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  • Spam report: volumes rising again

    Spammers knocked offline two weeks ago when their hosting company, McColo, was shut down are finally coming back online, security researchers said this week.

  • DKIM antispam standard can't stop spam

    An engineer who helped develop a new antispam technology called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) said it's not a foolproof way to keep nasty e-mails out of your inbox, but it is a step in the right direction.

  • Feds aim to tackle overseas spammers

    The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, announced today that the Spam Act 2003 will be reviewed next year and hinted that the government's main focus will be to stop spam that originates from overseas.

  • Will the United Nations run the Internet?

    An international political spat is brewing over whether the United Nations will seize control of the heart of the Internet.

  • False promises about ending spam

    When it comes to combating the spam pandemic, there's the appearance and there's the reality.

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  • Who guards the guards: Security

    Who predicted the death of the password -- and spam? Why is PKI not ubiquitous? Who makes these daft predictions anyway? ZDNet.com.au looks at how the security market was supposed to shape up, according to so-called "experts".

  • Is hosted anti-spam the answer?

    It has taken only four years for spam to become the bane of business but, as SMBs are finding, spam can be killed before it enters inboxes with the use of a hosted provider.

  • False promises about ending spam

    CNET News.com's Charles Cooper asks whether the tech industry is only kidding itself about what it will take to fight the plague.

  • Stop spam from flooding your network

    Controlling spam has become a nightmare for most organisations. We look at some ways you can win the war against unwanted e-mail.

  • Stopping spam at the source

    New anti-spam technology standards are on the way that promise to hit spammers where it hurts the most -- their wallets.

Reviews (8)

  • Tech Guide: What's inside Apple's Mac OS X Tiger

    How does Apple's latest version of Mac OS X, Tiger, look and feel on the desktop?

  • Norton AntiSpam 2005

    Persistent performance issues with Norton AntiSpam 2005 have soured our opinion and lead us to recommend MailFrontier Desktop instead.

  • ZoneAlarm Security Suite: the new one to beat

    ZoneAlarm Security Suite is like a beacon of light on a darkling plain, proving there is life in the consumer Internet security market.

  • Blame my cat

    I've come to the conclusion that all of the world's spam problems can be blamed on one tricolour feline. Well, that's not strictly true, but spam would be much easier to deal with if it was.

  • The ONLY ways to stop spam and viruses

    Commentary: What will it take to get rid of online pests and make the Internet a safer, less irritating place to work and play?

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