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The Future Of Literature: Porn, Cyberterrorism And The Russian Mob

arcadesunshine | Posted 08.01.2011

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This long post is a primer on what's happening / happened to publishing, and also some models for revenue going forward... The models, of course, are...

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Berkeley Computer Scientists Fight the War Against Spam

Harmon Leon | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: New York Times, Spam Email, University of California Berkeley, Phillip K. Dick, Viagra, Discount Viagra, Credit Cards, Nigerian Email Spam, Technology News
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To sell $100 worth of Viagra, a spam provider needed to send 12.5 million messages. How do we know this is true? A team of computer scientists at the University of California-Berkeley have taken it upon themselves to study spam.

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