Archive for June, 2006

College Web Mail to drop ‘k’ from domain name

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

By John Savage, Staff Writer
Big changes are in store for the OCCC Web Mail services, according to www. occc.edu.
The college is in the process of changing its domain name from okccc.edu to occc.edu.
Students and faculty will have to adjust by typing the right domain name at the end of their e-mail.
Instead of […]

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Gmail vs Windows Live Mail vs Yahoo Mail betas

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

WE HAVE BEEN trialling the various beta programmes from the main online mail-behemoths since their respective inceptions.
In fact, we have been unfortunate enough to have to use each one daily and today we’re going to take a quick look at each service, comparing and contrasting each product’s offerings.
Yahoo! Mail beta
The original Yahoo Mail web-based […]

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Spam attacks over 13m UK home computers every day

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

uSwitch.com warns that millions of household computers could be damaged by spam emails unless simple precautions such as filters and fire walls are put in place.
The UK is officially internet crazy with 15.5 million homes now hooked up to the World Wide Web. However, uSwitch.com reveals that this internet explosion exposes 13.2 million homes […]

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Research Determines Sender ID Ineffective Against Spam

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Despite a renewed and aggressive PR campaign by Microsoft, statistical analysis demonstrates that “Sender ID” is ineffective as an anti-spam solution.
Ann Arbor, Michigan (PRWEB) June 20, 2006 –- OnlyMyEmail, Inc. (www.OnlyMyEmail.com). Despite a renewed and aggressive PR campaign by Microsoft, statistical analysis demonstrates that “Sender ID” is ineffective as an anti-spam solution.
Research conducted by OnlyMyEmail, […]

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McAfee answers Microsoft’s OneCare challenge

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Wolfgang Gruener
June 16, 2006 12:08
Santa Clara (CA) - Microsoft’s recent release of the Windows Live OneCare security offering has reset the rules of the security software business: Traditional security software developers are forced to upgrade their products. McAfee is among the first to answer with a beta version of its next-gen security suite that addresses […]

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Bill Gates Exit: What You Need to Know

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

By Robyn Peterson
As Bill Gates announced his plan to resign from his role as chief software architect at Microsoft in 2008, tears rolled down his cheeks. What does it all mean? Our expert team of reporters and analysts went to work, on the phones and inside their heads, and delivered news, analysis and […]

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Schools lose bid to spam filter

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Cobb County filter blocks telco’s eMail
By Robert Brumfield, Assistant Editor advertisement
A telecommunications executive claims a Cobb County School District spam filter cost the district the chance to save $250,000 a year in telephone service. After the filter blocked Mike Russell’s response to a request for more information about his bid for services, Russell was disqualified […]

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Spam filter objects to building erection

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

By Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK
02 June 2006 12:29 PM
E-mail filtering is a tricky balancing act, especially when dealing with subjects such as ‘erections’, as a UK regional council’s planning department found out.
An errant e-mail filter caused Rochdale Council to ignore an objection to a planning application because it contained the word “erection”.
Ray Kennedy of […]

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CYIOS Corporation Announces SPAMfighter Partnership

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

Friday May 5, 10:25 am ET
WASHINGTON, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CYIOS Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CYIO - News) announced today it has completed an agreement with SPAMfighter for spam control integration and customization within XO Office along with cross-marketing opportunities between the companies.
In our agreement, SPAMfighter will collaborate with CYIOS in the development of […]

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Comodo Personal Firewall 2.0

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

This sharp-looking free personal firewall outperforms many you’d pay for.
Neil J. Rubenking - PC Magazine
May 30
Last summer, PC Magazine rounded up free personal firewall products from Agnitum, Kerio, Sygate, and Zone Labs. (Symantec has since purchased Sygate and pulled it from the market; Sunbelt has purchased and rebranded the Kerio product.) They all […]

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