Emails

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Proof Amazon’s Going To Sell A Shitload Of New Kindles

7:24AM September 29, 2011 | Sam Biddle

This email from my mother, just now. She’s never expressed interest in a table of any kind, ever before. She’s extremely smart, but not so interested in tech. Well, she sure is now. And there are millions like her. More »

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Yahoo (Accidentally?) Blocked Emails About Wall Street Protests

6:34AM September 21, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Wall Street has been a mess of bodies and police for the past few days as Occupy Wall Street protests have clogged up lower Manhattan. But there were some congestion problems online too, as Yahoo was reportedly blocking emails attempting to organise the gathering. More »

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How Researchers Stole Emails From Fortune 500 Companies

12:40AM September 10, 2011 | Kim Zetter - Wired

Two researchers who set up doppelganger domains to mimic legitimate domains belonging to Fortune 500 companies say they managed to vacuum up 20 gigabytes of misaddressed email over six months. More »

News

Carol Bartz: I’ve Been Fired As CEO Of Yahoo

9:36AM September 7, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Carol Bartz just confirmed she’s been fired from her position as CEO of Yahoo. The short announcement was sent via email from her iPad. More »

Geek Out

The Cleverest Holiday Auto-Reply Email I’ve Seen

9:00AM September 2, 2011 | Casey Chan

How many times have you seen the generic auto-reply email that says “Hi, I’m going on holidays with limited access to email and won’t be able to respond to your message. Please contact such and such.” You know damn well they’re lying. More »

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Tim Cook’s Battle Cry Email

9:40AM August 31, 2011 | Robertobaldwin

Pundits and investors keep whining that Tim Cook isn’t Steve Jobs and that Apple’s doomed, blah blah blah. More »

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Brash Android Emails Could Prove Very Costly For Google

7:45AM August 8, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Who needs a “a hostile, organised campaign” to hamper Android? Google’s own internal documents, now seemingly pivotal in its intellectual property court case with Oracle, are doing the job quite well already. More »

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Read Sarah Palin’s Emails Like It’s Your Own Inbox

12:21AM June 16, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Have any interest in reading over 14,000 emails from then-Governor Sarah Palin’s personal account? What, don’t you want to find out what wine spritzer she liked to pair with moose nuggets? This fully searchable “inbox” makes Palin’s inbox yours. More »

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Palin’s Emails Released In Most Appropriately Stupid Manner Possible

10:42AM June 11, 2011 | Michael Zhao

You’ve probably heard that the Alaskan government decided to release Sarah Palin’s emails from her stint as governor. What you might not know is that they released all 24,199 emails exclusively in 113kg bundles of ink and pulp. More »

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How Many Spam Mails Does It Take To Sell $US100 Of Viagra?

3:40AM May 27, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

12.5 million. It’s a staggering number to just get a ridiculous $US100. Unfortunately, it’s worth it for the spammers – billions of mails are sent every day by zombie computers all around the world. Fortunately, there may be a simple solution. More »