AT&T Released Details of Anti-Spam Filter, Hopes For Long-Term Benefit
AT&T received a U.S. patent earlier this month that will give intellectual property (IP) attorneys ground on which to stand when pursuing spammers.
Paying for merchandise with a implanted RFID chip
I knew it was only a matter of time before someone decided to try and do this. Can you imagine someone being so stupid as to have a RFID chop implanted into them. Talk about being able to be tracked…
iPods dirty little secret
There is a site out there claiming the iPod battery is only designed to last 18 months and Apple is charging a high price for the battery replacement. [www.ipodsdirtysecret.com] Dan Gillmor has something to say about it and has links…
Number portability Hong Kong’s experience
Dan Gillmor posted an interesting article that talks about the experience consumers have had in Hong Kong with number portability. I am glad to see it has had a positive effect. But with the US carriers trying to get people…
Most Americans Aren’t Tech Hip
Americans seem to be in love with their high-tech gadget. Cell phones with customized ring tones, personal digital assistants with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless networking, high-speed broadband Internet connections, and software applications that provide greater processing power and accuracy than our parents ever dreamed about are available to us 24 hours a day, 365.242199 days a year.
The Big Gorilla Project
Spam is an ever-increasing annoyance for e-mail users. Most people have some form of spam filtering application that reduces the instances of the frequently offensive unsolicited commercial messages. Many of these filters seek to identify spam based on the address from which the message is sent, but spammers are already wise to this trick, and spoofing is now commonplace. By hiding or misdirecting their transmission source, spammers make it exceedingly difficult for most users to determine from where the spam message actually came.
Music Label giving away Music
Yes you read that correctly. Seems some music labels are starting to see the light. Great commentary on the subject at [Techdirt]