Gmail, the email solution introduced by Google in 2003? undoubtedly changed other company's perspective towards web based emails. However, it is in news, these days, for all the wrong things.

The newest flaw discovered in Gmail turns the email service into a sophisticaed spamming engine. So, next time you get a mail from a gmail server, make sure it is from your friend.

Inspite of being a beta for almost 4.5 years, bugs seem to be surfacing everynow and then... Guess who is not dropping the beta tag for several more years to come? :)

Source: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080510-security-flaw-turns-gmail-into-open-relay-server.html