BEIJING - China's government censors have begun to block access to Internet services Twitter, Hotmail and Microsoft's live.com ahead of the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown that ended the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement. The event falls on Thursday, reports the New York Times. Blocked web sites are now throwing up error messages, a standard indicator that access to a site is being denied.

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LONDON - A survey on the most popular online brands in the UK has revealed that Facebook tops that chart, accounting for 13 per cent of all UK internet time last month.

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Emails are no more the simple programs for correspondence between friends, family and co-workers. Emails have grown into indispensable mode of communication in out day-to-day life. You get the latest in news, entertainment, sports, weather and more just by signing in. Well there are a good number of email services that are free. If you are ready to look beyond the top services like Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo or AIM, there are a number of no so popular email services that can serve for your alternative email. Although not too efficiently, most of these second rate email services feature storage, effective spam filtering, intuitive interface and desktop email program access. There are new features to explore in these free email services. Take a look at our collection of the top 10 not so popular email services.

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Hotmail, unlike others, never had a POP3 access in the first place. Well, you can't blame Microsoft for leaving behind some of the most important features behind while concetrating on the ones which we DO NOT WANT. But what is POP3 if you ask, It is a protocol that allows almost any e-mail software program that you’ve installed on your mobile phone or PC to get messages from your e-mail inbox on the web and deliver them in the designated program. In plain english, you can access that hotmail account from anywhere, even GMail! So, enough of surprises now. How do we configure the POP3 for hotmail?

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With craze for iPhone apps soaring up, Yahoo couldn't wait to get into the groove. It's up with a beta version mobile app for iPhone and other smartphones. Google already has a voice search app for iPhone. Microsoft has its Seadragon Mobile published in App Store. It was Yahoo's turn to drive the smartphones owners nuts. The Yahoo app has loads to offer with its messenger, onePlace, email, pulse, browser and more. Full article (316 words) »

The email-boys are ever-expanding in a bid to whiz past each other. The new spunky boy Googlemail has its updates completed and continuously increasing its storage space. The big boy YahooMail now has unlimited space for its aficionado's. Then why does the hot boy Hotmail lag behind. It's up and coming with enriched features and an ever growing storage. So you better get ready to see what the hot boy has to offer. Full article (316 words) »

NEW DELHI - Indian diplomats now cannot open a Facebook account, use external e-mail services, or write blogs, thanks to new rules and much stricter firewalls aimed at preventing cyber attacks and leakage of classified information.

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NEW DELHI - Did you know that through the Internet you can access your computer from almost anywhere?

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In very rare cases I have had complaints when our clients haven't received their plugin within one business day. In all of them the problem was because my email containing the plugin was being flagged as spam by their email filters. So if you haven't received your plugin in time please take the following steps:
1. Please white-list my email address - angsuman [at] taragana [dot] com
2. Please provide your alternative email addresses like those in GMail or Yahoo. Don't provide hotmail as it often prevents attachments.
3. Please check your junk folder.
4. Please do let me know via our contact form along with additional email addresses.

I am much more eager than you are to send you the plugin in time. It really hurts me to see someone not receiving it in time in spite of our best efforts.

We are preparing to ship Translator Pro version 5.0 to our existing customer. I am into heavy documentation mode nowadays. So please excuse my sluggish responses.

BTW: I think Translator 5.0 will blow your hats off. In my humble opinion based on my significant experience with pro-blogging, Translator plugin is a must-required plugin for any WordPress based pro or semi pro bloggers. This is the best search engine recommended way to turbo-boost your website traffic, reach and consequently your revenue. With Translator 5.0 we have addressed all the issues related to translation engine failures and cache Check it in action in all of my blogs including Simple Thoughts.

Thanks.
Angsuman

I found a super-simple way to block access to external email providers like GMail or HotMail or Yahoo Mail in firewall. The process while trivial to configure has a caveat.

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