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Sanford Wallace: Meet The 'Spam King' Sued By Facebook

Telegraph | Posted 10.31.2009 | Technology

Read More: Profile Sanford Wallace, Sanford Wallace, Facebook Spam Lawsuit, Spam King, Facebook Spam, Facebook Wallace, Spam, Facebook Spammer, Cyber Promotions, Spamford, Profile Spammer, Profile Spam King, Facebook, Facebook Wallce Suit, Technology News

Spamford has a reputation for sending unsolicited mail. The internet marketer was famously head of a company, Cyber Promotions, that sent as many as 3...

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From The Pentagon To Monty Python: The Internet Turns 40

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology

Read More: Soviets, World Wide Web, 40th, Pentagon, Mosaic, Bulletin Board, Spam, Net, Netscape, Nuclear, China, Intergalactic Computer Network, Cold War, Britain, Personal Computer, England, Internet, Cern, 40, Malware, Apple, Pc, Russia, Usenet, Russians, Technology, Computer, Gopher, Space Race, Steve Jobs, Www, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Darpa, Lovely Spam, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Swords Into Plowshares, Botnet, Soviet Union, Birthday, Wonderful Spam, Html, Sputnik, Trojan, Hormel, Arpanet, Spiced Ham, Ucla, Chris Weigant, Virus, Spam Spam Spam Spam, Apple II, Hypertext, Steve Wozniak, World War II, Monty Python, Worm, Happy 40th Birthday Internet, Compuserve, Lan, Milnet, Technology News
Chris Weigant

Technology has grown by such leaps and bounds since 1969 that it's hard to conceive how things were before we all had access to computers.

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Top 10 Most Spammed States (VIDEO)

ABC News | Posted 09.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Most Spam, Top 10 Spammed States, Spam, Top 10 Spam States, Email Spam, Top 10 List, Technology News

Idaho is already famous for its spuds but, computer security experts say, it also abounds in something else: Spam. Idaho is the most spammed state...

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Michigan State University: Serious Student Complaints = Spam

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: US News College Rankings, Campus Liberty, Michigan State University, Free Speech, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Spam, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Media News
Greg Lukianoff

We all hate spam, but censors, especially ones on college campuses, are remarkably good at bundling protected speech with speech that does not enjoy constitutional protection.

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The Day My Twitter Boutique Turned into a Spam Bazaar

Catherine Ventura | Posted 09.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Twitter, Twitter Karma, Chris Brogan, Social Media, Ashton Kutcher, Social Networking, Social Media Marketing, Spam, Media News
Catherine Ventura

A few weeks ago I made a one-click mistake that transformed my controlled Twitter ecosystem into a blinding swath of incoming locusts, dust devils, and hail.

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How To Spam-Proof Your Cell Phone, Inbox

ABC News | KIM KOMANDO | Posted 08.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Email, Spam, Email Spam, Cell Phones, Business News

Spam is the bane of computer users everywhere, accounting for more than 90 percent of e-mail. And, now, cell phones are getting spam....

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Rebranding Spam: Hormel Pushes Cheap Meats During Downturn

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Spam, Dinty Moore Beef Stew, Spam Rebrands, Hormel Foods, Canned Foods, Monty Python, Business News

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Dinner with Newt: Why Would Anyone Want to Attend?

Mary Ann West | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nrcc, Dinner With Newt, Nancy Pelosi, Congresssional Majority, Spam, Newt Gingrich, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News
Mary Ann West

Your Invitation from Newt Gingrich Trolling through my e-mail spam collector stacked high with the usual Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, Starwood, press r...

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Hogwash Alert: How to Survive the Pandemic of Swine Flu Scams and Swindle

Ben Sherwood | Posted 06.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Better Business Bureau, Survivors Club, Symantec, Salma Hayek, Hogwash, Malware, Scam, Swine Flu, Madonna, Spam, Tamiflu, Snake Oil, Federal Trade Commission, Hollywood, Media News
Ben Sherwood

Long before you'd ever come down with swine flu, you'll be exposed to another kind of virus sweeping the world: A global outbreak of online scams preying on your fears of the so-called aporkalypse.

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Green News Report - April 16, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Tom Delay, Rising Sea Level, Tax Credits, Greenwashing, Pacific Gas & Electric, Somali Pirates, Terra Choice, Green News, Solar Energy Projects, Spam, Birds, Green News Report, Coral Reefs, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Goodbye Tax Day '08, Hello Tax Day '09 (with big new incentives to sweeten the deal); Birds taking the long way home; "Green...

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No Spam Filter? You've Got a Bigger Carbon Footprint

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Email Spam, Green News, Spammers, Going Green, Spam, Green Living, Green Energy, Green Technology, Internet, Computers, Email, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

75 percent of this wasted energy is by us, the end user--consumed during all that time it takes us to delete the unsolicited junk. Therefore, having a smart spam filter is not only necessary for our sanity, it also has the global equivalent of taking 2.3 million cars of the road.

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Show Me the Money

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Law, Attorney, Africa, Police, Money, Humor, Economy, United States, Iraq, Journalism, Home, United Arab Emirates, Resort, Wealth, Bungee Jumping, College, Middle East, Affair, Russia, Banks, Vacation, U.S. Army, Spam, Wtf, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

Please write back to fill me in on the scandalous details and to arrange to send all of your money to my bank account here in the United States

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My Imitation Future Lifestyle

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 03.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Status, Money, Humor, Costumes, Online Shopping, Fake Watch, American Consumerism, Spam, Ford Ranger, Imitation Rolex, Imitation, Rolex, Fraud, Fake Rolex, Bmw, Consumerism, Branding, Style News
Jeffrey Shaffer

I need to hold off on procuring the imitation Rolex until I can augment it with an imitation BMW, imitation Armani wardrobe, and the all-important imitation second home in Telluride.

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MSU Student Cleared of Charges, but Overzealous Spam Ban Remains

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Spam, Campus Liberty, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Michigan State University, Free Speech, College, Computers, Email, Technology, Communication, Media News
Greg Lukianoff

Many MSU decision-makers don't have a clear idea of the distinction between the use of university or departmental listservs and the general use of university e-mail accounts.

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The Top 10 Worst Top 10 Lists of 2008

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 01.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Top Ten List, Grey's Anatomy, Hoaxes, Time Magazine, 2008, Humanitarian Crisis, Youtube, Spam, New Year, Pollution, David Letterman, Usenet, New Year's Commentary, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

A good top 10 list is relevant, a little nostalgic and interesting. But a bad top 10 list? Now that's just good fun.

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Desperate Times Don't Call for Spam: Eating Green on a Budget

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 01.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Budget, Spam, Food, Seasonal Food, Local Food, Recession, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

We can't afford is to keep degrading our environment, our health and our local economies in the name of cheap food.

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Facebook Awarded Record $873 Million In Spam Suit

Epicenter | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Facebook Spam Suit, Spam, Technology, Facebook, Spam Lawsuit, Business News

A federal judge has awarded Facebook with $873 million in a spam lawsuit filed this past August, but it's a symbolic victory unlikely to yield them mu...

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Spam Sales Rising In Hard Times

New York Times | ANDREW MARTIN | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Food, Hormel, Food Prices, Spam, Business News

The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods Corporation plant here, tim...

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Anonymity Of "Obama Is A Muslim" Emails Constitutionally-Protected?

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Jaynes v Virginia, Mudslinging, First Amendment, Free Speech, Email, Spam, Constitutionally Protected, Obama, Anonymously, Jeremy Jaynes, Federalist Papers, Obama Is a Muslim, Barack Obama, Precedent, Virginia, Constitution, Anonymity, Chris Weigant, Constitutionality, Anonymous, Barack, Political Free Speech, Constitutional Question, Technology, Jaynes Virginia, Publius, Jaynes, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Emails saying absolutely anything about a candidate could not only be sent anonymously, but whoever sends them would actually be allowed to break any sort of anti-spam laws to do so.

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Obama, What's With the Spam?

Ryan Blitstein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Spam, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Internet Fundraising, John McCain, Election 2008, Obama Emails, Chicago News
Ryan Blitstein

Okay, Senator Obama, I get it. This is the most important election of our lifetimes. It's crunchtime, and every last dollar counts. Blah blah blah.

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Confessions of a "Nigerian Email Scam" Spammer

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Email, Spam, Hermes Birkin, Technology, Nigerian Email Scam, Hotmail, Birkin Bag, Spammers, Relationships, Happiness, Living News
Lauren Cahn

I first became aware of the fact that someone had hacked into my Hotmail account and used it to perpetrate a version of the "Nigerial Email Scam" when my mom called me.

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How Too Many Legal Contracts Are Costing Business

Charles H. Green | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Work for Hire Contracts, Production Costs, Spam, Warren Buffett, Luddites, Email Disclaimers, Communications, Media, Commercial Contracts, Contracts, Business News
Charles H. Green

What do work-for-hire contracts, email disclaimers and spam have in common? They are all getting ubiquitous, annoying -- and ineffective.

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Sales of Spam rise as consumers trim food costs

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Spam, Spam Sales, Food Prices, Business News

MILWAUKEE — Love it, hate it or laugh at it _ at least it's inexpensive. Sales of Spam _ that much maligned meat _ are rising as consumers are ...

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Spam Moves To Cellphones

New York Times | LAURA M. HOLSON | Posted 05.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Spam Cellphones, Spam, Cellphone Spam, Business News

If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself: spammers want to find you on your cellphone. Cellphones have become consumers' mos...

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Gmail Spam Doubles

InfoWorld | Jeremy Kirk | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Gmail Spam, Gmail, Email Spam, CAPTCHA, MessageLabs, Spam, Business News

Spam originating from Google's Gmail domain doubled last month, indicating that spammers are still defeating the CAPTCHA , the distorted text used as ...

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