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News (11)

• AU authorities move against SMS spam

  Australian mobile text messaging may be spared the tsunami of spam that cripples e-mail, with carriers involved in the distribution of unsolicited bulk messages facing fines of up to AU$10 million.

• Viruses, Trojans and spam: the new joint venture

  Security analyst Jamie Gillespie says virus, spam and trojan technology is converging, most likely because of the financial incentive to do so. And still user education regarding the growing threat is sadly lacking.

• IP addresses questioned in Australian spam stoush

  The once-liberal dishing out of Internet Protocol addresses is coming back to haunt some Australian punters and is pushing a local controversial spamming suit into cloudier waters.

• Happy spamiversary

  On April 12, 1994, a pair of attorneys in Arizona launched a homemade marketing software program that forever changed the Internet.

• 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.

Features and Case Studies (4)

• The impact of Australia's anti-spam legislation

  Spam costs businesses an average of A$900 per employee per year in lost productivity. Will Australia's new anti-spam laws reverse this trend?

• Can e-mail survive?

  E-mail has taken a battering over the last year or so with mountains of spam and viruses delivered to our mailboxes daily. Can the problem be fixed, and can e-mail still be free?

• Search engines reveal privacy policies

  Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.

• Battles and triumphs of Australian start-ups

  Five Aussie businesses take us behind the scenes during the early set-up phase of their tech companies.

Reviews (2)

• Don't take it personal

  Personalisation has become an accepted part of technological interaction, but what does the future hold?

• Antivirus hardware: 3 appliances tested

  If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.

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