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?? Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti warns that a new email scam offering discount gift cards is making the rounds of residents?????in-boxes. ???What they???re doing is they send you an email and they???ll say, ???If you want, you can get a $100 gift card for...

??Our report this week on fraudsters using the grandparent scam to target residents in the 954 area code drew complaints from some readers who described how computer hackers had immobilized their email accounts. Judy from West Palm Beach??said friends??...

You try to send a mass email. Then the messages bounce back. And maybe a few minutes later you realize you forgot someone. Jason Fried's company, 37signals, is trying to solve those problems with Basecamp Breeze. The new product is so simple the company...

If you were ever shot down asking a pretty girl for her phone number, you're not alone. Trust me, they don't spill their digits to everyone who asks. I bet few people would confuse state bureaucrats for beauty queens, but it's not easy getting their...

Consumer loyalty, in the digital media era, seems to be as valued as an AOL start-up disk. Customers of most cellphone companies finish their contracts and win the right to keep paying the same high prices that supposedly included the cost of their once-...

You may have heard about a survey the Boy Scouts of America recently announced. The results of the survey -- which asked questions including whether a lesbian should be able to lead a cub scout den -- were supposed to guide those in charge at the national...

Sometimes I don't think we deserve e-mail. It's a tool of immeasurable importance in today's working world, yet we're wildly cavalier with it, firing off mistake-riddled missives as recklessly as a wound-up 5-year-old with a dart gun. For every...

SACRAMENTO — The most courageous politician in California — probably the nation — is a Berkeley city councilman, Gordon Wozniak. His gutsy act: proposing that the government tax email. Yes, sacrosanct, time-gobbling, out-of-control...

In the news business, you can bank on animal stories getting an emotional reaction from readers. Especially when they involve pit bulls. Or cats. Last week offered a reminder of the powerful connection between humans and felines. In a guest column...

I'm sorry. Whatever I did, I apologize. Flog me, fine me, curse my name. But honest, I didn't mean to do it. You, too, have probably felt the dismay of discovering you've slighted someone without knowing it. Your victim may be someone you've never...

A local resident used Craigslist to advertise a bunk bed for sale at $425. Immediately he was contacted by a buyer and the bed was considered sold. Next the seller received a $2,100 check that was delivered by FedEx with instructions to cash the check,...

Dear Amy: I am jealous of my boyfriend's sister and it causes me such anguish. I don't like feeling this way. We have a long-distance relationship and see each other every four or five weeks. We talk every day on the phone and email, etc., but I get...