According todocuments filed with the SEC yesterday, Michael Egan, presidentof theglobe.com which owns Tralliance, lent them $250,000 on onerous termsto keep the company going.The terms of the loan allow him to increase the amount up to $3,000,000.It pays 10% interest, assuming theglobe had the cash to pay interestwhich is unlikely, and can be converted into stock at one cent per share.The filings say this loan is to provide working capital while they lookfor longer term financing.See more …
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Greetings from the San Jose airport, where I am waiting to fly home after attending the INBOX Event. I was there to participate in a panel on deliverability and authentication, along with my good friend Morgan Witt from BlueHornet.

The highlight for me was Patrick Peterson from Ironport. He spent an hour detailing the nefarious things spam gangs are up to. He laid out the details of their investigation into a single spammer’s operation over a two week period, covering about twenty billion pharma spams (wow), where they lead, and how they trace back to the same sender. Lots of what happens with credit cards, merchant accounts, do the spammers actually ship the promised pills, etc. Very insightful.

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The entry titled “Cruising a post-spam world.” Categories Archives Cruising a post-spam world Friday, June 1, 2007, 10:00 AM Tech: So the “King of Spam” was arrested in Seattle yesterday. via The Austin American-Statesman
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Believe it or not, there are still a few people out there who just don’t get it when it comes to VoIP. With services like Skype, or Google Talk, it is easy to confuse what a true VoIP plan really is.Skype, Google Talk, and the like would be more accurately described as PC to phone […]
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As of Sunday, May 27th, 2007, the blacklist Spambag, with the DNSBL zone blacklist.spambag.org, is no longer available. The website www.spambag.org does not resolve to an IP address, and there appear to be no DNS entries under the DNSBL sub-zone.

Spambag, created and run by Sam Varshavchik, developer of the Courier mail server, has been operating this list since at least November, 2001.

The list had the following listing criteria: “[Spambag is my] personal list of networks who I block from sending me mail or accessing my web servers, because I believe the networks actively or passively allow abusive or antisocial behavior. Examples of what I consider abusive or antisocial behavior are: spamming, mailbombing, mail server dictionary attacks, and web page E-mail address harvesting.”

I last noted a hit against this DNSBL on May 26th, at 1:34 am US central time. Note that I was not a user of this list; I simply measure its effectiveness and status, like I do for many other blacklists.

This post to news.admin.net-abuse.email explains that Sam Varshavchik shut the list down, and that he felt his efforts had not been as productive as he would’ve liked them to be.

I would recommend removing blacklist.spambag.org from your list of DNSBLs to check, as it is no longer in operation.

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Backing up your data should be an essential part of your daily routine. Unfortunately for many businesses this simply isn’t the case. The only time data backup crosses their mind is when they have a hard disk crash or a serious spyware or virus infection. Unfortunately by this stage it’s already too late to do […]
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Video conferencing, web conferencing and online meetings are fast becoming important tools for organizations that must communicate with staff, clients or students in different geographical locations. If you have been thinking about using this technology for your enterprise, it is important to first outline your needs and then match them with the various online conferencing […]
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Shriv ComMedia Solutions Pvt. Ltd (SCMS) is a global IT company providing wide range of quality services that includes Software Development, Multimedia, Content Management, Web Solutions, Testing Solutions and Search Engine Optimization We also undertake e-learning projects. Established in the year 2001, SCMS offers these services to a whole gamut of clients, both national and […]
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One of the coolest things about Gmail is its filters - set up properly, filters can add loads of functionality to your already-powerful Gmail account. via Low Carb Freedom
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From alleged poisonings to organized crime, Russia has been getting a lot of bad press lately. But this time the country — or at least, the government — may be in the clear.
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In a bold move, a thief or thieves stole $449,000 from the city of Carson, Calif., but the eagle-eyed city treasurer noticed the actions and called police.
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Google is expanding seemingly by the minute, and acquisitions are playing a big role in the search engine leaders quest to rule the technology world. Wednesday Google said it will buy a photo-sharing Web site called Panoramio and confirmed the acquisition of security software vendor GreenBorder Technologies. There are rumors Google will also purchase a provider of online RSS feeds called Feedburner for $100 million.
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ChoicePoint agreed to bolster security and conduct periodic audits in a settlement with 43 states and the District of Columbia stemming from a 2005 data breach in which the personal records of 163,000 consumers were compromised, various news outlets reported today.
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Security and privacy are bad words with bad histories, evoking bad connotations with most enterprise stakeholders. For companies to succeed at safeguarding their data, these words must go away. Here’s why:
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I’m watching my credit union account like a hawk. That’s because Priority One Credit Union — the one I use — had a security breach that was stunning.
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When a recent hacking contest won security researcher Dino Dai Zovi a $10,000 award for breaking into a MacBook Pro computer by exploiting a flaw hed discovered, the contest reignited a long-simmering debate over responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities.
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