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J.J. Abrams To Direct New 'Star Trek' Film 482

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 21, 2006 @08:41AM from the that-sounds-juuust-great dept.

Tycoon Guy writes "TrekToday reports that Paramount has asked 'Lost' creator J.J. Abrams to direct a new 'Star Trek' film. The movie will be set at Starfleet Academy and will feature younger versions of James T. Kirk and Spock, chronicling their first meeting at the Academy and their first outer space mission. The movie is set for a 2008 release and will apparently be one of Paramount's biggest projects for the year."

Gmail vs Pine 603

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday April 05, 2006 @05:04PM from the objectivity-so-rare dept.

Snarfed has an interesting review on Gmail vs Pine. From the article: "I've used Pine as my email client for, well, pretty much forever. I use it because it's fast, powerful, stable, and very keyboardable. (I hate the mouse.) However, since I work at Google, I'm constantly bombarded with people who ask me why I don't use Gmail. After hearing the nth person brag about how much it increased their productivity, I finally broke down and tried it. I didn't expect much, since I've never liked web-based email clients. However, I made myself use it as my only email client, for a month, to give it a fair shot."

Comment Re:Privacy (Score 1) 266

by GeekTW on Monday February 13, 2006 @01:04PM (#14707575) Attached to: Online Ajax Pages The New Web Desktop?

I'm not so sure it does. The difference is that my email goes over the internet whether I use outlook or gmail, but my journal never does...And I'm not so sure I feel comfortable having my journal online, but I do feel okay with having it on my box.

You are correct in saying e-mail is different, e-mail isn't secure, no matter what service you're using, unless you have it encrypted. You know that, I know that, and probably 90% of Slashdot knows that. But for Joe User, he/she doesn't know how insecure e-mail is. They don't realize an e-mail from me, may not be from me. If they did, phishing scams wouldn't work like they do. My point is, people may be naive enough to subscribe to a roaming desktop, without concern for security.

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