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In recent weeks, you've probably noticed the return of an old pest: spam. For almost two years, it seemed as if spam might finally be on the decline. Remember when Bill Gates said that by 2006, "spam will be solved"? Well, that was all going well until a few months ago when spam struck back.
According to e-mail filtering vendor Postini, spam volumes have grown 73% in the last two months. There are several recent developments that have triggered the new growth of spam:
There are others as well. What does this all mean for you? Please weigh in at my blog entry.
Stephen Wellman
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In This Issue:
1. Editor's Note: The Return of Spam
2. Today's Top Story
- iPod Dominated Holiday Shopping Season, Web Researcher Says
Related Story:
- Netflix, Amazon Take Top Honors In Holiday Season Shopping Experience Survey
3. Breaking News
- Chinese Hackers Launch New Office Attack
- Asian Net Access Improves Slightly After Quake
- Samsung's 1-Gbyte DRAM Chip To Appear In Portable Devices Next Year
- Phishers' Latest Platforms: VoIP, SMS
- Apple Falls 6% On Concerns About Options Probe
- 2006 Declared Year Of The Zombies
- Poll Shows Strong Job Market In 2007
- Chess Player Banned 10 Years For Cheating With Bluetooth, Computer
- U.S. Judges Approve $2.45 Billion Nortel Settlement In Accounting Scandals
4. In Depth
- Apple Quietly Fixes iPod Shuffle No-Play Problem
- Microsoft Zune Fails To Reach Top Seller Lists On Amazon.com
- Planned Home PC Purchases Surge, Apple Closes On HP
5. Voice Of Authority
- Christmas Is A Time For...Virtual Machines?
6. White Papers
- Customers As Assets
7. Get More Out Of InformationWeek
8. Manage Your Newsletter Subscription
"An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit." -- Pliny the Younger
1. Editor's Note: The Return Of Spam
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New iPod owners flocked to Apple's site Christmas Day, increasing traffic by 413% over the same day last year.
L.L. Bean, QVC, and Apple also scored high, while the top 10 worst sites for customer satisfaction included Costco, CompUSA, Toys "R" Us, Macy's, and Wal-Mart.
Popular Christmas PowerPoint slide show circulating by e-mail contains a security threat developed by paid-for-hire hackers.
According to the Internet Traffic Report Web site, Asia's average connectivity index climbed to 51 by midday Wednesday, up from 43 earlier.
The memory utilizes 80-nanometer process technology and is aimed at handset applications, digital cameras, portable media players, and portable gaming products.
Symantec also has accumulated evidence that shows some phishers are collecting user names and passwords fast enough to defeat two-factor authentication number generators and are using one-time, quickly disposed URLs to avoid site blacklisting, a common anti-phishing technique.
The report, from legal trade publication The Recorder on the Web site Law.com, also said chief executive Steve Jobs has hired his own attorney to deal with inquiries by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice into Apple's stock option grants.
On average, spam accounted for 87% of e-mail traffic this year, a 30% increase over a year ago.
Workers should cheer companies' intentions to boost both hiring and salaries in the new year.
The All India Chess Federation slapped the 10-year sanction on a player who had been using a Bluetooth device stitched into a cap he typically pulled down over his ears.
The settlement, announced Tuesday, calls for Nortel to pay $575 million in cash and the remainder in Nortel shares currently valued at about $1.65 billion.
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The new utility corrects a flaw that prevented recent iTunes purchases from playing on first-generation iPod shuffles.
Various models of Apple's iPod, on the other hand, were among the top sellers.
Although Dell (at 43%) and Hewlett-Packard (13%) were voted the top two brands among likely buyers in December, Apple's 12% was the highest since IBD began tracking it in mid-2003.
5. Voice Of Authority: Christmas Is A Time For...Virtual Machines?
Christmas is the time for giving, and for many people this means technology. It's certainly no different in my family—Dad got a new Gigabit Ethernet rig, my little brother got some games, and my niece got a portable DVD player. Mom? She got a new VM.
6. White Papers: Customers As Assets
In this white paper, we discuss some of the initiatives that Fortune 1,000 companies are undertaking, discuss some of the gains—and losses—that can result from each, and analyze the emerging trend toward considering the customer as the ultimate strategic asset—the final watershed that will divide the winners and losers in global business.
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