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NYTimes.com E-Mail Newsletter Surpasses Million Subscriber Mark |
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New York Times Digital, the Internet division of newspaper publisher The New York Times Co., said yesterday that its free e-mail newsletter Today's Headlines has more than 1 million unique subscribers. The company also has launched four new newsletters. The Today's Headlines newsletter features the day's top headlines from each of the main sections of NYTimes.com. Registered users of the company's Web site can opt in for the newsletter at the site ... »
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January 5, 2001 |
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Email viruses alive and kicking in December |
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"Navidad," an email virus, proved to be one of the most annoying holiday missives computer users dealt with in December, according to surveys from several technology companies. Another pervasive worm, "Prolin"--also known as "Creative"--wreaked havoc as well. This virus, which comes concealed as an Internet movie, was labeled by one antivirus company as a "high risk" threat to computers. ... »
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January 5, 2001 |
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Email Hoax Alert |
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Internet users have been urged to ignore a bizarre hoax email which warns of criminals phoning people at work to confirm they are not at home and then breaking into their houses ... »
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January 4, 2001 |
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CA Fires Workers Over E-Mail |
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Several former employees of Computer Associates International Inc.'s Herndon office said they were fired over the holidays for sending sexually explicit e-mail. ... »
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January 4, 2001 |
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Former LSU student fined for racist e-mail, bomb threat |
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A judge fined a former LSU student $6,000 Wednesday for sending racially offensive e-mail to a black classmate and threatening to blow up her car. State District Judge Don Johnson also placed Spencer T. Wong on probation and ordered him to seek counseling and complete an African-American studies class ... »
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January 4, 2001 |
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How Can Internet Retailers Use Email Marketing to Bring Customers Back After the Holidays? |
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BOSTON, Jan 4, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) — www.eretailassociation.org--Online holiday sales were double those of 1999 according to some analyst reports. Yet, many Internet retailers need to find ways to bring their holiday customers back to shop more frequently if they are to survive in 2001 ... »
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January 4, 2001 |
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Love Bug Suspects Sought Antivirus Employment |
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It could have been an awkward situation if not completely odd - virus writers working for an anti-virus company. A week before the devastating ILOVEYOU worm virus was detected in computer systems worldwide, the alleged creators of the virus were about to be taken on as programmers of a leading anti-virus firm, the local subsidiary of Trend Micro said ... »
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January 4, 2001 |
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Bugs are back: 2001 could be another record-breaker for e-mail viruses |
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The year 2000 might be remembered as the year of the "bug" for Internet junkies, says one computer virus control centre. MessageLabs, a British-born application service provider, figures an e-mail virus was detected once every three minutes last year. email this story to a friend printer friendly version post comment to this story "Everyone heard about the Love Bug," said Mark Sunner, MessageLabs’ chief technical officer, in a press release. "But that was just the tip of the iceberg in 2000. Viruses are appearing at an increasingly alarming rate." ... »
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January 3, 2001 |
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Fifty Million Fraudulent E-Mails Net Los Angeles Pair Two Years in Prison |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two men received two-year prison terms for sending a blizzard of 50 million e-mails as part of a scam that overwhelmed the largest U.S. Internet providers. Steve Shklovskiy and Yan Shtok, both 23, also must pay more than $100,000 US in restitution for their role in the September 1999 scheme, authorities said Tuesday. The men were sentenced Dec. 27, just over a year after they pleaded guilty to fraud charges. Two others were sentenced to probation in July ... »
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January 3, 2001 |
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E-mail Angel Keeps University of Minnesota Parents in the Know |
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Cindy Krueger lives 250 miles from the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus, but she knows an awful lot about what goes on there. The Appleton, Wis., mother of two Minnesota students knows that students in residence halls were concerned about alcohol use this fall. She knows that there were two attempted sexual assaults on campus in October, and that the university has a night escort service to walk students across campus. She knows that midterms can be tough on freshmen and that cookies or a call from home can help ... »
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