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Judge Cans “Spamford”

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Today, a California court awarded Facebook $711 million in civil damages against Sanford Wallace, the notorious sell proclaimed “spam king” who is also known by the derisive nickname ‘Spamford.’ The court found Wallace guilty of violating the CAN-SPAM act, and he could face time in prison if convicted. Wallace allegedly accessed Facebook accounts without obtaining permission, [...]

Botnets Account For 83% of Spam

Monday, June 29, 2009

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Spam is still a problem, but its becoming increasingly centralized — which could make its eradication that much more easier if those battling it play their cards right. Research firm MessageLabs reported Monday that 83.2 percent of all spam originates from Botnets. To refresh your memory, a botnet is a group of computers running distributed software [...]

Spam, Wonderful Spam

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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Symantec arm MessageLabs reports that 90 percent of all e-mail traffic is spam, up signficantly from the 58% just six months ago. At that time, anti-spam efforts had reached their peak, along with the convictions and shutdowns of several major spam rings. However, since that time, spammers have regrouped and pushed spam levels to their highest [...]

Car-Warranty Robocallers: The Jig is Up. Finally.

Friday, May 15, 2009

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I don’t claim to be an expert on religious theory, but I am reasonably confident that there’s a special circle in Hell reserved for the sleazeballs behind those automated cell-phone calls that attempt to trick you into thinking that your car warranty is about to expire as an excuse to sell you a new extended [...]

Five Web Services You’ve Got to Try

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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Junk and clutter: It’s the blaring banner ads and annoying boxes that slide across the screen that are ruining the Web. I avoid it all with a smart ad blocker–Ad Muncher, a miraculous tool. But there’s still a problem. Web pages aren’t designed for reading, and that’s one of my pleasures: Reading product and movie reviews, for [...]

Microsoft’s Photosynth: Hard Work, Cool Results

Thursday, August 21, 2008

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You know it’s a quiet day in tech when the big news involves Jerry Seinfeld. I’ve already covered that, um, bombshell–so let’s move onto other developments, starting with a surprisingly inventive Microsoft Web app.