Invisible single-pixel images (called Web bugs) can enable this kind of user e-mail tracking without alerting the naïve user because most people don’t examine the HTML code underlying received e-mail ...

Yahoo used its recent “Hack Day” to springboard its opening of substantial chunks of code to software developers, highlighted by the application programming interface (API) of Yahoo’s widely-used Web ...

Editor’s note: This story has been changed since it was originally posted because several quoted comments were mistakenly attributed to Dave Greiner, head of the FixOutlook.org protest. The ...

Everyone knows BlackBerrys are da bomb when it comes to e-mail -- so why can't they handle something as simple as HTML-formatted messages? I'm not sure, but at least there's a third-party fix: BBSmart ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Yahoo is set to allow outsiders to create new services using the world's most popular consumer e-mail program, in the broadest move the Web has yet seen to enlist independent ...

The folks at Goodmail have come out with a study concerning e-mail graphics that indicates the situation is even more dire than most think. In a recent survey that drew 226 respondents, 58.5% said ...

HTML emails allow you to make compelling and eye-catching marketing copy with integrated tracking applications -- an advantage in many cases, but not always the clear winner over standard text-only ...

The Twitter protest again Microsoft Outlook is losing steam, but the question remains: Is HTML e-mail dangerous or is Microsoft using security as a reason not to comply with Web standards? Last week’s ...