Year: 2006

AOL Starts to Charge for Receiving eMail, DearAOL responds

Posted by | May 10, 2006 | , |

DearAOL.com Coalition members,

Well, it happened. Without informing either their users or senders, AOL
last Friday turned on their Certified Mail system, and began to accept
payment for delivering incoming mail.

While we’re disappointed in AOL’s action, we’re not surprised – nor are
we discouraged. What is important is that the temptation to take money
to skip spam filters does not spread throughout the industry.

That’s why we’re asking other ISPs and webmail providers to state that
they will not accept money for email.

Can you help us?

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LightWork Design acquired by Management

Posted by | May 10, 2006 | |

LightWork Design has been acquired by the Management Team in a Management Buy Out. LightWork Design Limited together with MachineWorks Limited have been acquired by VSI Limited, a new holding company created as the vehicle for the MBO, backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners and HSBC Bank. MachineWorks Limited supplies the leading simulation and verification toolkit for software and machine tool OEMs.

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Apple simplifies .Mac Web access

Posted by | May 10, 2006 | |

Apple has made accessing a Public folder on .Mac much easier. “We’re pleased to announce a new simpler way to access iDisk Public folders with a browser. Simply entering the URL idisk.mac.com/membername-Public now produces a page that automatically includes download links for whatever’s currently in membername’s Public folder.  All you need to do is give the URL for your iDisk Public folder to the friends and colleagues you share with.

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