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A Gmail security vulnerability may allow an attacker to set up filters on users' e-mail accounts without their knowledge, according to a proof of concept posted Sunday at GeekCondition.com. In his post, Brandon writes that the vulnerability has caused some people to lose their domain names registered through GoDaddy.com. Without posting the full exploit, here is the key as Brandon explains it relies on obtaining the variables that represent the user name and "at": When you create a filter in your Gmail account, a request is sent to Google's servers to be processed. The request is made in the form...

I was surprised but pleased to see in my email box today: *************************** USMC 230th Birthday Salute *************************** You can view your message at: http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/holiday/usmc/2005.asp?isc=gdg1110 Dear (my name removed by myself), For 230 years, November 10 has marked the birthday of The United States Marine Corps. Each year, all of us at GoDaddy.com(R) mark this November day with a salute, a thank you and special birthday tribute. Please join us as we celebrate the USMC with a special birthday "Ooh-Rah!" Semper Fi, Bob Parsons President & Founder GoDaddy.com

GoDaddy's (search) provocative Super Bowl (search) spoof of Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" was pulled after making only one of two scheduled appearances, but it still generated plenty of buzz for the little-known Internet company. Fox aired the racy ad — featuring a buxom brunette testifying before a censorship committee — in the first quarter but replaced it with a promo for animated comedy "The Simpsons" during its second time slot in the final two minutes. The decision was prompted by NFL (search) officials complaining to Fox, according to GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons, who has chronicled the company's efforts to get...

More and more we read about companies firing their American employees and moving jobs overseas in an effort to save a few bucks an hour. Early on, offshore outsourcing was focused largely in the manufacturing sector. However, it has since been embraced by the growing Information Technology industry. PBS’s Frontline World reported last year that over half of Fortune 500 companies have moved jobs offshore, including famous names from many industries: Oracle, Dell, HSBC, Delta Air Lines, Novartis, J.P. Morgan Chase, Hewlett-Packard, American Express, and British Airways*. General Electric, IBM and MCI are examples of companies who have just recently...

Dear Customer: Each and every year, we at GoDaddy.com stop and celebrate a day that is very special to us. November 10th marks the 229th birthday of The United States Marine Corps. This year we decided that it wasn't enough just to have a few libations in honor of the Marines. We felt that we both wanted and needed to do more. So we created a small multimedia tribute (we'll still toast the Corps after work). Please join us in wishing the United States Marine Corps a very special birthday indeed. We hope you enjoy the birthday salute! Semper Fi,...