The Wall Street Journal has posted a report on its Web site that Iran intends to shut down Google Inc's email service in that country.
Google tweaks Buzz after privacy complaints, changing auto-follow to auto-suggest and giving users more control over their shared content and connections.
Google has threatened to pull its search engine from the People's Republic of China, after an attack originating from the country.
The hacked accounts of Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo users are being used to send phishing spam, reports security company Websense.
Users of Web-based email services such as Gmail and Hotmail are being urged to update their passwords as a major email phishing scam continues to spread.