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Free software - all you have to do is askPrefix technologies is offering email software free of charge to any school. The secret to winning the war on emailEvery email that isn't garbage can be categorised as either "active" or "reference", writes Oliver Burkeman. Trouble with Webmail accountsWebmail account holders be warned. Someone may have access to your confidential emails and Webmail doesn't seem to know how to correct the problem. Confess your symptoms of information overloadA study finds that once workers were interrupted by an email it took on average 24 minutes to return to the suspended task. Little white email liesExperts have long known it is easier to lie in writing than in real life, where deception is made more difficult by physical prompts. Want to send a drunken email? Do the math firstGoogle has adapted its free email service to help those letting loose after a few evening cocktails from firing off messages they might regret later. 'Snooper's charter' to check SMSs, emails in UKHundreds of public bodies in the United Kingdom are to be given the power to access details of everyone's personal SMS, email and internet use. Everyday security for your computerMost of us are more vulnerable to the prying eyes of our colleagues or friends who might be reading our email than we are to malicious software. Let movie actors do the talkingIsraeli startup PopTok is inviting people to test a free service that weaves snippets from films or music videos into instant messages and email. |
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