Like we always say make sure you are very cautious of what you are replying to online via your email or even on websites. On June 6th this month a small group of hackers managed to gain access to a pay day advance company’s user data. Since the data the hackers gained access to had…
This past week Google reported that they have seen a number of state sponsored attacks on Gmail accounts. These attacks are meant to allow the hackers access to a users email account and any information they can find in it.
Google reports that the latest attempts at hacking the site is from Internet Explorer holes in…
Google is now making some updates to their popular email system. Gmail now offers increased spam blocking protection. Historically Gmail has had a reasonable amount of spam protection and only allowed in items that the user normally signed up for. Gmail's new Spam system is going to deliver emails marked as spam (that fail their…
A new study out is showing that you are far more likely to get a virus emailed to you in the morning hours than any other time of day. Many users around the world login to their computers first thing in the morning and review any emails they may have missed during the evening as…
That’s right, scammers are out in full force to steal anyone's credit card information they can get their hands on. The sad thing is most times, including this attempt, consumers freely but unknowingly give the information to them with little to no hesitation.
Hitting just after Christmas is over is an email scam that is targeting…
After months of delay, Google this week will let people use Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar even when they're offline, a key feature for making the company's cloud-computing vision more practical.
Gmail Offline is a separate Web App that runs only in Chrome for now. It stores about three to seven days' worth of…
For the past 7 months Yahoo has been busy working hard on improving the way their e-mailing services are setup claiming to be two times faster than before. Email messages and attachments come and go at high speed so no more waiting 10+ minutes to send/receive email. With the latest new and improved spam protection Yahoo Mail…
Most of us have experienced grazing the touchpad on our laptop as we are typing up a long story, then looking up at your screen and realize that the cursor has jumped around several times. Yes it is very frustrating and there is a easy fix for it. Touchfreeze is a free open-source utility that…
This great adware removal tool named (Ad-Aware) just added Outlook email scanning and live download verification, and a rootkit removal system to its standard scans for infected files. If you are like me and leave your Outlook open all day during your work day or while at home, Ad-Aware 8.2 will monitor your emails as…
Microsoft's super popular mail client Outlook will now have some new integration with social networking sites. For all you Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and LinkedIn junkies, you can now read those precious updates right from Outlook. "The Outlook Connector brings together communications, history, contact information, and professional and social networking information into the Outlook experience," Microsoft…
As most of you have come to discover, email is the lifeline we all cling to.
But what do you do when you buy a new system, or change computers and you need your email. Well, if you have a web based email account such hotmail or yahoo, those accounts are web based and reside on a…
Software giant Microsoft releases yet another version of its email software known as Microsoft Exchange, with some key new features and functionality. Microsoft claims this is hands down, its best release since the Exchange products have released. Ranging from cost savings, to productivity increases, the newly designed package is setting the bar high in the…