Neowin News Feed for: Earthlink

EarthLink to Cut 900 Jobs and Close Four Offices

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:50:14 +0000

Internet service provider Earthlink announced today that it will cut more than 900 jobs and close four offices in an effort to reduce operating costs. The company will also repurchase $200 million of its stock... Read more...

Google, EarthLink Join For San Francisco Wi-Fi Plan

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:39:31 +0000

Google Inc. has teamed up with EarthLink Inc. to craft a citywide Wi-Fi proposal for San Francisco, which closed the RFP process for its wireless broadband initiative on Tuesday. Cisco Systems Inc. and... Read more...

EarthLink, Webroot Report Spyware Doubling In Second Quarter

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:17:21 +0000

Spyware & Adware is on the rise according to popular ISP EarthLink and Adware remover Webroot. Together the two companies have scanned over 2.1 million computer systems, and have found 54.8 million traces of... Read more...

Earthlink, Webroot Spot Spyware All Over

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:07:02 +0000

Spyware and trojan horses are spreading exponentially, not just one here and there. EarthLink claims spyware is down in April from March, but 27 pieces of spyware per machine (on average) is still an epidemic... Read more...

EarthLink Plans to offer a Free Web Toolbar

Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:01:23 +0000

EarthLink Inc. plans to begin offering on Monday a free Web toolbar that can protect consumers against rampant "phishing" identity-theft scams. The toolbar will be available to all Internet users for download at EarthLink's Web... Read more...

How EarthLink Is Blocking Spam For 5 Million Users

Sat, 07 Jun 2003 10:16:00 +0000

EarthLink has the same spam problem that an enterprise e-mail system has -- only bigger. Where an large enterprise might have more than 100,000 mailboxes, EarthLink has five million. EarthLink users range... Read more...

EarthLink to offer anti-spam e-mail

Wed, 07 May 2003 18:43:43 +0000

Not sure i really like this approach too much... "A system that backers claim will eliminate e-mail spam is about to be deployed by a major Internet service provider, giving a boost to... Read more...

Earthlink Wants Total Access (to Your PC)

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:17:52 +0000

By now the majority of neowins know about Earthlinks anti pop-up ad feature. However something is very wrong with this. Sure Earthlinks pop-up blocker will block pop-ups from www.bigboobies.com, but it generates its... Read more...

Earthlink to bundle with Lindows PCs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:34:22 +0000

In an attempt to enter the new market for ultra-low-budget Linux-based consumer desktop PCs, EarthLink Inc announced this week it is to distribute its software on machines running Lindows.com Inc's operating system. ... Read more...

Earthlink software helps banish pop-up ads

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:31:30 +0000

EarthLink arsenal for luring away subscribers from its online rivals (Microsoft's MSN and AOL) includes a $10 million marketing campaign and new access software that will block pop-up ads, one of the most frequently... Read more...

EarthLink to release child-friendly browser

Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:41:05 +0000

EarthLink is teaming with Internet technology company SurfMonkey on a new browser for children that incorporates porn filters, a move that takes aim at America Online by seeking to make its Internet service more attractive... Read more...