Going to Extremes to Fight Spam
By Leander Kahney
"SAN FRANCISCO — Felix Lin and Linus Upson want to make it harder to send and receive e-mail. They believe it's the best way to deal with the problem of spam."
Net Gurus Rally Anti-Spam Forces
By Justin Jaffe
"Like Greek gods high atop Mount Olympus, the masters of the Internet have long been watching the spam wars. But this week they decided to step in and settle the fight — once and for all. "
It’s a good thing Pennsylvania has the Do Not Call list. This kind of !@#$ drives me nuts. Why would I want to buy something that’s being sold by someone I didn’t want to talk to in the first place?!?
New Telemarketing Tool Trumps TeleZapper
By JIM KRANE
“A telemarketing tool that penetrates home privacy defenses is upping the ante in a technology battle between sales callers and consumers seeking shelter from unsolicited calls. Castel Inc., a maker of automated dialing technology, boasts that its DirectQuest software is immune to the TeleZapper, a $40 gadget designed to thwart sales calls by faking the tones of a disconnected number.”
I really hope this works.
In Search of the Perfect Spam Filter
Techies immerse themselves in spam to craft a filter that renders mass e-mail marketing ineffective (and undesirable).
By Scarlet Pruitt
"BOSTON–The roughly 500 programmers, researchers, hackers, and IT administrators who gathered in a chilly classroom on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Friday aren’t just looking to slow the relentless onslaught of spam–they want to completely destroy its business model."
I used to greatly dislike having a very generic name. The age of ‘googling’ has changed my mind. In commonality there is privacy. Google me. I dare ya. 😉
A Nation of Voyeurs
How the Internet search engine Google is changing what we can find out about one another – and raising questions about whether we should
By Neil Swidey
“Michael is a clean-cut 34-year-old working in a professional job at a Boston medical school. You’d never know he did time for burglary and is a former drug addict. Well, actually, you would if you Googled him. Go to the Google.com home page and type in Michael’s name (for obvious reasons, we are not including his last name here). That simple step produces more than 100 links to documents written by and about Michael. The search, Google proudly notes, takes just a 10th of a second. “
Zap!
Scientist bombards brains with super-magnets to edifying effect
By Carey Goldberg
“Just by pointing his super-magnets at the right spots on your head, Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone can make you go momentarily mute or blind.He can disrupt your working memory or your ability to recognize faces. He can even make it harder for you to say verbs while nouns remain as easy as ever. Weird, yes. Fringe, no. “
Who in their right mind would let someone scramble their thoughts with a magnet?!? I feel like Bones decrying the dangers of transporters. The technology has great potential, but is it safe?