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Everyone, Yesterday I received an e-mail, supposedly from Earthlink Billing, supposedly about problems with my account. I found it suspicious. It had an attachment, which I did not open. It contained a link, to a webpage which caused all sorts of security warnings to pop up on my screen. I contacted Earthlink. They say this is a fraudulent message. I figure y'all might find a warning useful. EMAIL "FROM" CONTENT: Earthlink.net EMAIL SUBJECT CONTENT: Problems with your Earthlink account EMAIL BODY TEXT: Dear Earthlink valued customer, We regret to inform you, that we were unable to charge your card. This...

The next big thing that wasn't---or was it? IS IT time to declare the demise of the handheld computer, also known as the personal digital assistant (PDA)? A lot of people suddenly think so, for despite high hopes that the devices---made by such firms as Palm, Sony, HP and Dell---would someday become ubiquitous, annual sales have stayed flat at around 11m units worldwide. This compares poorly with PCs, around 130m of which are sold every year, and mobile phones, with sales of around 460m units. ---The PDA market will never be a mass market,--- says Cindy Wolf, an analyst at...