Spam — it’s terrible stuff. Not so much the potted meat product — I don’t want to get sued, although I don’t much like that either. But sometimes Spam turns up unintentionally hilarious nuggets, like this firm offering customised tablets, direct from China. More »
Nokia got busted by ACMA today to the tune of $55,000 for sending out spam SMS to customers. Ouch! More »
Marketers. Exes. Bosses who somehow got ahold of your personal email address. Sure, you could make a filter or click ‘report spam’ (as if that actually does anything…), but wouldn’t it be better if they just stopped emailing you altogether? More »
Anybody who’s worked in a cubicle is familiar the Outlook Request Read Receipt — that horrid popup that demands you confirm you have indeed read (and summarily deleted) the TSP report Ted from accounting had sent out. Now, Tout, a new email tracking app, does the same. Huzzah? More »
Everybody hates spam. Everybody hates HIV. So the fact that Microsoft is sharing its knowledge of spam filter design to help scientists fight the virus is all kinds of good. More »
