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Microsoft has taken off the wraps for its new MSN site and is offering a preview. Microsoft is also offering free Hotmail email with 5 GB of storage plus some additional features that Microsoft has stated users wanted. For instance, the new site appears to be less cluttered than the older MSN site is. Users [...]

The FBI is warning social networking site users of the potential of having their accounts compromised. It seems that the bad guys are now scamming users out of their account information which they can use to attack your computer. The scams usually starts with a spam message that an unsuspecting user responds to and then [...]

It is being reported that the email that was sent in error containing customer information for some 1,300 customers, was not viewed by the Gmail user who received it. So after court orders, Google intervention and a lot of discussion on the Internet, this is finally being put to rest.
According to the latest article on [...]

Over at the Gmail blog they have announced that the ability to import mail and contacts will now work with older accounts and not just new Gmail accounts. The blog site provides the following information:
A few months ago, we added the ability to import your old mail and contacts to Gmail. We made this feature [...]

Over at the Twitter blog they are denying rumors that they have settled a lawsuit brought by Tony LaRussa. In fact the folks at Twitter have stated that they will successfully win the lawsuit against them. They cite the fact they their policies protect those who join Twitter. But they go on to state that [...]

I just finished reading an interesting article in which the writer claims that Microsoft has made a mistake in how they are controlling the behavior of UAC. UAC = User Account Control which was first introduced in Windows Vista. What UAC was originally designed to do was to prompt the user to either accept or [...]

Here is another horror story about someone having their Google account disabled. As you may have recalled, I had this exact same problem with Google as well. [See article here.] Which is starting to make me wonder. How many Google users are finding their accounts disabled?
In this article from Chris Brogan he explains why ‘Google [...]

Google has added a new feature to their Gmail services which allows users to remotely sign out and/or monitor their account activity. This feature will be most useful for those of you who use Gmail from different computers to check your mail . According to the Google article you will be able to monitor on [...]

On Sunday I posted just a quick note asking if anyone was having trouble with there Google Gmail account. For some unknown reason my account was showing the following message:
’sorry, your account has been disabled’
Not only could I not access my Gmail, but also my Google homepage, Google Adsense and Google Alerts. I [...]

I recently  wrote about LifeLock [here] a company which provides ID theft protection, and has advertised on television, using the CEO Todd Davis with his social security number posted on the side of a large truck. In the article it stated how Mr.Davis had actually been the victim of ID theft.
What was interesting was some [...]

Just a quick note:
Well Microsoft didn’t waste any time posting the stores that it has joined with in its Live Search cashback program that was just announced. Its site has some 700 listings of stores that will participate in the cashback program for those choosing to use the feature.
Oh yeah. It looks like you will [...]