Tag Archives: anti spam

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” – Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, Scene II. One of the few memorable lines from Shakespeare’s three part cycle recounting the history of Henry VI; Dick the butcher uttered …

Spring is in the air! You can tell, without need of a calendar, that old man Winter has wheezed out his last stale breath of frigid air. The ground begins to thaw and grass, the guiltless victim of months of …

If one is to believe the CRTC, then it appears that the much-ballyhooed Canadian Anti  Spam Law is about to become reality after two long years of controversy and debate.

We (‘we’ meaning everybody) often speak about spam email as if it represents some demonic presence levied upon the world like a curse spawned in a Greek tragedy. Often, we tend to forget that not every spammer is a bearded, …

We all know that spam is never a fun thing, unless of course it is part of a Monty Python skit. But the spam we are referring to has no humorous side to those who receive it. Whether your inbox …

With a slew of high profile botnet takedowns in the past year or so, some have argued that we’d see a reduction in the amount of spam being slung around.  Some have even published stories about how the number of …

Spam comes in a multitude of forms: from pleas to enlarge one’s penis immediately, to ones that let you stock up on perfectly legal prescription meds (because there are no active ingredients) sans prescription; from urgent requests by banks with which …

I am Career Sergeant Zim. It is my responsibility to teach you recruits how to survive in one of the most hostile environments known to geeks.  Anytime you think I’m being too rough, anytime you think I’m being too tough, …

Two years ago, Microsoft took down a nasty botnet named Waledac in what was a pretty unprecedented move at the time. At the time, Microsoft teamed up with several other interested parties and went to U.S. Federal Court, securing a …

There is a reason why the gossip magazines are right next to the checkout lines in the supermarket. It is because marketers know that they can easily catch the eye of those who follow the lives of famous people. The …