Full Disclosure, an email list serve where computer security researchers disclose vulnerabilities in software products, closed down last week raising the question if these kinds of social forums still have a place in email. It turns out that the list has relaunched under new management, suggesting that even in the era of social media, there is till room for moderated newsletter forums. The rapid relaunch of that same list under new management has answered that question. Mailing lists still matter, and reasons why may shed light on opportunities.

Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller tore into his ad agency TBWA/Media Arts Lab, when The Wall Street Journal wrote an article, "Has Apple Lost Its Cool to Samsung?" Emails that have emerged from the Samsung-Apple lawsuit show that Schiller forwarded the story to his agency writing, "We have a lot of work to do to turn this around."

Yahoo has secured a bug that gave any Internet user access to the name, email invitations sent by Flickr users to their friends. Critics say the company acted too slowly, as the flaw has been exposed for months. Yahoo defended itself saying that only the invitation was exposed and that no "sensitive data" was ever at risk.

Samsung attorneys revealed an internal email from Apple which shows that the iPhone creator was nervous about the competition, in court today. was keenly aware that maintaining iPhone growth going forward was fraught with challenges. The email demonstrated concerns by Apple that the market for smartphones under $300 and with larger screens was taking off, an area that Apple did not compete at the time. Phil Schiller, Apple's SVP, responded to the testimony by saying that the email did not reflect Apple's overall policy.

Georgia Tech has shut down the fraternity that made headlines for circulating an email last year that referred to women as "rarebit" for violation of the student code of conduct. The chapter of Phi Kappa Tau will be suspended for three years. "It is unfortunate that this disciplinary action was needed, but Georgia Tech holds all of its student organizations accountable to the standard set by the Student Code of Conduct," the university said in a statement.

Today is #NoEmailDay, a yearly event that encourages people to turn off their email for a day to make better use of their time. "This is an unnecessary distraction that will just lead you to lose your train of thought or stop what you're doing and start something else, "Paul Lancaster, the founder of #NoEmailDay, told The Huffington Post. He suggests that email users limit the number of times a day they check it and be careful not to over cc.

Reporter Serena Markstrom Nugent, a report for The Register-Guard in Eugene, Oregon, was fired after 13 years on the job for checking her work email while out on maternity leave. Apparently, she deleted some of the emails and was told that this act was considered destruction of company property. The community has responded the her termination by gathering in support for Nugent.

Eighteen million email addresses and passwords were stolen by hackers in Germany. Unidentified cyber thieves used these email passwords to make online purchases, among those people that had the same password for more than one account. Authorities in the city of Verden have submitted the discovery to Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

Yahoo has plans to make its user's data more protected from government surveillance programs. Yahoo will encrypt all email between its servers and other mail providers. In addition, the tech giant revealed that it would automatically encrypt all traffic flowing between Yahoo data centers. Search queries on the homepage will also be encrypted by default.

The National Security Agency performs warrantless searches on Americans' emails. "There have been queries, using US person identifiers, of communications lawfully acquired to obtain foreign intelligence targeting non-US persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States," James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, wrote in the letter, part of which has been published by The Guardian.