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  • Spammer settles suit for US$1 million

    A major spammer who was accused of sending up to 25 million e-mails per day has settled a lawsuit with Microsoft and the state of Texas.

  • Microsoft puts its stamp on e-mail security

    Microsoft is expected to launch updated and renamed Antigen e-mail security products, nearly a year after completing the takeover of their maker, Sybari.

  • Sophos: Gates will be proved wrong about spam

    Bill Gates' prediction of January 2004 that spam would be "a thing of the past" within two years has virtually no chance of coming true, according to security company Sophos this week.

  • Spammers use anti-spam protocols to bypass filters

    Spammers have discovered ways of working round protocols that were originally designed to kill spam by allowing e-mail gateways to authenticate the origin of any e-mail. This abuse effectively renders the technologies useless, according to security experts.

  • Microsoft outlines help for spam problem

    At the Email Authentication Implementation Summit in New York City, Microsoft's director of technology care and safety, Craig Spiezle, explains how a combination of consumer education, industry collaboration and technology can work to combat spammers and phishers.

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  • Microsoft's role in ID theft

    Peter Cullen, the company's chief privacy strategist, explains how Sender ID can take a bite out of spam and phishing.

  • Messagelabs: Clean up Net effluent now

    Messagelabs CTO Mark Sunner claims that ISPs allowing unfiltered traffic to flow to customers is like a water authority pumping out raw sewage. Additional reading: Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

  • Why Bill Gates' anti-spam plan won't work

    The end of spam is near! And it's going to come, Bill Gates predicted at the World Economic Forum, because we're going to make it unprofitable to send. Is he for real?

  • SMB Series: Secure your perimeter

    This guide is aimed at helping small and medium businesses stay safe.

  • Winning the junk e-mail wars with Outlook

    Take this four-step approach to ridding your company of its worst bandwidth hog: junk e-mail. From Outlook's filtering features to taking a spammer to court, you'll see how the war can be won, as long as you know the rules.

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  • Microsoft spruces up Mac Office

    Company updates productivity software's layout and organisation tools.

  • MyDoom is YourDoom

    Viruses like MyDoom spread more quickly than warm butter on toast. Why?

  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2003

    For small companies that need a business in a box and want to stick with Microsoft technology, SBS 2003 is the only game in town.

  • How to improve your Outlook

    For many of us, Microsoft Outlook is as much as part of the workplace as cubicle walls and funny grey carpet. But perfect it's not. Here are some fixes for its most frustrating flaws.

  • Windows XP SP2: almost here

    Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) promises serious security fixes, and it's almost here. But you may not want to jump on it too fast. We'll tell you why.

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