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How Abraham Lincoln's "Hot Letters" Can Keep You From Going All Alice Hoffman

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Publishing, Twitter, Civil War, Boston Globe, Doris Kearns Goodwin, George Meade, Team of Rivals, Roberta Silman, Writing, Books, Abraham Lincoln, E-Mail, Alice Hoffman, Novelists, Critics, Anger Management, Media News
David Quigg

We all have our limits. Abraham Lincoln's limit is that he left behind no wise counsel for the man who finds himself garmentless at 30,000 feet. But he did leave something for the Twitterers.

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A Preposterous Pre-Digital Primer

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Journalists, Lps, Montclair Times, George W. Bush, Born-Again Christians, Nixon's Enemies List, Dinosaurs, American Pie, Internets, Commuter Trains, Mashed Potatoes, Albums, Typewriters, The Day the Music Died, E-Mail, Viral, Sony Walkman, President Bush, Ipods, Swine Flu, Revival Theaters, Computers, Paper Airplanes, Cds, DVD Players, Don McLean, Laptops, Prehistoric, President Nixon, Going Viral, Bush Administration, Mel Gibson, Digital Age, Internet, Enemies List, Phonograph Records, Cell Phones, The Passion of the Christ, Huffington Post, Comedy News
Dave Astor

In the days before the internet, how did out-of-town journalists transmit typewritten stories to their editors? They folded the stories into paper airplanes and hurled them out of hotel windows.

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The Trouble with Twitter: Why "Tweets" Are Like "Blipverts"

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Media Culture, Blipvert, Max Headroom, Social Networking, Advertising, Twitter, E-Mail, Cable News, Text Message, Facebook, Internet, Blackberry, Powerbook, Macintosh, Newton, Media News
William Bradley

It's a time marked by inundation, fragmentation, and an ADD culture. Twitter drives all three of those trends.

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Victim of Racist Attack Awarded $2.5 Million

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Kkk, Jordan Gruver, Lawsuits, Hispanics, Race, Ku Klux Klan Recruit, Racial Epithet, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Nclr, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, Kentucky, E-Mail, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Bankrupt, Immigration Policy, Immigration Debate, Klansmen, Gruver, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

Gruver was attacked by Klansmen at a Kentucky fair in 2006. He was in line at a concession stand at the Meade County Fair when two Klansmen... threw whiskey in his face.

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Feeling Superior Doing Nothing

Sunil Garg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Email, E-Mail, John McCain, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Sunil Garg

Each election cycle is like the country threatening to get divorced. We claim to each have the best interest of the children at heart, but each works to convince anyone who will listen that the other is a crazy person who cannot be trusted with the kids.

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Sarah Palin's Inbox Reveals Possible Troopergate Smoking Guns

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Troopergate, Civil Liberties, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Mccain, Sarah Palin Vice President, General Election, Presidential Campaign, Yahoo, Politics News, McCain VP Shortlist, 2008, McCain Vice President, Obama 2008, E-Mail, Palin Inner Circle, Mike Wooten, Technology, Sarah Palin Reaction, Mccain Vice President Palin, Wasilla, Vice President, John McCain, Sarah Palin Vp, Palin E-Mail Hacked, Walt Monegan, McCain VP, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin Mccain Vp, Secrecy, Barack Obama 2008, Internet Privacy, Mccain Palin Ticket, Sarah Palin Running Mate, Sunshine Laws, Sarah Palin, Palin Vp Choice, Alaska, Veepstakes, Hackers, Politics News
Erik Ose

Why the secrecy? Why try so hard to cover up your e-mail trail? What exactly is Gov. Palin trying to hide?

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Sarah Palin E-Mails Deleted Under Cover of Hacking Incident

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Wasilla, Vice President, Sarah Palin Vp, John McCain, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Mccain, Sarah Palin Vice President, General Election, Presidential Campaign, McCain VP, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Mccain Vp, Barack Obama 2008, Politics News, McCain VP Shortlist, Sarah Palin Running Mate, 2008, Mccain Palin Ticket, McCain Vice President, Obama 2008, Alaska, McCain Missteps, Palin Vp Choice, Veepstakes, Sarah Palin Reaction, Mccain Vice President Palin, Yahoo, E-Mail, Hackers, Tom Cruise Scientology Video, Tom Cruise, Tom Cruise Scientology, Technology, Troopergate, Politics News
Erik Ose

A strange hacking incident earlier today tied up another loose end for Gov. Sarah Palin. Overnight, one of Palin's Yahoo e-mail accounts was compromi...

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Hackers Post Palin's Private E-Mail Account

Sarah Granger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: E-Mail, Blackberry, John McCain, Wikileaks, Internet, Sarah Palin, Hackers, Home News
Sarah Granger

The emails and the possible records violations they represent are the latest surprise visited upon the GOP presidential campaign in the three short weeks since McCain announced his running mate.

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The Dangers of Keeping a Journal

Samara O'Shea | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: E-Mail, Journal Writing, Cheating, Book Trailer, Relationships, Voicemail, Note to Self, Video, Healthy Living News
Samara O'Shea

I once had a boyfriend. He once read my journal. He read all about me sleeping with another man. I no longer had a boyfriend.

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Tech Firms Fighting Information Overload

New York Times | MATT RICHTEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: E-Mail, Technology, Business News

The onslaught of cellphone calls and e-mail and instant messages is fracturing attention spans and hurting productivity. It is a common complaint. But...

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How Email Is Ruining Work Life

BBC News | Ben Limberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: E-Mail Overload, Information Overload, E-Mail, Email, Business News

Two million e-mails are sent every minute in the UK. That is almost three billion each day. But what is the real cost of this information overload? E...

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Spam Dominates 95 Percent Of All Email Sent

New York Post | Brian Garrity | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Email Spam, E-Mail, Spam, Business News

Just as everyone always suspected, most of their e-mails are nothing but spam. Junk e-mail from ads for everything from discount pills to penny stock...

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Web Access Coming To Several United States Airlines

New York Times | SUSAN STELLIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: E-Mail, Internet on Airplanes, Email on Airplanes, US Airlines, Internet, Business News

Passengers may soon hear a new in-flight announcement: "You can now log on." Starting next week and over the next few months, several United States a...

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