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WikiLeaks plans to release e-mails from security think tank

WikiLeaks announced today it would begin publishing on Monday more than 5 million confidential e-mails obtained from an influential security think tank.

The e-mails, which date from July 2004 to December 2011, "reveal the inner workings" of Strategic Forecasting (Strafor), an Austin, Texas-based firm that provides security analysis to the U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, the embattled document-sharing site said in a statement.

"The emails show Stratfor's web of informers, pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques, and psychological methods," the organization said.

The trove also purportedly contains more than 4,000 e-mails mentioning WikiLeaks … Read more

Easily search, share Gmail attachments

While e-mail was never intended to be a file storage method, it often ends up being used that way. This design shortfall can lead to some infuriating searches for attachments you know are in your account.

Attachments.me wants to help you solve this frustrating problem. To get started, you need to visit Attachments.me on your computer, and sign in using your Gmail account. You will then be asked to grant the service permission to access your account.

After gaining access to your Gmail account, Attachments.me will index attachments in your Gmail account. Going forward, you can then … Read more

How to use Yahoo Mail with keyboard shortcuts

Yahoo's Webmail service hasn't always had keyboard shortcuts, but the latest incarnation of Yahoo Mail does. We'll list some of the more useful ones for you here.

N : compose new e-mail Ctrl+Enter : send e-mail R : reply A : reply all F : forward e-mail K : mark as read Shift+K : mark as unread L : flag e-mail Shift+L : clear flag Delete : delete e-mail M : check e-mail (go to inbox) Ctrl+] : move to next tab Ctrl+[ : move to previous tab Ctrl+S : save as draft S : search ? : display keyboard shortcuts

That's it. You can also view the full list of keyboard shortcuts … Read more

Apple turns off push e-mail for iCloud, MobileMe in Germany

Apple has turned off push e-mail service in iCloud and MobileMe.

The company announced the move yesterday, saying that it only affects German customers who own iOS-based devices. The company offered a workaround for accessing e-mail on those services, which includes people changing their MobileMe and iCloud settings to "Fetch."

"Affected customers will still receive iCloud and MobileMe email, but new messages will be downloaded to their devices when the Mail app is opened, or when their device periodically fetches new messages as configured in iOS Settings," Apple wrote to customers yesterday. "Push email service … Read more

Facebook: Ceglia concealed 'getzuck' e-mail account

Facebook has accused Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he's entitled to half of the social network, of concealing e-mail accounts during his ongoing lawsuit, including one called getzuck@gmail.com.

The "getzuck" account was uncovered by Facebook's forensics experts, along with three other rather innocuously named accounts that Ceglia has been using since 2003, lawyers for the social network said in a motion filed yesterday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

The motion (see below) asks the court to approve subpoenas allowing Facebook's attorneys to inspect the contents … Read more

Schedule e-mails to be sent later with Right Inbox

Scheduling an e-mail message to be delivered at the exact moment you want it to is possible, as Rob Lightner showed you with the freemium browser extension, Boomerang.

Right Inbox is a new extension for Chrome and Firefox, available right now, and is currently free throughout the open beta.

It allows you to schedule Gmail messages to be delivered at the time of your choosing. Installing the extension literally takes under a minute.

Visit RightInbox.com to install the extension for your browser of choice. After installing, when you compose an e-mail you should see a new Send Later button … Read more

The 404 997: Where it's the first day of the rest of our lives (podcast)

CNET TV reviewer Ty Pendlebury joins in on a fun rundown to start the week. We'll chat about a proposed bill that would require marketers to put a disclaimer on doctored advertisements, self-destructing e-mails, a Sony heads-up "VR" display, and something called "nomophobia." Yeah, you probably suffer from it already.… Read more

How to use Gmail with keyboard shortcuts

Using Gmail with keyboard shortcuts can make your time working in Gmail more efficient by keeping your hands on the keyboard. Though Gmail keyboard shortcuts have been around a while, new ones have been added periodically, coinciding with enhancements and new features.

Here's a list of some of the most useful Gmail keyboard shortcuts you can use right now:

Actions and navigation c : compose new message r : reply a : reply all f : forward Shift + r : reply in new window Shift + a : reply all in new window Shift + f : forward in a new window e : archive y : remove label # : move … Read more

Iranians cut off from Internet again

Iranians suffered a wide spread Internet outage today, the second disruption of in the past 10 days to leave millions without access to e-mail and social networks.

The latest disruption blocked access to all encrypted International sites outside the country that operate on Secure Sockets Layer protocol, Reuters reports.

"E-mail, proxies, and all the secure channels that start with 'https' are not available," a Tehran-based technology expert told Reuters. "The situation regarding accessing these Web sites is even worse than last week because the VPNs are not working."

Many Iranians use proxy servers over Virtual Private … Read more