Telemarketers, Spammers Looking For New Channels

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Nasty telemarketers

Nasty telemarketers 06/05/2005 11:31 PM
Every so often we get a call from 888 858 9823. Sometime in the mid-nineties the phone number was the fax number of some small company here in Los Angeles, so when it just said "click [silence]" I thought it was a confused fax machine. Over the last weeks it's become more frequent. Every few days or so, maybe more. Grrh. Today I tried waiting a little to see if it was a telemarketer, but nothing happened. I tried looking...

Get Paid to Listen to Telemarketers

Get Paid to Listen to Telemarketers 03/08/2004 11:04 PM
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. A company named AdNoodle is letting you waive your rights under the Do Not Call list in exchange for cold hard cash. You decide how much it's worth to you - 50 cents, $1, $2 per minute - to have a friendly chat with your local telemarketing concern and answer a &quot;listening comprehension&quot; quiz afterwards. What's your conventional wisdom on this one: Are we bargaining ourselves into a win-win situation? Or are we becoming low-priced callgirls for the bottom-feeders of corporate America? We report, you decide. (via Fark< /a>)

Slick-Talking SEO Telemarketers

Slick-Talking SEO Telemarketers 07/01/2004 05:33 PM
Source: Search Engine Guide - Tons of unsuspecting site owners who had put their faith and trust in one particular SEO company had woken up one morning to find that their sites had completely vanished from Google, and in some...

Telemarketers Searching For Do Not Call
Loopholes

Telemarketers Searching For Do Not Call
Loopholes 05/25/2004 04:03 AM
This was predicted, but it appears that less-than-honest telemarketers are getting bolder in their attempts to pretend they qualify for the various loophole exemptions to not have to comply with the federal "Do Not Call" list. Among the things they do is say that they're a charitable or political organization (both of which are exempt), and then start pitching financial services that are clearly not charitable or political. Expect these calls to become even more common if enforcement from the FTC is slow.

Telemarketers Continue To Sneak Around
Do Not Call List

Telemarketers Continue To Sneak Around
Do Not Call List 04/13/2004 02:10 PM
Last year, even before the federal "Do Not Call" list went into effect, we wrote about how some companies were already workin g on ways to get around the list by using a sweepstakes with fine print that signed you up to receive phone calls from their "marketing partners." In the comments to that article, a number of people have been writing about one particular Canadian company selling vacation packages that has been particularly nasty in evading the "Do Not Call" list by calling with a recording, and any time anyone asks them for information about the company, they immediately hang up. It appears that these sorts of tricks are on the rise. The FTC says they're cracking down on such practices - even for companies that abuse the spirit, if not the letter, of the list (though, I wonder if that'll get them into legal trouble). The craziest accusation in the article, though, is that AT&T mis-billed over 1 million people (many of whom weren't even customers), and when those people called to complain, they were hit with a sales pitch. As for things like sweepstakes where the fine print says you've signed away your Do Not Call rights, the FTC says you can only sign away you're rights to a single company. In other words, despite what the sweepstakes companies think, they can't pass on your number to "marketing partners."

CRTC gets tougher with telemarketers but
won't impose national registry

CRTC gets tougher with telemarketers but
won't impose national registry 05/21/2004 02:17 PM
National Post May 21 2004 6:16PM GMT

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.

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?

How Many TV Channels Will There Be In
The Future?

How Many TV Channels Will There Be In
The Future? 07/03/2004 06:17 PM

their own media channels

their own media channels 02/15/2004 06:25 PM
says

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Assigning 802.11b Channels

Assigning 802.11b Channels 01/10/2004 03:22 PM
Jim Geier: As a design rule, access points within range of each other should be set to channel frequencies with minimal overlap. Otherwise, you'll find that roaming doesn't work well, and performance will degrade because of interference between access points.

New Lockergnome Channels

New Lockergnome Channels 06/01/2004 05:08 PM

Windows Fanatics IT Professionals Web Developers Problem Solvers Tech News Watch RSS & Atom Tips Hot Downloads Exclusive Focus Bargain Hunter DVD Deal Center

New FREE Lockergnome Channels! This message brings all the geeks to the yard - and our site is larger than yours. We've got the DVD Deal Center. Fresh titles will rotate in every day! Next, we have the Problem Solvers bulletin. It's filled with the latest headlines from our very active forums. Then, your wallet will find salvation inside our Bargain Hunter! Finally, in the new line-up, you'll spy the Hot Downloads, which will come to you once a week with the latest software titles. As always, these suckers are completely FREE.

If you haven't already, take another look at our classic channels! You're bound to find something that will enable your technology lifestyle - delivered via the Web, e-mail, or RSS! We're letting you choose the delivery option, enabling you to decide what you want to read (and how you want to consume it) on a regular basis. Enjoy!

7 channels simultaneously

7 channels simultaneously 05/11/2004 01:43 PM
Sony's 1TB digital video recorder with seven TV tuners.

< IMG height=132 alt="Type X" hspace=4 src="http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/images/1769988343365311.JPG?0.83 90255697256438" width=197 align=right vspace=4 border=1>And almost as if to taunt us, one more from Sony today: a massive digital video recorder called the Type X with more than 1 terabyte of storage and not one, not two, and not even three TV tuners, but SEVEN TV tuners for recording up to seven different shows at the same time (we defy you to even find seven simulataneous TV shows worth recording). This one looks like it might not hit stores for a while. And yes, it'll probably only be for Japan.

[unmediated]

OK _ so who told them that we want 7 channels to be recorded - at the same time?

Overstock Channels Mao

Overstock Channels Mao 07/23/2004 02:34 PM
The Utah-based closeout e-tailer grew by 120%. Or maybe it was 204%?

Topix.net Adds New Channels

Topix.net Adds New Channels 01/04/2005 11:29 PM
Search Engine Guide Jan 5 2005 3:19AM GMT

More channels to order budget PCs

More channels to order budget PCs 05/31/2004 02:12 PM
Bangkok Post May 31 2004 6:52PM GMT

is set to launch video channels

is set to launch video channels 01/05/2005 02:04 PM
National Post Jan 5 2005 4:49PM GMT

Hi-tech phones sent TV channels

Hi-tech phones sent TV channels 09/10/2004 05:40 AM
Digital television channels are to be transmitted straight to hi-tech mobile telephones in a UK first.

Dvorak Channels Markoff

Dvorak Channels Markoff 01/05/2005 03:11 AM
ZDNet Jan 5 2005 6:32AM GMT

AvantGo Channels Disappear

AvantGo Channels Disappear 08/22/2004 05:51 AM

New Lockergnome Channels Have Launched!

New Lockergnome Channels Have Launched! 08/02/2004 10:55 PM

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We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes - and some of you have even asked to be a part of it! Last week, everything was pretty much on hold. Now that I’ve returned from my ocean voyage, I believe I’m ready to officially announce the addition of a few new Lockergnome channels. It’s been fun to get ‘em rolling, introducing and exploring new personalities. You’ll notice that we’ve already added the appropriate links to…

FeedDemon Search Channels

FeedDemon Search Channels 01/16/2004 01:04 PM

FeedDemon's "search channels" are the fastest way to find news items and blogs of interest. A search channel is a dynamic feed which uses an online search service to look for items containing specific keywords. Feedster and DayPop searches are built into FeedDemon, and fans of Blogdigger will be happy to hear that Blogdigger support is very easy to add.

Want more? Oskar van Rijswijk provides additional tips on customizing FeedDemon search channels.

A La Carte Cable TV Channels?

A La Carte Cable TV Channels? 04/15/2004 05:01 PM

TiVo Channels Google

TiVo Channels Google 03/31/2005 12:15 AM
Motley Fool Mar 31 2005 3:56AM GMT

Conference back channels

Conference back channels 04/09/2004 03:56 PM

Interesting discussion over at Liz Lawley's blog about conference back channels.

Relates to the Continuous Partial Attention discussion.

No Channels, But Plenty To Watch

No Channels, But Plenty To Watch 07/02/2004 06:02 PM
For years, the joke has been that we kept getting more television channels, but there was consistently less on TV. It used to be that the idea of having 100 channels was amazing, but now people have a few hundred channels to choose from on many TV systems. However, the latest report from Nielsen says that, for the first time ever, the average number of channels available has dropped. TV execs are freaking out and want a recount. Some are blaming things like TiVos for the mess, but Ernest Miller (at the link above) makes the argument that the concept of "channels" is going away thanks to the internet. People don't want more "channels" -- they want more interactivity and control, and you just don't find that with TV these days.

Viet Nam provides Internet channels to
Laos

Viet Nam provides Internet channels to
Laos 07/16/2004 01:16 AM
BVOM.com Jul 16 2004 5:42AM GMT

web engineer for AvantGo mobile
"channels"

web engineer for AvantGo mobile
"channels" 09/15/2004 12:14 AM
iAnywhere Solutions / AvantGo - United States, CA, Dublin (2004-09-14)

Gateway Opens Retail Channels

Gateway Opens Retail Channels 01/03/2005 05:21 PM
Gateway this month will start selling desktop and notebook PCs at more than 600 U.S. Circuit City stores.

New Lockergnome Channels - Subscribe
Today!

New Lockergnome Channels - Subscribe
Today! 06/02/2004 01:03 AM

Windows Fanatics IT Professionals Web Developers Problem Solvers Tech News Watch RSS & Atom Tips Hot Downloads Exclusive Focus Bargain Hunter DVD Deal Center

New FREE Lockergnome Channels! This message brings all the geeks to the yard - and our site is larger than yours. We've got the DVD Deal Center. Fresh titles will rotate in every day! Next, we have the Problem Solvers bulletin. It's filled with the latest headlines from our very active forums. Then, your wallet will find salvation inside our Bargain Hunter! Finally, in the new line-up, you'll spy the Hot Downloads, which will come to you once a week with the latest software titles. As always, these suckers are completely FREE.

If you haven't already, take another look at our classic channels! You're bound to find something that will enable your technology lifestyle - delivered via the Web, e-mail, or RSS! We're letting you choose the delivery option, enabling you to decide what you want to read (and how you want to consume it) on a regular basis. Enjoy!

clear channels on spectrum policy

clear channels on spectrum policy 01/11/2004 07:56 AM
Paul Margie has a great and interesting new piece on spectrum policy -- and not just because he's a senior staffer at the FCC. This is the great if invisible fact about bureaucracies like the FCC -- they are filled with amazing people, at least one step down from the top.

BEA Bows New App Servers, Sales Channels

BEA Bows New App Servers, Sales Channels 02/03/2003 09:13 AM
The software concern hopes to lure developers and customers with new app servers and channels to sell them.

'Masala' Channels Data Flood

'Masala' Channels Data Flood 06/07/2004 01:11 AM
The next version of IBM's DB2 Information Integrator software, code-named Masala, beefs up information handling.

10.3: Find Sherlock's missing channels

10.3: Find Sherlock's missing channels 11/10/2003 11:19 PM
When running Sherlock in 10.3, I found that all the standard Apple channels were missing. This may have been from installing some of my own custom channels when running 10.2. I found an Apple Discussions tip which worked for...

Five Music Channels to Air Prince
Special (AP)

Five Music Channels to Air Prince
Special (AP) 04/26/2004 09:37 PM
AP - Get ready for five channels of Prince. MTV, MTV2, BET, VH1 and VH1 Classic will simultaneously broadcast a 30-minute Prince concert special on Wednesday at 9 p.m. EDT, network executives told The Associated Press.

5 Music Channels to Air Prince Special
(AP)

5 Music Channels to Air Prince Special
(AP) 04/26/2004 07:07 PM
AP - Get ready for five channels of Prince. MTV, MTV2, BET, VH1 and VH1 Classic will simultaneously broadcast a 30-minute Prince concert special on Wednesday at 9 p.m. EDT, network executives told The Associated Press.

Pick Your Own Channels Law Proposed,
Denied

Pick Your Own Channels Law Proposed,
Denied 04/29/2004 11:56 AM
A bill is being discussed in Congress that would force satellite TV companies to put local broadcast TV channels on a single dish. Apparently, many split the channels between two dishes, and require you to get both if you want all their local channels. However, more interesting is that one Congressman has tried to add an amendment to the bill that would allow subscribers to do a la carte channel picking - something many consumers have wanted for many years. Unfortunately, the amendment was quickly withdrawn after others expressed "concern" over the amendment - though, it's not clear what their concerns were (other than making some of their corporate contributors unhappy). There's still a chance that the amendment will be re-introduced later, but it seems unlikely to be accepted.

Use Multiple Channels for Faster
Wireless Networking

Use Multiple Channels for Faster
Wireless Networking 04/11/2004 02:25 PM

Feature Highlight: FeedDemon Search
Channels

Feature Highlight: FeedDemon Search
Channels 05/08/2004 07:35 AM

FeedDemon's sear ch channels are dynamic feeds which use an online search service to look for items containing specific keywords, providing an efficient way to track what people are talking about without having to subscribe to additional feeds. For example, I have a search channel which lets me know when people are blogging about my software.

FeedDemon enables choosing from popular RSS search engines such as Feedster, Daypop and Blogdigger, but you're not limited to just these ones. If you'd like to find out how to extend the set of FeedDemon's search services, just visit Oskar van Rijswijk's blog.

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