January 14, 2003 -
Top 11 spam-stoppers -
Provided by Anti-spam
Products for Enterprises, By
Joyce Graff, ZDNet, Of 11
anti-spam products Gartner has
reviewed, five shipped credible
versions for the first time in
2002. Fourteen others were too
young, untried, or incomplete to
include, and more emerge each
week. The market will settle out
in two to three years...
January 31, 2002
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FTC
cooking up a spam attack - By Gwendolyn Mariano, Special
to ZDNet News, The Federal Trade Commission is gearing up for
a battle against unsolicited commercial e-mail, known as spam. Howard
Beales, the director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said
Thursday that the agency will launch a "systematic attack"
on deceptive spam and opt-out notices. Beales, who spoke at the 2nd
Annual Privacy & Data Security Summit in Washington, D.C., added
that the FTC will announce "law enforcement actions" regarding
spam in a couple of weeks. The campaign comes as the FTC prepares
for its National Consumer Protection Week, beginning Feb. 3, which
will highlight growing concerns about privacy. Although the FTC would
not comment on the details of its plan, Beales' announcement has received
praise from online privacy advocates, who have been pushing for effective
federal anti-spam legislation...
January 25, 2002 -
Moves could be sign of recovery for moribund online market
- By Stefanie Olsen, MSNBC, Major advertisers are
increasingly taking a shine to the Web as a promotional tool
for their wares — a sign for recovery in the lackluster online
ad market...
January 25, 2002 -
Domain name growth slowed in ’01 - By Anick
Jesdanun, ASSOCIATED PRESS, Names reserved on hopes for
big profits are dropped. NEW YORK, Growth in Internet domain
names slowed considerably last year as speculators who once
hoped to make a fortune off easy-to-remember addresses dropped
properties they couldn’t unload...
January 23, 2002 -
Yahoo! puts a price on searches - MSNBC, By Jim Hu,
Unveils premium service to offset online ad slump. Yahoo
on Wednesday unveiled a pay-per-view search product, the
latest in a string of premium services aimed at offsetting a
sharp decline in the company’s online advertising...
January 24, 2002 -
Confiscation of Registered Guns Begins in Illinois - Chicago
Anti Gun Enforcement (CAGE) unit. This elite squad, operated jointly
by the Illinois State Police, the Chicago Police Department, and the
Cook County State's Attorney's Office, supposedly exists to identify
illegal gunrunners. However, information gained by the ISRA makes it
clear that the CAGE unit is targeting law-abiding citizens, not
criminal gunrunners. The Chicago Police Department and the Illinois
State Police have teamed up to make good on Mayor Daley's pledge that,
if it were up to him, nobody would have a gun. Daley and his elite
"CAGE" unit are apparently taking advantage of gun privacy loopholes
to pinpoint certain individuals for inclusion in the confiscation
program...
January 24, 2002 -
U.S. reviews need for mammograms - MSNBC NEWS SERVICES,
WASHINGTON, National Cancer Institute sticks to long-standing advice
as it considers new evidence. The government urges women starting at
age 40 to get a mammogram every one to two years. Doctors for years
have told women that regular mammograms save lives. Now a scientific
dispute is seriously challenging that assertion — and forcing the
National Cancer Institute to review its guidelines...
