Jun 17th, 2008 · Seriosity, a Silicon Valley startup, thinks economics will help people learn which of their e-mails have value. The company has created software that lets a sender attach value to an e-mail to denote how important it is. The idea is to get people to send messages that are truly important.
Jun 16th, 2008 · Daily e-mail volume is now at 210 billion a day worldwide and increasing. The burden of managing all that e-mail has prompted a backlash. From declaring "e-mail bankruptcy" to e-mail-free days, many Americans are tuning out and turning off.
Dec 10th, 2007 · JetBlue is poised to become the first U.S. airline to test in-flight Internet service. They're testing one plane that allows access to Yahoo e-mail and instant messaging. Reporter Cyrus Farivar has more.
Sep 12th, 2007 · Just months before astronaut Lisa Nowak allegedly attacked a romantic rival, NASA was investigating whether it could have detected psychiatric problems in a former astronaut who committed suicide. The investigation is described in a series of e-mails concerning Charles Brady, who apparently killed himself in July 2006.
Jun 19th, 2007 · Civil liberties groups are celebrating a court ruling to make stored e-mails more private. The ruling said the federal government must have a warrant before it can search through stored e-mails. Previously, the government took the liberty of reading stored e-mails because it was too hard to get a search warrant for an e-mail while it's in transmission.
Apr 12th, 2007 · The White House has acknowledged that it may have lost some e-mails that weren't sent via White House accounts. This has raised questions about the laws governing political activity in the White House, where workers are supposed to send their e-mails over White House accounts unless they're involved in political activity.
Apr 12th, 2007 · The White House says nearly two dozen members of its political team have been using computers supplied by the Republican Party. It says some of the e-mails generated from those computers have been lost, and it might impact the administration's ability to comply with subpoenas for sensitive records regarding the firing of eight United States attorneys. Renee Montagne talks to Don Gonyea.
Mar 20th, 2007 · Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was "extremely upset" by statements his subordinates made as the U.S. attorneys scandal took over the front pages of newspapers, according to Department of Justice e-mails released Monday. The agency turned over some 3,000 pages to the Senate Judiciary Committee.