Does annoying marketing really pay off in the short or long run? How do we measure this? Who says what's annoying and what's not? These are the questions swirling around the metrics of annoyance.READ»
The two things that make us waste precious time and ruin our day are the spam junk that we get and sneaky viruses that take control of our computer. READ»
Last week I wrote about a phishing and malware scam that has plagued Facebook for weeks. It wasn't quite a virus, because it affected Mac users--but it wasn't entirely Web-based either, because some of the links it hawked were ...READ»
What J.P. Morgan Chase and Kraft want is exactly what the guys peddling porn and gambling want: free access to your inbox. That's why there's no easy solution to a problem that could soon make the world's email system crash and burn.READ»
Email was supposed to make your life easier, faster, and cheaper -- not messier, uglier, and cheesier. Here's how to keep the spam off your plate.READ»
On Thursday night, Facebook was attacked by hackers for the fourth time this month. Who is behind the attacks isn't known, but the malefactors appear to be using several old tricks--phishing, malware downloads, and other ...READ»
The carbon footprint of a single email is negligible, but new research from ICF International and McAfee shows that the 62 trillion spam emails sent each year waste 33 billion kilowatt hours of power, or enough to power 2.4 million ...READ»
Three imbeciles who exploited stolen Facebook accounts to send spam were fined $711 million in damages on Thursday, payable to Facebook.
Sanford Wallace, Adam Arzoomanian, and Scott Shaw allegedly stole login credentials for ...READ»
For the last two weeks, a phishing and malware scam propagated virally through Facebook, taking control of member accounts and blasting their friends with bogus messages. Today, a new wave of attacks hit, getting broader traction ...READ»
It was announced today that one of the world's top three spammers (now there's a list you want to be on... and can't opt-out) has been ordered to pay a $7 million settlement to Microsoft. Good Thing. Bill could use the money.
I ...READ»
Every day it seems like we’re hearing about a bank merger or at least banks talking about merging. Washington Mutual and J.P. Morgan Chase. Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. It doesn’t look like we’ll be hearing any less of ...READ»
Forget international trade agreements...the big news at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos was Microsoft founder Bill Gates' shocking announcement today that he will put an end to spam within the next two years.
It's a bold ...READ»
"Crime expands to fill the space available" should be a well-known epithet: Evidence it's true is revealed in news that social networking phenomenas Facebook and Twitter were used in a classic stock fraud trick.READ»
Apparently it's not just Bill Gates who wants to charge for email as a way to eliminate spam and generate revenue for ISPs...Yahoo! is looking into the pay-as-you go system as well.
The company -- a popular provider of free email ...READ»
Before he sat in the Oval Office, Barack Obama promised the world a high-tech, pro-science presidency. And over the last weeks his promise has come true: The Administration has embraced the high-tech world of spamming.
Or is that ...READ»
America Online has released its list of top spam for 2005. Surprisingly, a message mentioning Donald Trump was the worst offender. Other spam subjects include the iPod nano, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Another tactic, besides ...READ»
What if Twitter isn't about what Ev and Biz want it to be? What if all the early adopters have got it wrong? What if the spammers know what Twitter is best used for?READ»
The world's largest -- and most lucrative -- search engine had two pieces of news yesterday. One, which was much reported, was that Google raised its IPO size by $1.1 billion. The other piece of news -- which went mostly unnoticed -- ...READ»
According to the estimable Matt Drudge, rocker Fred Durst, of Limp Bizkit fame (although increasingly famous merely for being famous), has had his phone hacked by the same person who hacked Paris Hilton's phone earlier this week. The ...READ»
Spam… A word-associational psychologist would be disappointed at how predictable the results of tossing this word into a session aimed at unearthing complex emotions are. There are no complex emotions when it comes to spam. Spam ...READ»
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