Tuesday, May 11, 2004
BW Online | May 3, 2004 | Google's Gmail Is Great -- But Not For Privacy
BW Online | May 3, 2004 | Google's Gmail Is Great -- But Not For Privacy: "Gmail looks to be the most usable Web mail service I have tried. But it does accentuate the privacy issues that have always surrounded Web mail, especially considering, as Brin reminds people, that 'the political climate does fluctuate.' It could be a good choice when it becomes available later this year, but you should be aware of the risks."
Haaretz - Israel News - Agog over Gmail
Haaretz - Israel News - Agog over Gmail: "But not all is rosy. An attempt to send a message in Hebrew to an Outlook Express user was received on the other end as a series of squares. And a message containing a picture, sent from an Outlook Express account to the Gmail account, came in as a collection of ASCII letters. As if that isn't enough, when a Word document was added to a Gmail message and sent to an Outlook Express account, it came in as an unidentified file that could be opened by the Microsoft Notepad program, and was full of gibberish. "
Haaretz - Israel News - Agog over Gmail
Haaretz - Israel News - Agog over Gmail: "Agog over Gmail
By Yuval Dror
Gmail, Google's revolutionary new email service, promises users humongous mailbox space."
By Yuval Dror
Gmail, Google's revolutionary new email service, promises users humongous mailbox space."
Marc's Outlook on Productivity
Marc's Outlook on Productivity: "I listen to the Wall St. Journal every morning on Audible.com. Thursdays are one of my favorite days because I get to hear Walt Mossberg's Personal Technology column. Regular readers know I think Mossberg is one of the best writers we have on technology and how it impacts our everyday life.
Today, he weighs in with the opinion that GMail, Google's new ad-supported e-mail offering (still in beta), is 'a little creepy' and may infringe on consumers' privacy or be misused by Google and/or the government sometime in the future. These are not new observations and my point here is not to debate the merits of this opinion.
What I found interesting, and indicative of why Mossberg has become the dean of tech writers, is the spin he puts on his analysis. Rather than calling for the immediate death of GMail, he suggests instead that Google offer GMail without ads on a subscription basis to provide consumers with the choice of whether their incoming mail is scanned to display relevant advertising messages. What a brilliant alternative to the draconian fear-mongering some privacy advocates and misguided legislators have been guilty of!
Good call, Walt."
Today, he weighs in with the opinion that GMail, Google's new ad-supported e-mail offering (still in beta), is 'a little creepy' and may infringe on consumers' privacy or be misused by Google and/or the government sometime in the future. These are not new observations and my point here is not to debate the merits of this opinion.
What I found interesting, and indicative of why Mossberg has become the dean of tech writers, is the spin he puts on his analysis. Rather than calling for the immediate death of GMail, he suggests instead that Google offer GMail without ads on a subscription basis to provide consumers with the choice of whether their incoming mail is scanned to display relevant advertising messages. What a brilliant alternative to the draconian fear-mongering some privacy advocates and misguided legislators have been guilty of!
Good call, Walt."
Marc's Outlook on Productivity
Marc's Outlook on Productivity: "Another freeware gem found via Lockergnomes: Starter. This very nicely designed freeware tool displays all startup items on your system, broken down by where they 'live' - Registry, Startup Items folder, or win.ini file and allows you to turn unnecessary items off. While it doesn't display any information about the items like The Ultimate Troubleshooter I wrote about a while back, if you know what you're doing, the price is right."
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