a message from Microsoft Corp.'s support organization. 
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Fizzer worm may be fizzling Almost a week after it first appeared on the Internet, the Fizzer worm appears to be losing momentum, but experts disagree on whether or not the new computer virus has peaked.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
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Sunday, March 03, 2002
Hardware glitch knocks Yahoo Groups offline Yahoo Groups, the community message board hosted by Yahoo Inc., remained inaccessible to users late Monday afternoon after a hardware glitch knocked the free service offline for much of the day.
Friday, June 08, 2001
Cable & Wireless severs Web connections Major Internet trunks were severed this month when ISP (Internet service provider) Cable & Wireless PLC pulled the plug on a peering arrangement with fellow service provider PSINet Inc., leaving many companies unable to send e-mail or see Web sites.
Thursday, December 16, 1999
AVT unites messaging platforms Unified messaging systems can be a time-saver for wearied travellers who need to keep on top of their messages and for busy employees who don’t have time to run around the office doing simple tasks such as faxing, according to users.
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