Posted 08/22/08 at 09:03:53 AM by Chris Moody

CRN recently reported on a research from internet security vendor Marshal that found out of the 622 users polled 29.1% admitted to having purchased items through spam emails.

I seriously hope this was just a particularly ignorant group of Internet users. Okay, now hear this; Buying stock through spam email amounts to lighting a match to your hard-earned cash.  There is no magic pill to make your penis bigger or make you better in bed. Buying crap through spam encourages spammers to spam more.  In other words, don’t do it! Those of us with a clue will thank you, if we don’t cuff you first.

Read on to see how email is broken!

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Posted 07/23/08 at 07:44:08 AM by Chris Moody

Unlike other kings, spam king Edward "Eddie" Davidson decided that he didn’t like his new royal domain at the minimum-security federal prison in Florence, Colorado. After serving five weeks of his 21 month sentence his Royal ‘Spamness’ hopped a ride with his wife when she came to visit.

"He jumped in the car with his wife," said Will Cochenour with Lakewood police. "When they were leaving, he forced her in the car, brought them home and left after a change in clothing.” Davidson was last seen Sunday afternoon in his wife's 2006 silver Toyota Sequoia.

Davidson's Power Promoters spamming network promoted junk between 2002 and 2005, gumming up inboxes everywhere.

The U.S. Marshals are leading the search, with help from FBI, IRS and the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force. This time however they are sure not to take him back to Club Fed, but somewhere with a bit more security, and you can bet he’ll be in for a longer stretch of time too. This is providing that one of his spammed subjects doesn’t run into him first and tar and feather him. While this would make it a great disguise, it is sure to remove hair coming off (ouch).

If you are out looking for the spam king, be sure to imagine him without his royal accoutrements as pictured below.

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Posted 07/07/08 at 08:53:12 AM by Chris Moody

In May 2008, McAfee set up 50 individuals from around the world with new laptops and email addresses and then had them surf for 30 days trolling for spam to discover “how much spam they would attract and what the effects would be, both short lived and long term”.

Every techie reading this is thinking the same thing, Well DUH, they got a crap load of spam and were really @%!#& annoyed by it. Really McAfee’s S.P.A.M. (Spammed Persistently All Month) Experiment amounts to pseudo news or a marketing campaign. That is not to say that it did not generate some useful data, but most of its conclusions are a no brainer.

Jump through to see what conclusions McAfee came to!

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Posted 03/03/08 at 05:02:07 PM by Paul Lilly

Intel's Atom boasts sub-1W power consumption, SPAM conviction upheld, Return to Dark Castle demo released, and much more!

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intel, videogame, Internet, news, processor, spam, hardware, Mac

Posted 10/15/07 at 06:18:41 PM by Paul "One4yu2c" Lilly

Researcher thinks love is programmable, LucasArts preps a Wii light saber, Hitachi sets sights on 4TB hard drives, XBox 360 Arcade spotted in stores, and more!

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Daily News Brief, spam, hitachi, Xbox 360, wii, LucasArts

Posted 05/04/07 at 07:40:32 PM by Katherine Stevenson

With a disposable email address, you can sign up for online services without any negative impact to your Inbox

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10 Minute Mail, spam, email

Posted 04/25/07 at 08:54:06 PM by Will Smith

If you're smart about the sites you visit, the software you install, and the way you use your computer, you don't need spyware or antivirus software. At least, that's what Will Smith says.

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