Australia says getting tough on spammers proving successful (AFP)

Grok Headline matches for Australia says getting tough on spammers proving successful (AFP)

Signal integrity proving a tough nut to
crack at 90nm

Signal integrity proving a tough nut to
crack at 90nm 04/26/2004 05:28 PM
One unexpected problem with the transition to 90nm CPU fab has been signal integrity. IBM and Intel have had to deal with it; will the problem rear its ugly head for AMD as they transition to 90nm on the Athlon 64?

US, UK, And Australia Team Up To Push
Spammers To Other Countries

US, UK, And Australia Team Up To Push
Spammers To Other Countries 07/02/2004 01:01 PM
The US, the UK and Australia have now come to some sort of agreement where the three countries will work together to fight spam -- with the expected results about as vague as that statement. They don't really say what they're doing to fight spam, other than "cooperating" with each other because "illegal spam does not respect national boundaries." Indeed, this is true. But because there are nearly 200 countries around the world, it appears spammers still have 197 or so to mess around in.

Educators to Gather for Conference on
Successful Schools, Successful Students

Educators to Gather for Conference on
Successful Schools, Successful Students 06/17/2005 04:31 PM
Market Wire Jun 8 2005 4:57PM GMT

When the Job Market Gets Tough, the
Tough Go Meta-Searching

When the Job Market Gets Tough, the
Tough Go Meta-Searching 06/19/2004 02:48 AM
Finding that perfect job in the current market is now more competitive than ever. The latest trend in online job searching is to use job meta-search engines that combine jobs from a variety of job sites on a single search results page. [PRWEB Jun 19, 2004]

Tough on Terror, or Tough on Liberty?

Tough on Terror, or Tough on Liberty? 12/12/2003 10:06 PM
Reports, including this one from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on a study on the prevalence of terror-related crime hit the wire services several days ago but have received relatively little attention in broad circles. The new study, done by the TRAC research center at Syracuse University, shows that federal investigators have recommended the prosecution of an estimated 6,400 people on terrorism charges since September 11, 2001. Out of 6,400 cases, just 879 have been convicted. Of these, 184 have been convicted of "international terrorism" and the remainder for related charges. Overall, only 123 received significant sentences (over one year in prison) and only 23 were sentenced to five years or more. Also, convictions for "international terrorism" had a median duration of just 14 days, indicating that the vast majority of these convictions were for very minor crimes. The linked story quotes Charles Pena, director of a libertarian group. "It bothers me that we would round up whole bunches of people without an idea about whether they really are a terrorist . . . It certainly is valid to ask whether the whole war on terror is successful."

Proving the Value of IT

Proving the Value of IT 06/17/2005 03:20 PM
CIO Jun 11 2005 7:37AM GMT

Proving Wall Street Wrong

Proving Wall Street Wrong 03/30/2005 11:34 AM
No matter what the textbooks say, it's possible to beat the market with less risk.

Mapping services are proving a bit too
convenient

Mapping services are proving a bit too
convenient 12/28/2003 08:13 PM
Internet mapping services are powerful and simple: Type a phone number into Google or other sites for a map with door-to-door directions. ...

REVIEW: Proving That a PC Can Rival TiVo
(AP)

REVIEW: Proving That a PC Can Rival TiVo
(AP) 03/06/2004 01:58 AM
AP - SnapStream Media Inc.'s latest software is an excellent example of how a personal computer can improve on a TV set: It offers more choices, more information and, most important, more control over the viewing experience.

Referer spammers are comment spammers
too

Referer spammers are comment spammers
too 02/01/2005 10:08 PM
Is there a connection between referer spamming tools such as Reffy, and mass comment spamming in Movable Type?

More Spammers Threatening To Sue
Anti-Spammers

More Spammers Threatening To Sue
Anti-Spammers 06/11/2004 12:55 PM
It looks like the various spam laws that help legalize spam are making the spammers extra litigious. Following a lawsuit in the US by a spammer against an anti-spam operation for still block their email, some spammers in the UK are threatening Spamhaus with lawsuits for still having them on their blacklist. The problem is that, just because the law now gives them the permission to spam, it doesn't mean people aren't allowed to make their own private efforts to block them. The laws may allow them to send their spam, but there's nothing in these laws that require people to receive it.

"Yeah, he'll be tough. He'll be tough
with somebody else's blood"

"Yeah, he'll be tough. He'll be tough
with somebody else's blood" 08/16/2004 02:39 AM

Blogs Proving Effective Team Integation

Blogs Proving Effective Team Integation 07/20/2004 09:24 PM
"Expect to see more blogs at your site among developers, sys admins and system managers"

Proving Tech Costs Less: Charge Based On
What You Used To Pay

Proving Tech Costs Less: Charge Based On
What You Used To Pay 04/07/2005 05:29 AM
I've been reading Andy Kessler's latest (not yet released) book, < i>How We Got Here : A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets, and one of the themes of the book is how history seems to repeat itself. The stories involving the industrial revolution have clear parallels in today's internet-enabled world. One story that stuck with me was the way that James Watt and Matthew Boulton figured out how to price their steam engine. Rather than selling it outright, they went to miners (the main customer of steam engines -- they needed to pump water out of their mines) and asked them how much they spent on horses, and then offered to lease them the steam engine at 1/3 the cost of all the horses the steam engine replaced. In other words, the ROI was clear and immediate. While more modern business models often promise savings, they're not so clearly tied to what they're replacing, which can increase the risk factor. However, it looks like one company in France is trying to bring back this sort of model. Altitude, a wireless broadband provider, is looking to provide VoIP services to businesses by charging them a flat-rate, which will be exactly one-half of the average of their previous year's phone bills. Basically, customer can be assured that they'll save money, since the fees will be based on what they used to pay. Of course, there are other issues to take into account, such as reliability and quality, but it's still fascinating to see this sort of business model revived.

Online education proving to be
effective, to a degree

Online education proving to be
effective, to a degree 07/12/2004 05:40 AM
Pasadenastarnews.com - Mon Jul 12, 08:21 am GMT

Are Venture Capitalists Bad For
Innovation? Or Just Bad At Proving Their
Point?

Are Venture Capitalists Bad For
Innovation? Or Just Bad At Proving Their
Point? 04/01/2005 01:46 PM
At the beginning of this article, I was hoping that maybe it was just an April Fool's joke -- but it appears they're serious. A couple of VCs who are obviously trying to get a lot of attention by saying something controversial have written up an article saying that venture capitalists are bad for innovation. However, about the only thing this article proves is that these particular VCs are bad at proving their claim. While the importance of venture capitalists are often overblown, and there are many VCs who do stupid things or who fit the stereotype of the lemming investor, VCs do serve a very real and very important purpose for those who need that type of capital investment. The biggest problem, often, is that entrepreneurs misunderstand the purpose of venture money or how the VC world works. Most of the article here is really just a rehash of how the VC world works, which has been written up a thousand times already, and most folks with any startup/VC/etc. experience already know quite well. The problem, though, is with the hypothesis and then how they go about proving it. First, they set up the issue by assuming that VCs are an engine for innovation -- which is not exactly true. VCs are an engine for building high growth businesses. Those two things are not necessarily the same thing, though, obviously, there can be quite a bit of overlap. However, it's silly to complain that VCs don't look to fund longterm innovation instead of looking to fund business opportunities. That's sort of the definition of venture capital. Then the article gets worse and worse. Not only do they start with the wrong assumption about the relationship between VCs and innovation, they then go on to define innovation in a way that specifically proves their point. They start randomly cutting out companies that they don't feel are innovative -- even when they are, actually incredibly innovative. The problem is that these VCs appear to be confu sing innovation with invention. Invention is coming up with a new idea -- but very often that new idea is not commercially viable. It's the innovation on the invention that makes an idea commercially viable, and it's that commercially viable idea that interests a VC. So, in that regards, it seems like VCs do often fund innovation. They're not funding new ideas, but how to make new ideas commercially viable. That's the sort of innovation we should be encouraging anyway. And, of course, the final problem with the article is that they're looking at the issue in aggregate. There's no denying that there are some very bad VCs and some very bad VC investments out there -- and they may "cancel out" the good ones. It seems odd to condemn the whole space based on this sort of logic.

Travel Site Orbitz Set For IPO, Though
Firm's Still Proving Itself

Travel Site Orbitz Set For IPO, Though
Firm's Still Proving Itself 12/10/2003 04:31 AM
Investors Business Daily Dec 10 2003 3:21AM ET

Crocodile Proving Elusive in Hong Kong
(AP)

Crocodile Proving Elusive in Hong Kong
(AP) 04/30/2004 01:32 PM
AP - The hunt is back on for a stray crocodile — and local celebrity — that gained fame by managing for months to elude capture by trap, dart and harpoon, foiling even the clutches of a wannabe "Crocodile Dundee."

By Accident, Utah Is Proving an Ideal
Genetic Laboratory

By Accident, Utah Is Proving an Ideal
Genetic Laboratory 07/30/2004 10:45 PM
Utah is being viewed by scientists as something akin to a near-perfect laboratory for the study of human kinship and genes.

Online fashion proving a star attraction
for Asos

Online fashion proving a star attraction
for Asos 07/01/2004 05:25 AM
Ypn.co.uk - Thu Jul 1, 09:34 am GMT

AirG Extends Mobile Games Offering in
Australia: AirG Provides New JAVA
Content to Virgin Mobile Australia

AirG Extends Mobile Games Offering in
Australia: AirG Provides New JAVA
Content to Virgin Mobile Australia 04/02/2005 04:53 AM
AirG, the most innovative supplier of advanced multiplayer mobile entertainment solutions has been chosen by Virgin Mobile Australia to expand its JAVA games content service and manage all provisioning for future content releases, including testing and quality assurance. [PRWEB Apr 2, 2005]

Wi-fi heads East Why wireless web access
is proving popular in Estonia

Wi-fi heads East Why wireless web access
is proving popular in Estonia 05/05/2004 05:35 AM
BBC May 5 2004 10:04AM GMT

Business Analysis: Hutchison set for 1m
UK customers - but 3G gamble still
proving costly

Business Analysis: Hutchison set for 1m
UK customers - but 3G gamble still
proving costly 08/17/2004 06:48 PM
Independent Aug 17 2004 11:31PM GMT

Times Were Bad, VCs Get Tough; Times Are
Good, VCs Get Tough

Times Were Bad, VCs Get Tough; Times Are
Good, VCs Get Tough 05/20/2004 01:05 PM
After the bubble popped, many VCs practically stopped all investing. In the cases where they did invest, they often put in incre dibly onerous terms that gave the VCs a lot more power than they might have deserved (though, some VCs will disagree with this). Of course, now that times are getting better, people are saying that VCs are tightening terms again - so as not to get burned. What this really means is that many VCs are looking for any reason to make the terms more in their favor. Times are bad? Terms need to be tighter. Times are good? Terms need to be tighter to make sure they don't go bad again. The obvious response, of course, is that it is the VC's job to get good terms - but if those terms cause more problems, it's a strategic mistake. If entrepreneurs feel that their VCs are ripping them off, it defeats much of the purpose of getting that VC money in the first place. Besides, as the startup market picks up again (as it's doing) this becomes less of an issue. Already, we hear stories about VCs offering ridiculous valuations to companies because they're in a "hot" space. When competition for the hot startups increases, VCs are suddenly willing to make the terms a bit more reasonable.

"But there can be no disguising the
fact that the European strategy for
handling one of the world's most
dangerous proliferation problems is
proving feckless."

"But there can be no disguising the
fact that the European strategy for
handling one of the world's most
dangerous proliferation problems is
proving feckless." 06/19/2004 04:40 AM
Washington Post editorial today

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ISS Repair Successful

ISS Repair Successful 06/30/2004 09:22 PM

The repairs to the power module on the ISS was succesfull and the Astronauts finshed nearly 1 hour ahead of schedule. Everyone is real happy with the repair. [NASA]

Successful micropayments?

Successful micropayments? 11/10/2003 11:34 PM
Maybe micropayments can be successful. BitPass seems to have at least a decent collection of merchants. I posted about Peppercoin...

The Key To Successful Selling

The Key To Successful Selling 06/10/2004 06:01 PM
WebDevInfo Jun 10 2004 8:55PM GMT

How to be a successful consultant

How to be a successful consultant 01/07/2004 06:18 PM

Jeff Nichols is running a series on how to be successful as a consultant, based on his knowledge and expertise gained from years in various roles in IT and business. Entries one—the hidden job description—and two—you are a project manager—are up now, as well as an introduction to the series.

Keep an eye on this series. I’ve already read the outline for the whole thing and it’s good stuff.

a successful bl0g

a successful bl0g 08/11/2004 03:11 AM
this link title could work if i just pointed to keith's homepage, too

Top Tips for Successful Investors

Top Tips for Successful Investors 08/13/2004 09:04 AM
Is it time to fine-tune your investing approach? We can help.

Motorola's Successful Razr

Motorola's Successful Razr 01/06/2005 04:41 AM
Business 2.0 Jan 6 2005 8:22AM GMT

The art of successful offshore
outsourcing

The art of successful offshore
outsourcing 06/25/2004 05:26 PM
Even IT executives who have successfully outsourced parts of their companies' services abroad can tell you the road to profitable relations with offshore partners can be painfully bumpy. Just ask Group 1 Software Vice President of Postal Affairs Tim King, who was forced to pull the plug on two of the four offshore application development pilot projects he initiated in the past 12 months.

Quote - Successful People

Quote - Successful People 04/09/2004 03:54 PM

"The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very very hard."

Helen Gurley Brown (1922 - )
Editor and writer, Cosmopolitan magazine

Why we should all root for a successful
Google IPO.

Why we should all root for a successful
Google IPO. 08/08/2004 07:21 PM
Google's attempt at an auction could break a piece of the cronyism that has plagued corporate America and has caused...

The key to becoming a successful project
manager

The key to becoming a successful project
manager 08/17/2002 10:18 PM
CNET Aug 17 2002 10:08PM ET

Meckler on Successful shows

Meckler on Successful shows 12/10/2003 03:25 AM

Alan Meckler talks about one of his successful shows. Ahh, now Alan is signing my tune! Very specialized, very specific, conferences are the way to go.

The trick is, how do you build a show like that? Hint: a weblog. Conversational marketing. For instance, who is the best authority on the wireless industry today? Alan Reiter. How much do you want to bet that in five years Reiter will be running a huge tradeshow?

Successful writers take time to look it
up

Successful writers take time to look it
up 11/06/2003 07:24 PM
For example, if you search Google for "writing resources" -- that is, if you use the online search engine available at http://www.google.com to find those two ...

Stardust Apparently Successful

Stardust Apparently Successful 01/02/2004 09:54 PM

Grok Description matches for Australia says getting tough on spammers proving successful (AFP)
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