Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:59 pm
Glad to hear you have ONE.Originally posted by -HaVoC-
I love Google. Google is my friend.
Please don't kill me.
Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:48 pm
The force is strong with this one.
Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:46 pm
Man, I always get ignored. 
Oh well, Just need a beer
Seriously, Yahoo contracted with Google, so Jeffro was partially right.
Oh well, Just need a beer
Seriously, Yahoo contracted with Google, so Jeffro was partially right.
Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:02 pm
yahoo used to be powered by google at one point if it still isn't
Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:02 pm
Originally posted by Sir Loin
did you know you can set up an email account with anheuser busch? I think it would be great for job interviews and relations with your boss's
Lol, did someone say my name? How awesome is this... I went out and had to get one!
My buddy's dad works for AB... got a few emails from him and it makes me jealous when i read his addy... *****@anheuser-busch.com. Some people have all the best stuff!
Sludge
Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:13 pm
Originally posted by Camel toe joe
yahoo used to be powered by google at one point if it still isn't
Not anymore. It uses its own engine now.
Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:02 am
Originally posted by [ECGN] Mulligan
Man, I always get ignored.
Oh well, Just need a beer
Seriously, Yahoo contracted with Google, so Jeffro was partially right.
Being ignored isn't that bad, but being hatefully remembered is even worse...
and the worst is if it is both
Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:45 am
Google's Gmail Raises Privacy Concern
Fri Apr 02 2004 00:33:23 ET
Privacy advocates are concerned that there's one big flaw with Google Inc.'s free e-mail service: The company plans to read the messages.
LA TIMES reporting on Friday: The Internet search firm insists that it needs to know what's in the e-mails that pass through its system -- so that they can be sprinkled with advertisements Google thinks are relevant. After all, revenue from those targeted ads will pay for the Gmail service, which began a limited test Thursday, offering up to 500 times as much e-mail storage as competing Web e-mail programs from Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
The TIMES adds: The electronic letters won't be read by Google employees; computers will handle that chore. Nonetheless, the spector of seeing an ad for an antacid beside a message from a friend complaining about stomach pain is enough to make some people nervous about the e-mail service.
"There will undoubtedly be some folks that will see this and freak out," said Ray Everett-Church, chief privacy officer for TurnTide Inc., an anti-spam company in Conshohocken, Pa. The aggressive advertising strategy may put a damper on Google's biggest move yet away from its core business of Internet search. After reading the privacy policy on the Gmail website Thursday, consumer-rights groups began sending complaints to the privately held Mountain View, Calif., company and preparing to warn users to stay away.
"The privacy implications of going through and perusing a customer's e-mail to display targeted advertising could be the Achilles' heel for Google's services," said Jordana Beebe, the communications director for the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, an consumer group in San Diego.
The consternation caught Larry Page, Google's co-founder and president of products, off guard.
"I'm very surprised that there are these kinds of questions," he said Thursday.
Developing...
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm
Fri Apr 02 2004 00:33:23 ET
Privacy advocates are concerned that there's one big flaw with Google Inc.'s free e-mail service: The company plans to read the messages.
LA TIMES reporting on Friday: The Internet search firm insists that it needs to know what's in the e-mails that pass through its system -- so that they can be sprinkled with advertisements Google thinks are relevant. After all, revenue from those targeted ads will pay for the Gmail service, which began a limited test Thursday, offering up to 500 times as much e-mail storage as competing Web e-mail programs from Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
The TIMES adds: The electronic letters won't be read by Google employees; computers will handle that chore. Nonetheless, the spector of seeing an ad for an antacid beside a message from a friend complaining about stomach pain is enough to make some people nervous about the e-mail service.
"There will undoubtedly be some folks that will see this and freak out," said Ray Everett-Church, chief privacy officer for TurnTide Inc., an anti-spam company in Conshohocken, Pa. The aggressive advertising strategy may put a damper on Google's biggest move yet away from its core business of Internet search. After reading the privacy policy on the Gmail website Thursday, consumer-rights groups began sending complaints to the privately held Mountain View, Calif., company and preparing to warn users to stay away.
"The privacy implications of going through and perusing a customer's e-mail to display targeted advertising could be the Achilles' heel for Google's services," said Jordana Beebe, the communications director for the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, an consumer group in San Diego.
The consternation caught Larry Page, Google's co-founder and president of products, off guard.
"I'm very surprised that there are these kinds of questions," he said Thursday.
Developing...
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm
Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:56 am
Yep, I saw that earlier Wiggum. That will definitely be their Achilles heel. I guess a gig of email space free was just wishful thinking.
Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:02 pm
Another thing I'm wondering is how the targeted advertising works. Like if I write an email to Wiggum calling him a pussy, will he get porn advertisements?
Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:26 pm
Originally posted by LeVar Burton
Another thing I'm wondering is how the targeted advertising works. Like if I write an email to Wiggum calling him a pussy, will he get porn advertisements?
LOL.
Levar: Wiggum, you're such a pussy.
Attached Ad: "Got feminine itch? Try <feminine product>"
Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:45 pm
You get what you pay for in this case you pay nothing so you get crap that people get to look through 
Fri Apr 09, 2004 12:11 pm
I just nboticed on my Yahoo e-mail that they no longer count bulk e-mails (i.e. spam) against my 6mb. I wonder if the Google development had anything to do with it?
Fri Apr 09, 2004 12:32 pm
Guys... it's no joke.
I googled for info about google:
https://gmail.google.com/
You can be signed up to be updated about it. I did.
I googled for info about google:
https://gmail.google.com/
You can be signed up to be updated about it. I did.