Tech 16 hours ago US takes top spot in spam distribution Educators have expressed concern about Americans falling behind in tech fields, but at least there is one area in which the United States is still firmly on top.
Tech 16 hours ago Google tries to make it easier for Gmail users to find important information with 'Inbox' Google is introducing an application designed to make it easier for its Gmail users to find and manage important information that can often become buried in their inboxes.
Tech 16 hours ago Personalization is collapsing the Web We all like to feel as if we're being personally catered to, that someone understands and cares about our needs.
Tech 16 hours ago Google fights for right to read your private emails Google attorneys argued in a California court Thursday that the company needs to systematically read every email sent through its mail system. Scanning email is simply part of the business.
Tech 16 hours ago Google integrates Google+ with Gmail, making it easier for anyone to email you A new feature on Google’s email service makes it easy for people who don’t know you and don’t have your email address to get in touch -- and privacy advocates call it a worrying development.
Tech 16 hours ago Rise of Snapchat: Do you want an erasable Internet? Do we want to live on that Erasable Internet, the Snapchat Internet, instead of the Internet built by Facebook and Google?
Tech 16 hours ago Users hate Yahoo's 'gorgeous' new look, call it 'Gmail knock-off' Yahooligans are yodeling in rage over the broken features and unfamiliar interface that came with a significant new redesign to the Yahoo email service -- a look that many are dismissing as Gmail knockoff.
Tech 16 hours ago 'I've never sent an email, and I never will' MLB commissioner Bud Selig says The commissioner of one of the world's biggest sporting organizations says he has never learned how to send an email.
Tech 16 hours ago US refuses to sign UN Internet regulations The United States will refuse to sign a U.N. resolution calling for regulation of the Internet despite the measure winning the support of other countries participating in a summit on the issue, the American ambassador to the summit said Thursday.
Tech 16 hours ago Yahoo ads spread CryptoWall ransomware Getting malware on your computer can be devastating, but at least it's usually easy to avoid — unless, of course, popular sites are spreading it via legitimate advertisements.
Tech 16 hours ago China moves to tighten control over mobile information sharing In the cat-and-mouse game of free flow and control of information, China has made its move against the latest information-sharing technology.
Tech 16 hours ago IRS email snafu ‘mind-boggling,’ says IT expert The IRS’s inability to locate a trove of emails belonging to Lois Lerner, the former official at the center of department’s targeting scandal is “mind-boggling”, according to an expert in electronic discovery.
Tech 16 hours ago Yahoo! users hate latest email change Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s latest peace offering to angry users of the company’s popular email service is getting a big, fat thumbs down.
Tech 16 hours ago NSA efforts to crack encryption 'betrayed Internet,' expert says Experts on privacy and Internet security have blasted the National Security Agency over reports it has secretly been working with the British government to crack encryption technology that billions of Internet users rely upon to keep their electronic messages and confidential data secure.
Tech 16 hours ago New Yahoo logo looks remarkably like old Yahoo logo Yahoo has adopted a new logo for the first time since shortly after the Internet company's founding 18 years ago.
Tech 16 hours ago Let’s hope this isn’t the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch A set of pictures said to show a prototype version of the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch have been published online, leading us to hope it looks very different when it's officially announced on September 4.
Tech 16 hours ago Facebook testing 'pay to message' feature Facebook is overhauling its in-house messaging system, including a test that will allow some users to ping people they’re not friends with -- if they’re willing to spend a dollar.
Tech 16 hours ago Startup crowdfunds $416,000 to take on NSA spying An MIT spinoff based out of the Cambridge Innovation Center is seeing big demand for its ultra-encrypted email service designed to keep the NSA's eyes out of your inbox.
Tech 16 hours ago Hackers hit Yahoo email accounts, steal passwords Usernames and passwords of some of Yahoo's email customers have been stolen and used to gather personal information about people they have recently corresponded with.
Tech 16 hours ago Japan to launch Internet ‘fasting camps’ for half a million Web-addicted students According to a recent study by the country's Health Ministry, Japan appears to have more than its fair share of Internet addicts among its youth population, an issue the government intends to tackle with the launch of Internet 'fasting camps'.
Tech 16 hours ago Fake Michelle Obama sends out scam emails A crudely written email that claims to come from the American first lady invites recipients to collect their supposed shares from a "scam victims' compensation fund" -- just $260.
Tech 16 hours ago Should you give up e-mail? The cyberattacks never stop. The White House recently acknowledged that one of its own networks was the target of hackers and very nearly breached. Is e-mail the problem?
Tech 16 hours ago Tech Q&A: Privacy, email scams, increased storage and more Want to know how to keep your browsing private, identify email scams and increase your storage? Then read this column.