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Spam 'Produces 17m Tons of CO2'

Sunday, June 7th, 2009 - 15:56:23 - Ehud Rattner

A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes. The...

US Cuts Off 'Criminal' Net Firm

Sunday, June 7th, 2009 - 09:53:55 - Ehud Rattner

An American ISP allegedly involved in distributing spam and images of child abuse has been thrown off the net. The US Federal Trade Commission asked...

Spam is Bad for the Environment

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 - 10:21:53 - Anuradha Menon

Here's another reason to despise spam e-mail: It's bad for the environment. According to a study released Wednesday by McAfee Inc., the amount of...

Study Shows How Spammers Cash In

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 - 19:15:22 - Ehud Rattner

Spammers are turning a profit despite only getting one response for every 12.5m e-mails they send, finds a study. By hijacking a working spam...

Spam 30'th Anniversary

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 - 15:49:32 - Iddo Genuth

Spam - the scourge of every e-mail inbox - celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend. The first recognizable e-mail marketing message was sent on...

StupidFilter - Time to Fight Back the Imbeciles
Monday, December 10th, 2007 - Sarah Gingichashvili
A team of American scientists are developing the “StupidFilter” – an open-source filter software that will be able to detect...