E-mail is free mail
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There are more than 400 web-based free e-mail services that can be accessed from any place that is connected to the Internet. Web E-mail companies rely on the promise of free e-mail to advertise their new products or services that Internet users may find appealing. Hotmail was the first freemail service before it was acquired by Microsoft. It is estimated that it serves more than 22 mil addresses.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
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Phishing trips
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Unsolicited emails requesting for personal information known as phishing is lucrative business for cybercriminals leading to money theft, long term fraud and in extreme cases even identify thefts. In 2003 alone it is estimated by the research firm Gartner that financial institutions globally lost about US$1,2 billion to phishers.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2004
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The origins of the glitches
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Issues relating to the incidence of glitches in software packages are discussed. Eight major incidences are evaluated in the light of the software problems which caused them, such as the explosion of the Ariane 5 rocket on its maiden flight in 1996.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2001
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