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February 6, 2001 |
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Consumers could fall prey to "Love" bug variants |
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A maker of antivirus software warns that computer users may not have learned much from the "Love" bug, which caused so much disaster for Internet users last May ... »
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February 6, 2001 |
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Pitney Bowes Offers High-End Printer to Boost Direct Mail |
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Pitney Bowes, a mailing technology vendor, has introduced the W990 AddressRight ink jet printer with graphics capability. Because of W990's graphics capability, the printer increases the impact of direct mail and boosts mail "openability" by printing addresses and promotional messages directly on envelopes, postcards and self-mailers, the company said ... »
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February 6, 2001 |
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Cybuy Further Streamlines E-Mail Transactions with Embedded Order Form Technology |
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Cybuy, the leading provider of impulse selling solutions for digital media, today launched its HTML embedded order form in e-mail technology. This innovation further simplifies the purchasing process of commerce-enabled e-mail by combining the product offer and order form directly within an e-mail window. As a result, consumers can simply fill out the form and immediately consummate the transaction, within the initial offer. This solution is an enhancement to Cybuy's first-to-market commerce-enabled e-mail, which was introduced in June 2000. ... »
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February 6, 2001 |
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Clicvu Launches Anonymous Email Service, Spamex |
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ClicVU, Inc. (http://www.clicvu.com) announced today a new service called Spamex (http://www.spamex.com) that enables consumers to send and receive email without having to reveal their email address. Spamex provides consumers a high level of privacy, by allowing them to control who knows their email address and who is able to send them email. ... »
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February 5, 2001 |
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JavaScript makes e-mail bugging easy |
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A simple bit of invisible JavaScript code can enable the sender of an e-mail memo to intercept all recipients' comments when the memo is forwarded, the Privacy Foundation has announced in an advisory. The exploit enables monitoring the forwarded path of an e-mail message and written comments attached ... »
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February 5, 2001 |
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Love Bug author says bug created in cyber gang war |
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The suspected author of the Love Bug computer virus has re-emerged as a security pundit. Onel de Guzman, who faced charges relating to spreading the Love Bug in the Philippines before they were dropped for insufficient evidence, has taken time out to talk to a reporter at the Chicago Tribune "over a cup of coffee at the Old Manila Cafe" about the nature of virus writing ... »
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February 5, 2001 |
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E-mail wiretapping exposes forwarded messages |
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Privacy experts said Monday that they have discovered a security glitch that allows an e-mail author to read private comments attached to the original message as it gets forwarded to new recipients ... »
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February 2, 2001 |
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Official: Spam costs E10 billion |
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Spam costs Net users a whopping E10 billion ($9.33 billion) a year, according to the European Commission. Commenting on the findings of an European study, Internal Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein said: "The exponential growth of junk e-mail in recent years is a fact of life ... »
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February 2, 2001 |
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"Junk" E-Mail Costs Consumers' Money: EU Study |
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Internet users worldwide are paying some 10 billion euro (9.4 billion U.S. dollars) a year in connection costs to receive "junk" e-mail, said a study published Friday by the European Commission. The commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU), warned that unless Internet consumers feel their privacy is adequately protected, "the online services in Europe are unlikely to flourish." ... »
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February 2, 2001 |
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eBay to thwart spammers |
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It took ages and hundreds of thousands of complaints, but auction site eBay has finally lifted a finger towards discouraging the low-life spammers who trawl their site sucking up e-mail addys to add to their victim lists. The company has now developed a scheme (simple enough to have been implemented ages ago, but we digress) to conceal the e-mail addresses of those offering goods ... »
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