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VoIP spam--it's coming

VoIP spam--it's comingAnother problem with landlines ....Is the limitations of the phones offered to consumers. For example, I don't know of a phone or answering machine that will let me set up a distinctive ring for different people who call, nor can I program into my phone a 'white list',...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, phone, VOIP SPAM, VoIP

Discussion threads 2004-09-10

Net phone customers brace for 'VoIP spam'

Net phone customers brace for 'VoIP spam'A simple solution to SpammersCapitol punishment for Spamming scum, broadcast on live TV. An execution, using a single 9mm round to the back of the skull.Voiceover "This is your brain. [b]BAM!![/b] This is your brain smeared all over the wall because...

Tags: Telephony, Cyberthreats, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Internet phone, VOIP SPAM, VoIP, spam, spammer, RIAA

Discussion threads 2004-08-10

Additional Resources

Four obstacles to implementing VoIP [video]

Voice over IP is growing in popularity because companies are attracted to its potential for saving money on long distance and international calls. Still, fewer than half of all businesses are using VoIP because of a few drawbacks. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives discusses the biggest obstacles...

Tags: Video, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-05

News to know: Layoffs at AT&T, Adobe, Real; AMD warns; $99 iPhone

Larry Dignan: AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spending Jason D. O'Grady: Adobe lays off 600; skips Macworld Expo Sam Diaz: Next up for layoffs: Real Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD warns of 25% drop in Q4 sales Larry Dignan: AMD:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., Health Care, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...

Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Turn your iPod touch into a VoIP phone with Truphone

I've talked about the Truphone VoIP solution here on this blog a couple of times in the past and have had it on my iPhone for several months. Now that my ZDNet Smartphones & Cell Phones blog focuses on phones you may be asking why I am posting about a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, VoIP Phone, Fring, Digital Music, Telephony, Digital Media, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-04

iPod touch gets VoIP, steals some iPhone thunder

The 'funnest' iPod ever has kicked it up a notch. Bam! Thanks to a microphone adapter and some free software called Truphone, the second-generation iPod touch is now capable of courting consumers as a VoIP mobile phone, in the most literal of senses (just...

Tags: Apple iPhone, VoIP, Apple iPod, Call, Apple iPod Touch, Truphone, Truphone Application, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-04

ICANN terminates EstDomains, Directi takes over 280k domains

Following ICANN's notice of termination sent to cybercrime-friendly domain registrar EstDomains in October, on the 24th of November the termination became a reality and EstDomains is no more. Despite the public concerns of who will take the 280,000 domains, and that includes the cybercrime facilitating ones, Directi's ResellerClub is new...

Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Domain, EstDomains, Directi, Security Community, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Microsoft's Live Search (finally) adds malware warnings

Microsoft's Live Search team has officially announced the integration of warnings for potentially malware infected sites within Live Search, following last week's introduction of a malware warning service aimed at webmasters. According to a post by Christian Seifert, Software Design Engineer at Live Search Anti-Spam & Anti-Malware...

Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search Team, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Apple's "install antivirus on your Mac" page is gone, but the idea lives on

Apple's "install antivirus on your Mac" page is gone, but the idea lives onCrApple will dieSaying that would probably not draw ignorant Mac customers to buy iCrap so they removed it. I have been using Vista x64 for about 2 years w/o any anti virus and I enjoy using my...

Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, antivirus, Aesop, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, malware, game

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

AV on my Macs? Say it ain't so!

AV on my Macs? Say it ain't so!Just pointed the issue out to my brother at UNCThe linked text at Apple in question:[pre]Mac OS: Antivirus utilities * Last Modified: December 02, 2008 * Article: HT2550 * Old Article: 4454SummaryLearn about...

Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Apple Macintosh, virus, antivirus, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?

Who doesn't hate a bad phone connection, but just how bad does a connection have to be before you're willing to pay for a really good one? That's the question telephony vendors are wondering, as they deliver hi-def...

Tags: Phone, Voice, Codec, Voice Channel, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Apple, Mozilla gain ground on Microsoft for Web traffic

Apple, Mozilla gain ground on Microsoft for Web trafficOther figures of note...Windows XP 66.31% Windows Vista 20.45% MacIntel 6.51% Mac OS 2.35% Windows 2000 1.56% Linux 0.83% Windows NT 0.77% Nice to put things in perspective, eh? :)Interesting that Windows is slowly losing market share.If that keeps up, Windows could...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Web Traffic, Mozilla Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Clearwire-Sprint make it official, pave way for WiMax rollout

Clearwire-Sprint make it official, pave way for WiMax rolloutWhere's rogerramjet? This is the wireless steamroller.. its coming!I hope they can finally kill the two phone networks in this country and use one medium that will allow me to use any provider i want. Sorta like long distance.VOIP wont...

Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Telecom & Utilities, Clearwire Corp., WiMAX, Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Icahn: 'I like Jerry'; Yahoo needs Microsoft search deal

Icahn: 'I like Jerry'; Yahoo needs Microsoft search dealYahoo needs or Icahn needs??Please, lets be very clear. Icahn need the MS deal to make $$$ on the sale.He has absolutely no interest in Yahoo or the company's long term survival. His only interest is in himself. He...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-29

$873m judgment against spammer in Facebook case

$873m judgment against spammer in Facebook caseWhat do you expect?When you open a social networking website to anyoen and everyone, this kind of thing ultimately happens. I remember the good old days of it being a site just for college students, where we didn't have to worry about SPAM...

Tags: Spam, Facebook, spammer

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer

Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerwhat a moronquit get ride of the moronRE: Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerMore! More! We need lost more of this kind of thing! Why isn't the news media picking up on any of this? We need to add pressure...

Tags: Cyberthreats, MESSAGE-ID, spam, Facebook, judgement, spammer, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer

Major news sources are reporting that Facebook has won a $873 million dollar judgement against a Canadian spammer. What this means for spam on social networks is not clear, however. Adam Guerbuez of Montreal, CA, had a judgement of $873 million dropped on him by a...

Tags: Facebook, Judgement, Spammer, E-mail World, E-mail, Spam, Social Networking, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Web 2.0 security? What a mash

* Ryan Naraine is away on vacation. Guest editorial by Guillaume Lovet Ah, Web 2.0. Its endless composition of heterogeneous sources (aka "mash-up") possibilities, its social networking-oriented nature, its user-provided content... A Web adapted to today's powerful machines, linking people together in world...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Facebook, Codec, YouTube Inc., Video, Web 2.0, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-24

News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-24