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It's Raining Spam at Michigan State U

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 01.08.2009 | 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 12.24.2008 | 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.

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.13.2008 | 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.

Move Over Skype: Gmail Launches Video and Audio Chatting

Eric Kuhn | Posted 12.13.2008 | 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.

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

Ann Handley | Posted 12.07.2008 | 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 11.29.2008 | 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 11.21.2008 | 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 11.21.2008 | 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...

Confessions of a "Nigerian Email Scam" Spammer

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.10.2008 | 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.

Gmail's Drunk Emailing Protection: Email Goggles

Gmail Blog | Jon Perlow | Posted 11.07.2008 | 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 11.07.2008 | 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 10.17.2008 | 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.

Palin Email Smears -- Think Before Forwarding

Howard Gewirtz | Posted 10.09.2008 | 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 09.23.2008 | 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 09.10.2008 | 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 08.13.2008 | 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 08.12.2008 | 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 07.29.2008 | 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.

How Fat Was My Outlook

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I guess it's harder to stay electronically fit than I thought. You start the day with good intentions, then you get into something with a lawyer, or a journalist, or one of the folks in Accounting, God help me, and pretty soon you've got a chain going that plumps you up and leaves your whole situation in terminal shape.

How Email Is Ruining Work Life

BBC News | Ben Limberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...

Clinton Polls Her Email List

Michael Whitney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Michael Whitney

The Clinton campaign's recent poll of its online supporters through polling firm Penn Schoen and Berland Associates is a sign that the campaign is integrating traditional political tactics into its Internet strategy