ACCM: Trying New Email Tactics

UK Govt. To Store Every Email And Text Message

The UK government is considering creating a huge database that would hold all the details of emails, phone calls and text messages of it residents in an effort to guard against crime and terrorismCurrently, records of phone calls and text messages are stored up to 12 months by telecom companies in accordance with a EU anti-terrorism directive.A new Home Office (Interior Ministry) proposal would require…

Month-To-Month Facebook Traffic Falls By Ten Percent

Earlier this year, several research companies recorded a decrease in traffic to Facebook, and all sorts of people began to characterize the site as a passing fad.  Then it turned out Facebook had experienced similar dips before, and the talk subsided.  This time, Facebook might not be so lucky.

TuneGlue Sticks To Finding Music

The clean, clickable interface of TuneGlue delves into Last.fm to find relationships between bands, which may reveal new music you may like, or a band you've forgotten over the years. TuneGlue pulls its music data out of Last.fm and presents it onscreen as a clickable node. Enter the name of a band into the search field, and it appears as a spot. Clicking the spot…

Hamas Blocks Pornographic Sites In The Gaza Strip

Hamas has ordered Palestinian telecoms to cut off access to pornographic Web sites in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas government official said.Telecommunications firm Paltel has agreed to restrict Internet users access to adult Web sites, according to Gaza's Ministry of Communications.  "The aim of the move is to protect the Palestinian community from cultural pollution and to protect the young generations from the misuse of…