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After a Decade of Mulling it Over, Yahoo Decides to Crack Down on Spam

January 23, 2009

ShareYahoo has finally decided that at least one thing there should work right in their company and I guess they’re focusing on their spam filters.  It’s no secret that Hotmail and Yahoo have a pretty bad track record when it comes to keeping spam out of your inbox.
Gmail uses its own Google technology to keep [...]

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ScheduleWorld Spams 991 People, All in the “To” Field

January 9, 2009

ShareUPDATE: ScheduleWorld’s President, Mark Swanson just sent out an email while I was posting this to apologize, blaming it on a “recent ‘enhancement’”.  He also says in the email, “Also, if you no longer wish to receive email announcements from ScheduleWorld simply respond to this email and let us know.”  Thanks, but it’s a little [...]

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TiVo Revs Up Spam on its Machines, Keeps Driving the Nails in Its Own Coffin

December 9, 2008

ShareJust when you thought you couldn’t get any more annoyed by TiVo’s plastering of ads on virtually every part of your screen, just when you thought there was no more real estate left to bombard you with crappy spam the hammer drops.
Hope you don’t like to use the “pause” feature.
Using the TiVo Pause Menu, advertisers [...]

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