Google has taken up the job to unify most of its services; be it Google +, Google Reader or Google News. With the unification, the company has now given a cool new look to most of it's services. The most recent addition to the makeover list is Gmail, with the web version being updated with some cool features (though mostly cosmetic). The user interface has received a facelift to look more presentable and easy to use.

One of the cool new tweaks to the interface of Gmail is where a user can minimize the size of the browser window to his liking and Gmail automatically adjusts to the window. This is very vital if you usually view 2 or more program windows at once on the screen. Also, the search box on top has been upgraded with the addition of new filters such as 'from', 'to', 'subject', 'has the words' etc, to make searching for emails much more easier. Moving on, the ability to drag the chat box to hide your unimportant labels is a neat UI tweak that most of the users will be looking forward to using.Another feature is where you can select the way you want your list of messages to appear. There are three options to choose from: Comfortable, Cozy and Compact, with Comfortable being the uncluttered view of your mails and Compact displaying most of your mails without taking up too much space. Also, the conversation window has received some minor adjustments to improve user experience, though it's not a major improvement. Lastly, the themes tab has been updated with some cool new high resolution themes so the user will now have a lot to choose from.

If you’re a Gmail user and you’ve got a domain that’s registered through GoDaddy, you’ve been put in danger – from yourself.

A new security flaw in Gmail has caused a new exploit to run wild. The exploit essentially makes you to create a filter all on your own, allowing unwanted eyes to get access of your Gmail account.

In a nutshell, the exploit steals a cookie from you. Once this cookie has been swiped some malicious code creates a hidden iframe with a url that contains the variables required for Gmail to create a filter for your account. Once this is done, the hacker has free reign over your personal emails and whatever else you might associate with your Gmail account.While this is clearly the shorthand version, be sure to check out the full rundown. If you’re one of the many that uses both Gmail and GoDaddy, we’d suggest that you take some time to check it out.

The alfaiscool2002@gmail.com e-mail address is believed to have been used for privacy violations and corporate espionage against a manager of a company called iMerge. The company filed suit against Google after the Internet firm refused to voluntarily hand over the data.

The court in Amsterdam ordered Google earlier this month to provide the targeted company with a list of all IP addresses that have been used to access the account over the past 30 days under penalty of a €1,000 (US$1,342) daily fine.

Google also had to hand over the IP address from which the account was created and the date on which this happened, as well as the name and secondary e-mail address of the applicant.

IMerge also had asked for a list of all addresses that mail had been sent to, but the court ordered that such data would unduly violate the privacy of third parties. Google has since complied with the order.

IMerge over the summer found that it's e-mail servers had been altered, allowing all e-mail messages addressed at the manager to be secretly forwarded to the Gmail address. The company said that the log files show frequent access to the account from both within iMerge as well as from the personal Internet connection of a disgruntled partner. The company argues that the log files provide sufficient evidence for a civil claim against the individual.In addition to corporate espionage, the copied e-mails have harmed the affected manager in his personal life. He used his corporate e-mail to exchange messages with a person with whom he had an extramarital affair. Those messages have been forwarded to his spouse and are now part of a divorce procedure.

IMerge's counsel Mark Meijer complained to Webwereld, an IDG affiliate, that it is "incredibly easy" to create an anonymous e-mail account and harass other people. "Companies like Google will only cooperate when they risk legal claims, even if there is overwhelming evidence to indicate criminal wrongdoings as is the case here," Meijer said.

Allister Verney , a spokesperson for Google Netherlands countered that the firm never gives out user data without a court order. "In court cases we always try to limit the amount of that that is provided. But if a judge rules that we have to comply with a request, then we have no option but to give out the data," said Verney.

According to softpedia, a 502 server error prevented Gmail and Google Apps users from accessing their accounts for about 15 hours. The error, associated with servers that have to deal with too many connections, disappeared after the number of people who tried to access a specific location decreased. In this particular case, it took Google engineers over half a day until they managed to solve the problem generated by a server congestion.The majority of users complained about the fact that they could not connect to Gmail through their Google Apps account, while the rest of them said that no other attempt worked either. People with more than one Gmail account noticed that, usually, only one of those could not connect. Google found out about the problem via the support forums. The officials responded, saying that the issue was already being worked at. Even so, some of the users got no less than furious. Many claimed that their businesses depended on important emails that had to be read or sent as soon as possible.

To pour oil upon troubled waters, Google representatives assured that only a "small subset" of Gmail users was experiencing the inability to log in. Also, on the Google Apps discussion group, one of the representatives of the company said that the issue was only access-related. During the failure, email accounts were still able of receiving and storing messages.

The annoyed users affected by the issue pointed the finger at Google, accusing the Mountain View-based company of slow response. "I feel for all business that has been affected by this. I can only imagine how much money was lost and how many client relationships must now be strained as a result of this monumental dropping of the ball on behalf of Google." said Tim, a man who claimed that his company was one of the first to adopt Google Apps.

Do you receive countless e-mails on a daily basis? Are some of those e-mails interesting, important or just something you would like to come back to later? If so, wouldn't you like to categorize them, without having to mark them as Old, Keep As New, Unmark, Unread, etc.? Or, what if you accidentally deleted some of them? Or, even worse, lose them. I mean, who has time to deal with all of that?!

Well, now you can make new folders to manage and organize all of your e-mails. That way, you won’t have to flood your Inbox and all your other folders with uncategorized e-mail. Cool, huh?!

For instance, I made a folder called "WorldStart" for all of their articles and updates. I put all of the articles and newsletters I receive from WorldStart in that folder. That way, I don’t have to go searching for them in all of my other e-mail folders. I can go right to that folder and find everything I need. It’s all in one place! So, if that sounds like something you'd like to do as well, keep reading. Below you will find instructions on how to do that in AOL, Yahoo! and Gmail. Okay, let's get started! AOL

First, log in to your AOL e-mail account, open up your e-mail mailbox and click on the Manage Mail tab.
Next, click the Save On AOL title, followed by the Setup Folders arrow and then click on Create a Folder. A little box will then come up. In the Name New Folder text box, go ahead and type in the name of the new folder you would like to use. For example again, I named my new folder "WorldStart." When you're done, click Save.
Your new folder will then appear in the My Mail Folders list.