Monday, October 29, 2007

How Gmail Blocks Spam

I knew Gmail did an awesome job at blocking spam, probably 100 times better than other webmails, and now I know why. Here's very interesting article on how Gmail blocks spam.

Accompanied by this video:

Perhaps One of the Coolest Apps to Come Out in a Long Time

Mozilla's Prism. All it does is make a web app feel like a desktop app, but I have to tell you, it's a great feeling.

Basically you just install Prism, then run it and it will ask for a URL. Put in a URL (eg: http://mail.google.com) and bam, you've got a desktop mail client that you can run from your Quick Launch bar or desktop. Well not really a desktop app because you still have to always be connected, but it feels like it. No toolbars, no address bar. Here's a sample screen

Pretty nice huh? Try it out, it actually seems pretty stable already.