Spam accounts for nearly 200 billion messages a day or approximately 90% of all email worldwide, the 2008 Cisco Annual Security Report revealed. The report, which highlights security threats and trends, also found that more online criminals are using real email accounts with legitimate web mail providers to send spam. This method, known as ‘reputation hijacking’, makes spam harder to detect and block.

According to Cisco estimates, spam resulting from email reputation hijacking of the top three web mail providers accounted for less than 1% of all spam worldwide, but made up 7.6% of the providers’ mail traffic. Additionally, researchers have seen a 90% growth in threats originating from legitimate domains, doubling 2007 figures.

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Google has expanded its local offerings by launching the Hijri Google Calendar in both English and Arabic. Google Calendar is a free tool that allows you to keep track of events, special occasions and appointments. Additionally, it lists public and national holidays automatically and is integrated with Gmail so events mentioned in email messages can be added to the calendar and shared with friends.

"Launching the Google Hijri Calendar showcases our effort to focus on the needs of users locally. Calendar is a great tool for organizing your life," said Wael Ghonim, marketing manager. To add the Hijri Calendar you need to sign in to your Google Account and go to your calendar. Click on Settings and under the General tab, choose Alternate Calendars and select the Hijri calendar of your choice.

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Nokia has just launched a new service that provides instant access to popular consumer email and IM accounts. The Nokia Messaging push email service will allow customers to stay connected through Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail and Google Talk and other email solutions from thousands of ISPs worldwide.

"We believe everybody should have mobile messaging – it’s not a privilege service that’s meant only for a certain segment of the market…We are making mobile messaging an affordable experience for everyone, not just for those with specialized phones designed for messaging, but for everyone with a Nokia device.” said Tom Furlong, senior VP, Consumer Messaging, Services & Software, Nokia.

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