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Palin Sued for Private E-Mails About State Business

Mr. Dew — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:32:52 +0000

Sarah Palin recently had her Yahoo! mail account taken over. Screen shots of her email is revealed on forums causing much upset to the Republicans and, erm, Bill O’Reilly.

Here’s Bill O’Reilly visibly pissed off but we know that’s his normal look anyway.

Bill O’Reilly – Sarah Palin Email Hack

Palin Sued for Private E-Mails About State Business

In a lawsuit filed in Alaska Superior Court, a Republican activist seeks to force Gov. Sarah Palin to produce copies of official correspondence she sent and received on private e-mail accounts.

AndrÃ©e McLeod filed the suit Wednesday and publicized it in a news release today. “Rather than using her state e-mail account, throughout her two-year tenure as Governor of Alaska, defendant Sarah Palin, as a matter of routine, has used, and, on information and belief, continues to use, (at least) two private e-mail accounts… to conduct official business of the State of Alaska,” the suit alleges. (Source: The Trail)

A Republican activist filed a suit? That’s interesting.

Richard Dawkins reads his hate mail

Mr. Dew — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:17:54 +0000

He sounds like a robot here:

Richard Dawkins reads his email

Richard Dawkins reads some of his hate mail. It’s clear creationists love good old Richard.

It’s Coming – FULL Internet Upgrade!

Mr. Dew — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:04:20 +0000

Just got this email that promises to upgrade my internet to Web 2.0. I don’t understand the email at all. It’s spam.

Hi,

Mohd Khairul Fiqri Zainuddin just visited our site and thought you would want to see this too.

the ENTIRE Internet is being upgraded and YOU can get it at NO COST.

This summer the Internet will change to Web 2.0 functionality – WILL YOU?

$1 Million Dollars being split between all who sign-up to help spread the word!
(see site details)

I wanted to reply this:

Dear Sir,

I clicked on the link and followed the instructions but my Hotmail still looked like Mail 2002. Please advise.

I would be most glad to upgrade the internet to the latest version 2.0.

Best Regards,
Mr. Dew

My favorite feature in Gmail

Mr. Dew — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:59:10 +0000

This is my favorite feature in Gmail:

(Download all attachments in Gmail.)

It’s just a simple feature but it just saves so much time, clicking on the Download all attachment link in Gmail lets you, er, download all attachment. But you get it consolidated nicely in a ZIP file. It makes life so much easier.

Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail (name too long, consider rename) does not have that feature and it is my main complaint. Last time I’ll click and download the bloody attachments one by one. I’ll have to wait, download, save, wait, download, save, wait…

Now I just forward the mail from Live Hotmail to Gmail and download the attachment through Gmail. It’s a simple yet well-thought feature. What a life saver when you have like 10 attachments!

And recently Gmail increased the email space limit to 6 GB. It now says that I am using 625 MB (10%) of your 6182 MB. And if you’re wondering how come I store 600 MB worth of emails? Oh, it’s just those mail I forward from Hotmail to Gmail so that I can download all the attachments.

Sad to say, as much as I love Gmail, I still rely quite a lot on Hotmail, especially with friends. I use Gmail for work, but all the mails my friends send me to go to my Hotmail.

I hate the advertisements at Hotmail – too big and fugly

Mr. Dew — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:03:11 +0000

What I dislike about Windows Live Hotmail:

The ads are simply too big. I can imagine Windows Live Hotmail looking much prettier with the removal of the ad on the top. I’m okay with ads but when the designer is planning for the application, at least take in consideration how the website would look like with an advertisement.

One look at Hotmail tells me how much advertising revenue mean to Microsoft. They are probably trying to get people to upgrade to their paid plans. I like the whole Live service bar idea but let that be on top, not ads.

This explains why I spend so little time at Windows Live Hotmail even though that supposed to be my primary mail address that’s for work.

Gmail: A Behind the Scenes Video

Mr. Dew — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:59:26 +0000

From Google:

Help us imagine how an email message travels around the world. Take a look at the collaborative video we started, and then film what happens next. Post your clip as a response to this one. We’ll edit a selection of submissions together to make a final video, which will be featured on the Gmail homepage and seen by users worldwide.

Respond to this video with your own clip by August 13, 2007 to be considered to the final collaborative video. Learn more about the project

I think the end results would be interesting. You need a Gmail account to get started.

Gmail upgrades attachment limit to 20 MB

Mr. Dew — Wed, 23 May 2007 22:31:10 +0000

Google’s Gmail has been updates to allow bigger file attachments, 20 MB that is. I never had to send such huge files through Gmail but it is always good to hear of an upgrade.

The little problem is that most email providers don’t support incoming mail with such big attachments making Gmail rather lonely. Basically Gmail people would just be happy sending the 20 MB to their fellow Gmail friends. Perhaps other companies would move to 20 MB soon.

But really, what’s cooler is that – at Yahoo! Mail, there is no storage meter! Archive as much as you want now. Yahoo! is being really generous. Are you listening Microsoft?