People have been freaking out about gmail. The storage space, the privacy issues, and more recently, about the usability of the web client. People were offering up gmail invites as prizes or favors. It is all a bit silly.
The gmail link has been sitting on my blogger account page for months now. I finally decided to give it a go. I can now say Google is by far the best web email out there. Uncluttered interface, keyboard shortcuts, great search features on your own email, and a whole lot of space. I can see it being my primary web mail account..
Delta, Continental, America West, JetBlue and Frontier Airlines secretly turned over sensitive passenger data to Transportation Security Administration contractors in the spring and summer of 2002. In addition, two of the four largest airline reservation centers, Galileo International and Sabre, also gave sensitive passenger information, including home phone numbers, credit card numbers and health data. Nothing to see here, just the government compiling secret databases on Americans.
About time: Black Box Voting has formed a nonprofit consumer group that plans to investigate election officials who may have conflicts of interest with voting companies.