GMAIL GAME

If the email monster has you trembling in a corner, here’s a free game to help. It only works on Gmail accounts, but that was good enough for us… Read more

YAHOO! SOMEONE IS WATCHING

Privacy watchdogs went on the alert recently when a new version of Yahoo! mail included targeted ads. How can they target you if they don’t… Read more

A DIFFERENT EMAIL ADDRESS

Tinyurl.com and bit.ly are two places to go to shorten long web site addresses. But at bouncr.com you can shorten your email address. Choose a new… Read more

TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN SECURITY

A few days ago we used the computer at a first class hotel and found out later that spam had been sent out in our name. Of course we wonder what… Read more

SPAM FLU

Spammers and hackers are taking advantage of Swine flu fears by sending out viruses and scams. Be careful when clicking on anything in your email… Read more

ANOTHER KIND OF BUBBLE

ZoneAlarm’s new “ForceField” software wraps you in a virtual bubble of invisibility while you surf the web. Since you’re invisible, you can bank… Read more

A TALE OF TOO MUCH MAIL

After we wrote about using Gmail to filter out spam messages, we heard from Greg, a reader who was receiving a stunning 25,000 email messages a… Read more

EMAIL OVERLOAD AND OTHER PROBLEMS

We used to be crushed by email overload (more than 200 a day). Now we’re merely miffed. This welcome change in our emotional condition was brought… Read more

WHAT’S THE PASSWORD?

Like 63 percent of everybody, we use one simple password for most of our online transactions. This is dangerous. If you’re at a coffee shop using a… Read more

HIGH TECH SPAM FILTERS

What’s different about OnlyMyEmail.com is that it’s a spam filtering service that obliterates the spam. Unlike other spam filters, the entire… Read more