Google has added yet another name to its growing enterprise - the company has acquired security provider Postini for $625m.

One of the world's top ten spammers, along with his staff, has been nabbed by US authorities.

Microsoft has announced that Windows Live Hotmail, the successor to MSN Hotmail, has launched globablly in 36 languages.

3, 2, 1 Mozilla Thunderbird 2 is go, supporting Vista and great new features like Message Tagging, improved Search and Advanced Folder Views.

Two spammers from South Korea have been arrested on suspicion of sending out 1.6 billion unsolicited emails over a four month period.

The fuzz employs 'computer security' experts to go to town on Downing Street's email. n00b!

Have you been buried under a deluge of porn, penis enlargement and stock offers? The spam problem is getting worse, with no visible way out.

Fed up of having separate accounts and programmes for IM, email, Skype, calendar, todo list, and all the rest? Microsoft might have the answer.

AppleBerry - not a flavour of lemonade, but a rumoured device coming from the two computing firms. Could instant email be about to get more addictive?