Gmail Supports IMAP
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007I don’t know when it happened, but Google finally lets you access your Gmail account using IMAP. In addition, you can configure your client to send e-mail through Google’s smtp server.
Archive for October, 2007
Airline brings lovers down to earth
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines, the first operator of the new Airbus A380, has dashed the hopes of sexual thrill-seekers planning to engage in amorous activity aboard the world’s biggest jumbo jet. The carrier said it would ask passengers…
Teenager escapes prison in suitcase
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007BERLIN (Reuters) - A 19-year-old German woman has escaped from prison by hiding in a friend’s suitcase. The fugitive hid inside the large case when her 17-year-old fellow inmate was released from the youth prison in northwest Germany on Friday,…
Kansas church liable in Marine funeral protest
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007By Jon Hurdle BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday ordered an anti-gay Kansas church to pay $2.9 million in compensatory damages to relatives of a U.S. Marine after church members cheered his death at his funeral. The jury in federal court…
Law Firm Is Giving Its Associates Two Year-End Bonuses
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Cravath, Swaine & Moore raised the salary bar for law associates in New York, saying it will award a special bonus in addition to the year-end bonus the firm already pays.
Architects Go Green at the Office
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007As environmentally friendly buildings grow in popularity, it is no surprise that the architecture firms that build these edifices have the greenest offices of all.
Hello, India? I Need Help With My Math
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007In a new wave of global outsourcing, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.. Ramya Tadikonda tutors students online from Chennai, India.
A Landmark Modernist House Heads to Auction
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007The Kaufmann House, set into the California desert, enjoyed a restoration after years of neglect and is to be auctioned in May.
Reimagining the Automobile Industry by Selling the Electricity
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007A top Silicon Valley technologist has devised a plan to reinvent the auto industry around electric-powered cars by building battery-charging stations around the world.
In India, Poverty Inspires Technology Workers to Altruism
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Corporations have made India a laboratory for extending modern technological conveniences to the world’s poor.
