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The number of text messages that a mobile user in S.Korea can send out a day has been restricted to 500, down from 1,000

S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.


Twitter has added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers

Twitter launches tool for nailing spammers

Technology / Internet

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers at the globally-popular microblogging service.


Accused spam scammer pleads guilty in Detroit

Technology / Internet

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A Michigan man described as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail has pleaded guilty to charges accusing him of defrauding people by manipulating Chinese stock prices.





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Spam, spam everywhere -- How can we control it?

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created May 26, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to Phillip Laplante, associate professor of software engineering at Penn State Great Valley, the answer as to why spam is omnipresent is two-fold: it's easy to create and distribute, and it's economically advantageous ...


A typical email screen shows a proliferation of unsolicited emails known as spam

Latest weapons in spam battle are images

Technology / Internet

created May 23, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Like all wars, the campaign against junk e-mail -- spam -- is marked along the way with victories and casualties. It's an "ever-escalating battle," the senior director of marketing at anti-spam company Commtouch, ...


94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual Web servers

94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual Web servers

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 06, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Computer scientists from UC San Diego have found striking differences between the infrastructure used to distribute spam and the infrastructure used to host the online scams advertised in these unwanted email ...


The Web: Feds flop at stopping spam

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created Dec 14, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Federal Trade Commission is expected shortly to issue a report on the effectiveness of the CAN-SPAM Act, passed by Congress to combat unsolicited junk e-mail, but experts tell United Press International's The Web ahead ...


View from the Top: VoIP comes of age

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created Aug 04, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Voice over Internet Protocol has emerged as an increasingly popular alternative to traditional phone connections for its ability to transport voice communications over data networks like the Internet.



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