Gmail Down…Again

Posted on August 11, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Gmail, Internet | Leave a Comment

Though it seldom used to occur, the outages at Gmail are beginning to make one wonder about the reliability of home in the cloud.
There was some problem with Google Apps last week and now a system-wide outage has occurred today that left users pondering…

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Secure Gmail

Posted on July 25, 2008 - Filed Under Google Gmail, Security | Leave a Comment

If you are concerned about security of your personal information, and you better be, Gmail has rolled out a new option that lets you set the https version as the default.

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Gmail Monitor

Posted on July 9, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Gmail | Leave a Comment

Gmail has introduced a new privacy feature that will let users see the number of computers where their account is currently open. It also allows them to sign-out remotely.

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Gmail Lab

Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under Google Gmail | Leave a Comment

Are you a Gmail user? The service was around for a while before people began to catch on to how good it is. Most were saying, ‘Hey, I’ve got an email account. Why do I need another one?’ But millions of people have caught on and most stay with it. Like the Google search engine, […]

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CAPTCHA and Spam

Posted on March 14, 2008 - Filed Under Google Gmail | Leave a Comment

Spammers have been busy at work trying to machine read CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart). If you don’t happen to know the term, those are the twisted, contorted images you have to read the letters and/or numbers from to provide authentication on a lot of sites, proving you […]

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