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February 2, 2002 |
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Program will let Waco students report on bullying via e-mail |
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Five Waco schools soon will unveil an anonymous e-mail program that lets students report bullying, home problems and potential violence to principals and other campus leaders. The schools will start using the School Bridge program this week. It was developed by Insideye, a California-based company that makes programs allowing private-sector employees to send confidential e-mails to bosses about sexual harassment and other office troubles. ... »
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February 1, 2002 |
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24/7 Real Media Sells Broadband Subsidiary for $6.5M |
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24/7 Real Media Inc. has sold its broadband and professional services subsidiary IMAKE Software and Services Inc., to IMAKE's chairman/CEO Mark Schaszberger for $6.5 million in stock and cash, the company said. Under the terms of the sale, Schaszberger will pay $500,000 in cash and the remaining $6 million in a secured note. Of the $6.5 million total price, $4 million is contingent on future revenue and is payable monthly. 24/7 Real Media will retain a 19.9 percent share in IMAKE. ... »
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February 1, 2002 |
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DMA Rips USPS Draft Transformation Plan |
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The Direct Marketing Association yesterday expressed deep concern about the U.S. Postal Service's draft transformation plan. Mailers and direct marketers had until yesterday to comment on the comprehensive transformation plan examining structural changes to the postal service. The plan, requested by Congress and the U.S. comptroller general's office, is to serve as a long-term blueprint for the agency's future. The USPS expects to have a plan to Congress in March. ... »
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January 31, 2002 |
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UPDATE 1-FTC plans crackdown on deceptive junk e-mail |
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The federal government is planning — for the first time — to go after "spammers" who swamp Internet users with deceptive e-mail offers, Federal Trade Commission officials said on Thursday. The FTC will announce enforcement actions as early as next week against online marketers who use deceptive claims in their e-mail pitches, said J. Howard Beales, director of the FTC's enforcement bureau. ... »
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January 31, 2002 |
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Privacy Organizations to Certify Commercial E-Mail |
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Web site privacy certification organization TRUSTe and privacy consultancy ePrivacy Group today are expected to announce a certification and seal program for commercial e-mail called Trusted Sender ... »
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January 31, 2002 |
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New threat made on reporter's life |
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A new e-mail from the purported kidnappers of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl warned Wednesday that he would be killed within the next 24 hours and other journalists would be targeted if the United States doesn't meet demands that include releasing Pakistani prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba ... »
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January 28, 2002 |
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E-mail is key to new Palm device |
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Palm on Monday unveiled its second-generation wireless handheld, a device the company had been trying to create a buzz for in recent weeks with an e-mail campaign ... »
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January 28, 2002 |
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E-mail virus crashes the party |
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A new computer virus disguised as a link to a website with pictures of a party has appeared. While the e-mail worm MyParty is not proving nearly as devastating as it predecessors Nimda and Kournikova, it is interesting because it uses a new psychological tactic to fool computer users. The highly infectious worm is the first to use the .com extension in an attempt to fool users to open it. ... »
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January 27, 2002 |
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Return to sender: E-mail system convenient, imperfect |
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As an online newsletter publisher, David Carney has discovered one thing about e-mail delivery: You can't always count on it. On average last year, about a dozen copies of Carney's "Tech Law Journal'' wouldn't get through each day, mostly thanks to overzealous e-mail filters set up to block junk mail, pornography and computer viruses. To reduce blockage, Carney has misspelled "pornography'' and "sex'' when writing about adult content issues. He has also dropped links and paragraphs that contain ".exe,'' characters sometimes mistaken for a virus. ... »
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January 27, 2002 |
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AT&T; e-mail warned about delay in games |
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S.C. lottery officials overlooked or dismissed a warning from AT&T; last fall that it might be unable to install the equipment necessary to start the lottery's numbers games in time for their March 6 launch. Some now fear the games won't be launched until May. That could cost the state $26 million in lottery revenues to help fund educational programs, such as college scholarships. The games might start later because of delays in connecting ticket sellers to the lottery's main computer, according to court documents, correspondence and Lottery Commission Chairman John C.B. Smith Jr. ... »
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