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Going Analog -- What A Concept!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Do you know how many people are festering right now because their corporate culture mandates exclusive use of digital communications? He's not answering his BlackBerry! I left him six e-mails! Aieee!

The Solution to People Using Blackberrys at Meetings

William Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
William Klein

Under my proposal, every meeting, conference and company lunch will include one person to make Designated Eye Contact (DEC).

America: Make April 8th "National Info-Less Day"

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Spencer Green

That's 24 hours in which no person, no media organization, no blogger, no social network, no whoever or whatever can disseminate, transmit, broadcast, pass along any new information to anyone else.

I Can't Get that Penis Out of My Mind

Jenny Allen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Jenny Allen

The children are sending out pictures of their penises over the computer. Did you know this? Enterprising youth! Only one penis that I know of has come into our house this way, but there may be more.

MSU Student Cleared of Charges, but Overzealous Spam Ban Remains

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Greg Lukianoff

Many MSU decision-makers don't have a clear idea of the distinction between the use of university or departmental listservs and the general use of university e-mail accounts.

John McCain Emails Supporters: "Our Country Does Not Need Another Spending Bill"

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Marlene H. Phillips

McCain's email flirts with misinformation throughout its four paragraphs: giving a half nod to President Obama's attempts at Republican outreach and then throwing that nod away.

Don't Do It All!

Roger Fransecky | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Roger Fransecky

It's okay to focus on getting things done, but it's only possible once we remove the constant static and distraction.

It's Raining Spam at Michigan State U

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Greg Lukianoff

By tomorrow, the country will find out if MSU prefers bullying students with an unconstitutional anti-spam policy to complying with the First Amendment.

Obama's Right Hand: His Blackberry

Tracy Van Slyke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tracy Van Slyke

I am nowhere near as important or on the same need-to-be-connected level as our soon-to-president, but you'd have to pry those communication tools out of my cold, dead hands.

Move Over Skype: Gmail Launches Video and Audio Chatting

Eric Kuhn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Eric Kuhn

Google will be competing with Skype, the popular application which allows people to make free video and audio calls. But already, people are moving towards Gmail.

Anonymity Of "Obama Is A Muslim" Emails Constitutionally-Protected?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Emails saying absolutely anything about a candidate could not only be sent anonymously, but whoever sends them would actually be allowed to break any sort of anti-spam laws to do so.

Situation Wanted: White Woman, 40s, Seeks New Obsession Following 2008 Election

Ann Handley | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Ann Handley

Obama is in the House, which was the goal. But what happens to us now - those who are part of his massive database of names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and Twitter accounts?

My Nigerian Email Scam

Tom McNichol | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Tom McNichol

AN URGENT EMAIL TO MY ESTEEMED FRIEND IN NIGERIA Dear MR. HAJIA MARIAM ABACHA, First, 1,000 apologies for not responding to the valued emails you've...

E-Cards For STDs Now Wildly Popular

CNN | Madison Park | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Breaking up over e-mail is a social no-no. But sending an e-card telling someone to get tested for STDs may be a public health courtesy. A California...

Dumped Over Email

Christine Hassler | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Christine Hassler

Dear Christine, The girl I've been dating for six months just broke up with me. But even worse than being dumped is the way she let me know it was ov...

Gmail's Drunk Emailing Protection: Email Goggles

Gmail Blog | Jon Perlow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Sometimes I send messages I shouldn't send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night ...

Feeling Superior Doing Nothing

Sunil Garg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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.

McCain's Use of POW Card Makes Medical Records Fair Game

Brandon Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Brandon Friedman

If the extent of his war injuries prevents McCain from learning "how to get online," that's fine -- though he should have the decency to divulge to America what his actual limitations are.

Confessions of a "Nigerian Email Scam" Spammer

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Lauren Cahn

I first became aware of the fact that someone had hacked into my Hotmail account and used it to perpetrate a version of the "Nigerial Email Scam" when my mom called me.

Palin Email Smears -- Think Before Forwarding

Howard Gewirtz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Howard Gewirtz

We can help make her Saint Sarah the Slandered by forwarding this garbage without thinking and passing it on as though they just came from our good friend Bob Woodward...

Help! My BFF Obama Isn't Following Me On Twitter

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Diane Tucker

John McCain invited me to a convention-watching party! I think I'll go. What will my BFF Obama think? Who cares? I haven't received a single text or email from him during the month of August. Not one!

Obama: "VP 2 B..."

Sarah Granger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Sarah Granger

Late Sunday, the campaign contacted supporters via email and text message, announcing that the presumptive Democratic nominee's vice presidential choice will be announced via text.

You've God Mail!

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Lindsay Mannering

If I had a nickel for every email I got from God, I'd have five cents. Well, maybe ten cents if you count the fact that He sent the same email twic...

Life Cycle: E-Wasted

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Simran Sethi

Be aware, it takes even more energy and resources, pound for pound, to produce a Dell than a Dodge. A computer's energy usage has just begun once it leaves the factory, though.

The Future of Email: Evolve or Die?

Megan Berry | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Megan Berry

Once upon a time email was novel. People were happy to get email, it was easy to deal with, and it was convenient. It was the wave of the future and it was going to make us more productive.