paulproteus

According to the New York Times, Google is rolling out a new, 1GB-per-user web mail system. This is an update to a previous story.

Of course, even though it is widely reported by a number of news sources, they probably didn't read the press release:

“[A customer] kvetched about spending all her time filing messages or trying to find them,” Page said.

and

Millions of M&Ms later, Gmail was born.

The clincher of this press release is its byline:

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 1, 2004 UTC

It's in UTC so they could get in on the April Fools action a day early. Sign up while you can!

We have a dev box! It's named after Michael Muuss, a dead guy who wrote PING.

[moment of silence]

It has IP address: 128.220.65.199.

Tomorrow the papers will talk about a new worm on the loose. I received it in an encrypted ZIP file; it's UPX-packed, like so many worms these days.

Hey, NetSky, fuck off you bitch, don't ruine our bussiness, wanna start a war?

I found some interesting strings in it, as you can see. It came masquerading in this email:

Dear user  of  Asheesh.org,

We  warn  you about some  attacks on your  e-mail account. Your computer may
contain viruses,  in  order to  keep your computer  and e-mail account safe,
please, follow the instructions.

Further details can be  obtained  from  attached file.

Attached file protected with the password for security reasons. Password is 33045.

Cheers,
    The Asheesh.org team                            http://www.asheesh.org