Google introduced a calendar and contacts sync offering for Windows Mobile, iPhone and Symbian users.

The announcement follows a leak that emerged on Friday describing a somewhat similar service to come from Microsoft.

The new Google Sync offering, launched in beta, will let phone users sync the calendar and contacts lists on their phones with their Gmail contacts lists and Google Calendar.

When users add a new item on their Google calendars from their computers, for example, that change will be pushed out to their phones. The reverse also works, where a person adds or deletes a contact from the contacts list on their phone and that change is automatically made to their Gmail contacts list. Read the rest of this entry »

1) Be wary of e-mails asking for your personal information.

Any e-mail asking for your name, birth date, e-mail username, e-mail password, or any other type of personal information, no matter who the e-mail appears to be from, is almost certainly a scam.

If you have any reason to believe it may be legitimate, do not reply to the e-mail or click any hyperlinks; instead copy and paste the web URL or go to that company’s website for contact information. Don’t hesitate to contact the company’s support channel to confirm legitimacy. Read the rest of this entry »

Yahoo Inc. has finally started to roll out new features designed to make its e-mail service more like the popular online hangouts Facebook and MySpace, following through on a promise made nearly a year ago.

With the additions announced Monday, Yahoo’s roughly 275 million e-mail users will have the option of setting up their accounts so they can highlight communications from other people with whom they have formed an online connection. Read the rest of this entry »

Be extra cautious the next time you receive an e-mail addressed specifically to you. You may be a potential victim that has been targeted by cybercriminals, said Finnish IT security solutions provider F-Secure Corp.

It said cyberattackers are also being more diligent in picking their victims in order to steal personal information.

F-Secure security response programme manager Chia Wing Fei said there has been an increase in the number of targetted attacks over the last six months.

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Google just took away one of the world’s largest Outlook/Exchange installations for 1.5 million students at Australian schools, and replaced it with Gmail. Read the rest of this entry »

If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself: spammers want to find you on your cellphone.

Cellphones have become consumers’ most personal technological devices. Some industry executives, along with consumer groups and security experts, are concerned that unwanted text messages on phones will be an even greater headache than unwanted computer messages.

Cellphone spam is particularly annoying to its recipients because it is more invasive — announcing itself with a beep — and can be costly.

Taber Lightfoot, an assistant director for new media at the Yale School of Management, is among those who have paid for the privilege of receiving cellphone spam. Read the rest of this entry »