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No party for this birthday: Spam's 30 2 May 08, 23:35 ET Thirty years ago, the first unsolicited commercial e-mail was the birth of spam. more Spam is thirty plus! 2 May 08, 23:04 ET WASHINGTON: This week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face -- and other anatomical regions -- of email inboxes everywhere: the ... more On Spam's Birthday, Three Cheers for 'Delete' 2 May 08, 23:01 ET Happy birthday, spam. P.S.: Now go away. It was 30 years ago this Saturday that users of Arpanet, a U.S. government-designed precursor to the Internet, logged onto their accounts to find what is considered the first piece of unsolicited commercial e-mail ever sent. more 30 years of world wide spam: If only we could can it 2 May 08, 21:12 ET It was thirty years ago Saturday that users of Arpanet, a US government designed precursor to the Internet, logged onto their accounts to find what is ... more Spam reaches 30-year anniversary 2 May 08, 19:59 ET The first recognisable e-mail marketing message was sent on 3 May, 1978 to 400 people on behalf of DEC - a now-defunct computer-maker. ... more "Byzantine" botnet uses military, education servers for spam 2 May 08, 19:47 ET Researchers at an Eastern European security company have uncovered a spam-sending scheme of "Byzantine complexity" that attempts to use military and ... more A reason to not celebrate: Spam turns 30 2 May 08, 19:47 ET Happy birthday, spam. Saturday marks 30 years to the day when the first spam email was delivered. And while junk mail only really started picking up with ... more Spam attackers target GTA IV fans 2 May 08, 17:09 ET With copies of the game flying off shelves faster than a speeding car, there are plenty of people out there who haven't been able to get a copy of GTA IV. ... more Spam, spam, spam, spam ... 2 May 08, 16:58 ET today. Then, it was not known as "spam" - that followed later, derived from a skit in Monty Python's ... more War against spam rages on as botnets win high ground 2 May 08, 16:54 ET The date should be circled in black on your computer's calendar: internet spam is 30 years old today. On May 3 1978, Gary Thuerk, a marketing man for DEC, ... more Teacher experiments with email spam 2 May 08, 15:18 ET A Queens, NY, elementary school teacher will respond to as many email spammers as possible for a month – a practice that makes many computer users balk. ... more Spam turns 30 2 May 08, 15:17 ET This week, the world marks an anniversary that has changed the face - and other anatomical regions - of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email ... more Spam Turns 30 And Never Looked Healthier 2 May 08, 14:05 ET One e-mail security company estimates that spam, initially a nuisance, now makes up 95% of all e-mail. more Spam Botnet Taken Over By Good Guys: Now What? 2 May 08, 13:48 ET Security researchers seize control of one of the world's largest spam-spewing botnets, but there is disagreement about what should happen next. more Facebook Trying Low-Spam Diet 2 May 08, 12:29 ET Facebook is making it harder for applications that spam users to survive. Sharp-eyed Nick O'Neill has the details, in impenetrable detail here. ... more Scourge of spam e-mail is 30-years old 2 May 08, 12:15 ET The date should be circled in black on your computer's calendar: the scourge of internet spam is 30-years-old today. On May 3 1978, Gary Thuerk, ... more Scourge of spam e-mail is 30 years old 2 May 08, 12:13 ET The date should be circled in black on your computer's calendar: the scourge of internet spam is 30-years-old today. On May 3 1978, Gary Thuerk, ... more McAfee Digests Spam Experiment 2 May 08, 11:47 ET The 30-day challenge to run an unprotected computer and surf the Internet while filling out every form and answering every spam ended with the reinforcement ... more Cell Phone Text Message Spam A Growing Concern 2 May 08, 11:34 ET WISN 12 News' Kent Wainscott has been investigating a growing concern for anyone with a cell phone -- text message spam. more Spam bam, what was that? Man or machine? Computer fools human ... 2 May 08, 11:04 ET Are you a human or a computer? Over the Internet, it’s getting harder and harder to tell. Some of the common tests used by Web sites to distinguish between ... more Va. Supreme Court to Revisit Divisive Spam Case 2 May 08, 10:52 ET By FRANK GREEN The Supreme Court of Virginia yesterday agreed to a limited rehearing of its closely divided decision upholding the first felony spam ... more Stamping on the spam or wading through it? 2 May 08, 10:48 ET By Team Register → More by this author It's messy, slippery and gets everywhere, particularly the high-quality stuff. Spam is still the scourge of the ... more Happy Birthday …. SPAM 2 May 08, 10:14 ET By Alan Harten A birthday not too many people around the world will be celebrating on Saturday 3rd May is the 30th anniversary of the birth of that not so ... more Analysis: Spam 'celebrates' its 30th birthday 2 May 08, 09:32 ET IT PRO 'celebrates' the 30th anniversary of the first spam email, and looks at how the flood is unlikely to end any time soon. ... more Why the good stuff will always triumph over spam 2 May 08, 09:25 ET Spam may have been around twice as long as the world wide web, writes Charles Arthur, but it will never triumph more Anti-spam measures outfoxed 2 May 08, 09:14 ET By PETER WHORISKEY Are you a human or a computer? Over the Internet, it's getting harder and harder to tell. Some of the common tests used by Web sites to ... more Services protect IP networks by blocking spam and viruses. 2 May 08, 09:09 ET Powered by Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services, SprintSecureSM Message Protection requires no hardware or software to be installed. Message Filtering protects inbound and outbound email from spam, viruses, phishing scams, and email policy violations, while Message Archive helps enterprise meet regulatory compliance, and Message Encryption preserves email confidentiality. Message Continuity ... more Sophos Calls For End To Spam 2 May 08, 09:00 ET By Christopher Nickson Doubtless you spent yesterday celebrating the birthday of spam. Yes, it was May 1, 1978 when Gary Thuerk of DEC spent the first spam ... more Spam turns 30 – sadly it's still alive and kicking 2 May 08, 08:24 ET by Steve Ragan - May 1 2008, 17:17 May 1, 1978. That is the date that three hundred ninety-three people received an email advertising Digital Equipment ... more A Week in Wireless - Spam lasagne 2 May 08, 08:13 ET Apparently this week sees the 30th birthday of spam. Not the tinned meat product (which is 71 years' old, if you're interested), but the endless, ... more Spam Theft Auto 2 May 08, 07:34 ET Unless you pre-ordered or braved rain, ridicule and stabbings to queue outside Game stores in the middle of the night, there's a decent chance you haven't ... more Unhappy Birthday from Nigeria : Spam is 30 years old tomorrow 2 May 08, 06:45 ET Spamming seems to be the source of everyone's problems in an average office; clogging our inboxes, bringing pestilence and death to our PCs thanks to ... more For 30 years now, you've been getting spam 2 May 08, 06:29 ET This week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face -- and other anatomical regions -- of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago on Saturday. more Spam Pledge calls for end to junk email 2 May 08, 06:19 ET Security firm Sophos has launched a Spam Pledge to mark the 30th anniversary of junk email, urging users to help stamp out the scourge of spam. ... more Security firms 'celebrate' 30 years of spam - CRN 2 May 08, 05:32 ET Security researchers around the world are giving a tongue-in-cheek salute to the 30th anniversary of the first spam message. Gary Theurk, an employee at ... more Security firms 'celebrate' 30 years of spam 2 May 08, 04:59 ET Security researchers around the world are giving a tongue-in-cheek salute to the 30th anniversary of the first spam message. Gary Theurk, an employee at ... more Spam attackers target GTA IV fans 2 May 08, 04:52 ET With copies of the game flying off shelves faster than a speeding car, there are plenty of people out there who haven't been able to get a copy of GTA IV. ... more Email Spam is 30 Years Old! 2 May 08, 04:41 ET US2.net: Offers customers another choice in hosting. Our complete and Plus web hosting packages are generous in specification, with a range of essential ... more Spam bam, what was that? Man or machine? 2 May 08, 04:28 ET Some of the common tests used by Web sites to distinguish between legitimate flesh-and-blood visitors and malicious human-mimicking computers recently ... more Phone companies face fines for spam texts and calls 2 May 08, 03:47 ET By Stewart Maclean 2/05/2008 Phone firms which charge mobile users for spam calls and texts will be heavily fined in a clampdown on cons, a watchdog said ... more Happy birthday, spam 2 May 08, 03:37 ET Thirty years ago, Gary Thuerk started something that still irritates most of us every time we turn on a computer. He sent out the first junk email - or as ... more Computers become keyed in to cracking anti-spam codes 2 May 08, 02:38 ET By The Denver Post Are you a human or a computer? Over the Internet, it's getting harder and harder to tell. Some common tests — which typically require ... more Spam Pledge calls for end to junk email on Spam's 30th birthday 2 May 08, 01:36 ET Security firm Sophos has launched a Spam Pledge to mark the 30th anniversary of junk email, urging users to help stamp out the scourge of spam. ... more Hackers launch Trojan spam attack 2 May 08, 01:36 ET By Robert Jaques BitDefender has identified spam emails which claim to contain links to videos. When users try to watch the video, they are prompted to ... more Fines blitz for mobile spam 'con' 2 May 08, 00:27 ET By Stewart Maclean 2/05/2008 Phone firms which charge mobile users for spam calls and texts will be heavily fined in a clampdown on cons, a watchdog said ... more 30 years of annoyance later, spam still gumming up information ... 2 May 08, 00:11 ET WASHINGTON: This week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face, and other anatomical regions, of e-mail inboxes everywhere: the first ... more

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