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How Spam meat has survived spam e-mail and thrived
At Hormel corporate headquarters in Austin, Minn., they call it "unwanted e-mail," never spam. It's been a sore subject ever since the mid-'90s, when chat-room users first flooded computer screens with the word "spam"...
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How Spam Meat Has Survived Spam E-Mail
At Hormel ( HRL ) corporate headquarters in Austin, Minn., they call it “unwanted e-mail,” never spam. It’s been a sore subject ever since the mid-’90s, when chat-room users first flooded computer screens with the word “spam” to blot out the comments of users they didn’t like.
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How to fight off aggravating cellphone spam
Ding. Ding. It's 3 a.m., and your cellphone starts making its instantly recognizable, impossible-to-ignore you-just-got-a-text sound. Your heart starts pounding. Is a loved one hurt? Is there some crisis at work?
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Spam mails surge in April
April witnessed a significant rise in the number of spam or junk mails originating in the US. Though sending such spam mails is not new, Kaspersky Lab's monthly report on spammer activity showed a 2.2 percentage point jump in April, compared to the previous month and averaged 77.2 per cent.
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Spam cripples Telecom's Xtra email service
Christchurch lawyer Tim McGinn got rid of his fax machine because he had to pay for the privilege of getting spammed.
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Facebook and Spam: Not Everything is Relevant
If Facebook's algorithms determine a comment you make is "low value," they can refuse to post it.
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iCloud hacked, or is it simply spam?
If you take a look at some recent complaints on the Apple discussion boards, you might feel compelled to conclude that iCloud has been hacked. Originally posted at MacFixIt
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Text spam driving you crazy? Here's how to fight back
Ding. Ding. It's 3 a.m. and your phone starts making its instantly recognizable, impossible to ignore, you-just-got-a-text sound. Your heart starts pounding. Is a loved one hurt? Is there some crisis at work?
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Botnet shutdowns cause big 2011 spam drop, Symantec finds
Botnet shutdowns have stemmed the Internet spam flood, taking daily message volumes back to levels last seen as long ago as 2006, Symantec has reported in its 2011 Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR).
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Spam text messages seek personal information
People around the country are getting text messages reading, "Congratulations, you won a $1,000.00 gift card !" and "Congratulations you had the winning entry!"
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