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Missouri Governor Funds E-Mail Archive

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, working to mute criticism of the state's failure to save its employees' e-mails, has authorized spending $2 million to plan and run an e-mail archive.

Man Described As a Top Spammer Arrested

A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.

Spammer's Kin to Allow Initial Search

The grandparents of a notorious Internet spammer say they will allow AOL to do an initial search of their property to see if their grandson buried gold there.

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Lost and found: Bush White House email
Source: TheSwamp - by Mark Silva

George W. Bush wasn't an e-mailer. But plenty of others in the Bush White House were.

Hacked email climate scientists receive death threats
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Two of the scientists involved in "Climategate" – the e-mail hacking incident at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, UK – have been emailed death threats since the contents of their private e-mails were leaked to the world.

This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful we base policy decisions on peer-reviewed science instead of emails!
Source: Pew Center on Climate Change

The kerfuffle over email correspondence hacked from a server at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit is making climate change deniers giddy.

Were Russian security services behind the leak of 'Climategate' emails?: Emails that rocked climate change campaign leaked from Siberian 'closed city' university built by KGB
Source: the Mail online

Russia – one of the world's largest producers and users of oil and gas – has a vested interest in opposing sweeping new agreements to cut emissions, which will be discussed by world leaders in Copenhagen tomorrow.

Spammer Responsible For 1/3 of the World's Spam Fined $16 Million by FTC
Source: thenextweb.com

A spammer who was responsible for 1/3 of the world's spam at one point in time, has been fined $16 Million by the US Federal Trade Commission.

Online retailer Topbuy breaches Spam Act by sending emails to consumers without consent
Source: acma.gov.au

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued a formal warning to online retailer Topbuy, following an investigation that found the company had breached the Spam Act 2003 by sending three commercial electronic messages to consumers without their consent.

The Nefarious Force Behind Cap & Trade
Source: The New Media Journal Headline News

Recently, a number of emails have been hacked from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit (CRU).

The hacked climate science email scandal that wasn't
Source: ScienceBlogs

Much is being made by those who really, really believe that there's a global conspiracy among climatologists of the emails and other documents stolen from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit.

Hacked e-mails fuel climate change debate
Source: CNN

(WIRED) -- An online debate over global warming science has broken out after an unknown hacker broke into the e-mail server at a prominent climate-research center, stole more than a thousand e-mails about global warming and posted them online.

New York Restaurant Owners Turn Evil
Source: Gawker

WAIT! Don't click on that link yet. Why not? Because the boss man who wrote this email to his employees likes to swear. I mean he REALLY LIKE TO SWEAR! So consider yourself forewarned.

Hackers target leading climate research unit
Source: BBC News

The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers. E-mails reportedly from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU), including personal exchanges, appeared on the internet on Thursday.

Why Do People Believe This BS?

I just received this email forwarded to me by a friend: The last email had the wrong date...Here we go, it's this Sunday night.

Privacy Concerns Over UK Tracking Phone Calls, Texts, Emails, Online Use
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Every phone call, text message, email and website visit made by Britons is to be stored for a year and will be available for monitoring by government bodies.

Yahoo Mail outages plague some users | Tech News on ZDNet
Source: ZDNet

Yahoo Mail users reported problems Monday morning, with the service inaccessible for some and spotty for others.

Gossimer Became Reseller of the Month for October
Source: pr.com

October brings another piece of good news for Gossimer. The fastest growing web hosting and domain name registration company has been chosen as the Reseller of the month for October by ResellerClub.

E-Mail Scam Hacks Accounts, Uses Personal Info
Source: WBAL-TV

BALTIMORE -- Officials are warning consumers of yet another Internet scam in which hackers get into thousands of Microsoft e-mail accounts and used personal information to get to their victims.

E-Mail Mocking Obama Is 'Exhibit A' in Wrongful-Firing Suit
Source: Wired News

"Mr. Snell was terminated for voting for his presidential candidate of choice.

Racist E-Mails By Gary Frago Cost Atwater, California, $56,000
Source: AOL

The California town racked up $55,976 in legal fees in July and August to deal with the fallout after derogatory e-mails sent by Councilman Gary Frago were published in the Merced Sun-Star this summer. The law firm's bill for September will soon add to that total.

The Multinational Nature of Spam
Source: CircleID

I received a spam message the other day that went to my Junk Mail Folder. I decided to take a look at it and dissect it piece by piece. It really is amazing to see how spam crosses so many international borders and exploits so many different machines.

Will Google's Wave Replace E-Mail and Facebook?
Source: Business Week

Combining instant messaging, e-mail, and real-time collaboration, Wave is an early form of so-called real-time communication designed to make it easier for people to work together or interact socially over the Internet.

Join the battle against hi-tech rudeness
Source: nwfdailynews.com

Technology has given us many new ways to be inconsiderate of our fellow man.

Duisburg high school closed after attack threat
Source: thelocal.de

A high school in Duisburg will be closed on Monday after its director received a threatening email, police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia reported.

Geeks earn $4600 a day selling penis pills online
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Thousands of tech-savvy Eastern Europeans are earning up to $US4000 ($4600) a day for each spam campaign selling illegal penis pills, fake anti-virus software and counterfeit luxury products.

Symantec spam rankings: Illinois down to No. 5 on list of most-spammed states
Source: Chicago Tribune

The good news is that Illinois is no longer the most heavily spammed state in the country.

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