The big brother of the internet a.k.a. Google has been fighting over the chinese domain version of their webmail service also known as Gmail. The chinese domain which is located at - www.gmail.cn - is registered by ISM Technologies and they are...

Prelude: This post is part of the experiment of playing with scammers for real, you should read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 to get up to date. But if you want the basics - I’m exchanging emails with a scammer and publishing the emails here. I want...

Prelude: This post is part of the experiment of playing with scammers for real - read Part 1 and Part 2 to get up to date. But if you want the basics - I'm exchaning emails with a scammer and publishing the emails here. I want readers to...

Starting today Yahoo Mail users will be able to use the instant messenger service (Yahoo Messenger) while checking the mail, just like what happens with Google Mail and Google Chat. The only problem is that it took Yahoo a couple of months to...

In case you missed part 1 of this experiment of playing with scammers for real, I'm in a middle of email exchanges with a scammer. On the latest email I received there was information to receive $30 million that would be deposited on my bank...

Prelude: I received an email that talked about receving money on behalf of someone, it is a variant of the 419 scam. I decided to play along with the scammer and this is my experience. You will be able to read the emails I exchange with him and...

After my recent post about the new design of Times Online I didn't expect much from them, but it is good to know that the journalist folks from the UK got some interest on what the blogosphere has to say. Unlike what happens on other countries in...

Prelude: During the past years there have been some news related to people losing their jobs due to their personal blogs, the most famous is probably Heather Amstrong that writes on Dooce - I love her blog (and dog). The Story: A Portuguese judge...

After having the normal Australian maps added to the big brother of the internet – Google – the time has come to make plenty of Australian services available for search on Google Maps. This includes being able to explore business listings and...

Do you remember the previous story about eBay and Shill Bidding? You can consider this a continuation with a happy ending. Lets recapitulate - there used to be an eBay user by the name of Eftis Paraskevaides, a big Britain eBay player which had the...