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  • EU members ignore spam directive

    The European Union's antispam directive, passed in July, has been ignored by most EU member states because it will not stop the spam problem, according to research published Tuesday

  • EU to lose billions through spam and viruses

    Spam emails will cost European companies a total of €85 billion euros (AU$139 billion) over the next four years, according to research released on Monday by analyst firm The Radicati Group.

  • Cookies and spam: EU releases privacy recipes

    EU member states have voted to approve a compromise position on the controversial e-Communications Directive governing the corporate use of customer and employee information.

  • Fool spammers with multiple e-mail addresses

    COMMENTARY--The EU's anti-spam laws recently came into effect, but they are unlikely to make any difference at all because most spam comes from outside the EU. Instead, take the spam problem into your own hands and beat them at their own game.

  • China signs up to anti-spam pact

    China has finally signed up to a global crackdown on spam, adding the most important name to an international accord and leading legislators to hail the agreement as a vital milestone.

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  • A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

    Is the war on cyber crime as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? We investigate whether these parts of the world are being unfairly blamed.

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  • Spam war settles into mobile phones

    Spam sent by text message could become a bigger problem than e-mail-based spam unless the industry takes action, according to an independent mobile phone regulator.

  • First Look: Gmail

    Google's new Web mail service is free and provides a gigabyte of storage, but also raises privacy concerns. We put the beta version through its paces.

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