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January 8, 2001 |
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Smell E-mail |
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Internet users will soon be able to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the world wide web thanks to a new computer gadget. The gizmo plugs directly into a home computer and is equipped with more than 100 liquid scents that can be mixed to produce almost any smell ... »
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January 8, 2001 |
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COMTEX Announces an Anti-Ticker Spamming Initiative |
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ALEXANDRIA, VA.—(business wire)—Jan. 8, 2001 — COMTEX News Network, Inc. (OTC BB:CMTX), announced today that it is employing a new "Primary Ticker Value-Add", an anti-ticker spamming initiative, in an effort to address an industry problem and limit over-tickering to more effectively provide customers with pertinent information needed to perform news searches based on company ticker symbols ... »
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January 8, 2001 |
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Mail, E-Mail and Fax Scams |
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A New York City woman cashed a check that she received in the mail. She thought it was a rebate for a recent purchase she'd made. It wasn't. She missed the small print on the back of the check which told her that by cashing the check she was agreeing to be billed monthly for Internet service. The woman didn't even own a computer ... »
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January 6, 2001 |
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Sleuths Can Track E-Mail Like Footprints |
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Like electronic footprints across cyberspace, e-mail messages typically leave a coded trail that the trained eye can track through the Internet and, often, to the very computer that delivered the message. That technique could become a key tool for investigators seeking clues in the brutal dragging death of a former Johnson County woman, who died in Tennessee after receiving threatening e-mails ... »
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January 6, 2001 |
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E-mail Threats Were Enough to Make Victim Go to Police |
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GREENWOOD, Ind. — Linda Guge's computer was supposed to be her safety net. Instead, the Internet might have played a role in her death. Guge, 53, was found dead Jan. 1 along a mountain logging road near Westel, Tenn., about 24 hours after she left her mother's Greenwood home. Investigators said Guge had been dragged behind a vehicle several miles up the rugged, ice- and snow-covered road ... »
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January 5, 2001 |
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FTC Releases Results of Project Mailbox IV |
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The Federal Trade Commission Friday released the results of Project Mailbox IV, a joint effort of federal agencies and state attorneys general to stop mail fraud, unsolicited fax marketing and e-mail spam. Project Mailbox IV resulted in law-enforcement action being taken in 300 cases between Oct. 1, 1999, and Sept. 30, 2000. Federal agencies handled approximately one-third of the cases ... »
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January 5, 2001 |
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E-mail Marketing Made Easy |
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Being in touch with people by e-mail is so easy. Once you start using it you will be amazed at the results. People love reading e-mail. When you do it right, they don't even know that you are marketing to them. There are some simple rules that work extremely well for fabulous results ... »
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January 5, 2001 |
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UK Firm Sacks Workers Over Lewd Bart Simpson Email |
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LONDON (Reuters) - A British trade union said on Friday a leading UK insurance firm had overreacted in sacking and suspending workers caught forwarding lewd e-mail pictures. Media reports said the Royal and Sun Alliance had sacked 10 people and suspended 77 others after a client complained of receiving offensive e-mail images, including pictures of cartoon character Bart Simpson in a sexual clinch ... »
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January 5, 2001 |
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Netnet: Netnet Launches Record Email Marketing Campaign |
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JAN 5, 2001, M2 Communications - London — NETnet today launched the telecommunication industry's largest email marketing campaign targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The 300,000-strong mailing includes an e-brochure with hyperlinks to a web site where prospects can download more information and request an appointment by email, post or phone ... »
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January 5, 2001 |
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Bigfoot Interactive to Reduce Work Force by 30 Percent |
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Direct e-mail services company Bigfoot Interactive, New York, said yesterday that it will restructure the company to focus on its core business assets — integrated e-mail marketing — and will reduce its work force by 30 percent, or about 37 employees. ... »
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