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Study: We're getting used to the taste
of spam
Study: We're getting used to the taste
of spam
04/11/2005 05:47 PMZDNet Apr 11 2005 9:49PM GMT
Study: People getting inured to the
taste of spam
Study: People getting inured to the
taste of spam
04/11/2005 03:26 PMThe Pew Internet and American Life Project turns up some surprising
data about people's attitudes toward junk e-mail.
One Year After Law, Spam Still Out of
the Can (washingtonpost.com)
One Year After Law, Spam Still Out of
the Can (washingtonpost.com)
01/03/2005 10:14 AMwashingtonpost.com - The nation's first law aimed at curtailing junk
e-mail earned a mixed report card after a year on the books as few
spammers faced legal action and recent surveys showed that spam makes
up an even larger proportion of online messages.
AWOL on Spam? (washingtonpost.com)
AWOL on Spam? (washingtonpost.com)
02/19/2004 11:23 AMwashingtonpost.com - News yesterday that two of the nation's leading
Internet service providers were refiling civil fraud suits against
spam operations prompts an important question: Six weeks after the
federal anti-spam law went into effect, what exactly has Uncle Sam
been doing to can spam?
AOL Orders the Spam Special
(washingtonpost.com)
AOL Orders the Spam Special
(washingtonpost.com)
06/24/2004 01:00 PMwashingtonpost.com - America Online has amply demonstrated its acumen
in attacking spam, but the latest news on the junk e-mail front has
left the company reeling.
FTC Warns of No-Spam Registry
(washingtonpost.com)
FTC Warns of No-Spam Registry
(washingtonpost.com)
02/15/2004 05:18 AMwashingtonpost.com - The Federal Trade Commission is warning people
not to fall for a Web site claiming to offer an e-mail version of the
federal do-not-call registry. The "Do Not Email Registry" invites
folks to submit their e-mail addresses to stop getting junk e-mail.
Trouble is, the site has no affiliation with the government, despite
what its Web address (www.unsub.us) might suggest.
Spam Lowers Its Appeal
(washingtonpost.com)
Spam Lowers Its Appeal
(washingtonpost.com)
12/30/2004 02:17 AMwashingtonpost.com - If Internet spammers are right about who we are
and what we want to buy, then we must be a cable-stealing,
day-trading, bargain-hunting, stiff-jointed, drug-popping people. Who
like to watch women having sex.
FCC Blocks Spam on Wireless Devices
(washingtonpost.com)
FCC Blocks Spam on Wireless Devices
(washingtonpost.com)
08/05/2004 07:04 AMwashingtonpost.com - The Federal Communications Commission yesterday
moved to prevent cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs)
from becoming the next major frontier for e-mail spam.
Comcast Slows Flow Of Spam
(washingtonpost.com)
Comcast Slows Flow Of Spam
(washingtonpost.com)
06/11/2004 10:10 PMwashingtonpost.com - Comcast Corp., the country's largest provider of
high-speed Internet access, has begun blocking a channel frequently
exploited by spammers to send out large volumes of e-mail, a move that
many technologists say was long overdue and should be matched by other
service providers.
AOL Buys Anti-Spam Company Mailblocks
(washingtonpost.com)
AOL Buys Anti-Spam Company Mailblocks
(washingtonpost.com)
08/04/2004 09:54 PMwashingtonpost.com - America Online Inc. said yesterday it has bought
a small Silicon Valley e-mail company in a move that could boost the
use of an anti-spam technology that many experts regard as the most
effective in blocking unwanted messages.
AOL Reports Decline In Spam in the Past
Year (washingtonpost.com)
AOL Reports Decline In Spam in the Past
Year (washingtonpost.com)
12/28/2004 03:28 AMwashingtonpost.com - America Online said yesterday that it has seen a
substantial decline in unsolicited e-mails this year, though some
anti-spam experts said the company may be the only Internet provider
experiencing such a drop-off.
Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)
Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)
05/12/2004 04:17 AMAFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited
commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs
Internet traffic worldwide.
blo.gs acquired by Yahoo!
blo.gs acquired by Yahoo!
06/17/2005 07:22 PMJim Winstead tells the sale of blo.gs has been completed, and i'm
proud to announce that yahoo! has acquired the service. as of right
now, give or take a few minutes, yahoo! is running blo.gs. this is the
sort of good home that i was looking for — yahoo! obviously has
the resources to run and improve blo.gs in pace with the incredible
growth of blogs (and syndication in general), and in talking with them
it was also clear that...
mp3.com Acquired by CNet
mp3.com Acquired by CNet
11/14/2003 09:09 AMGuangzhou 3G Acquired
Guangzhou 3G Acquired
03/30/2005 09:24 PM3G Mar 30 2005 11:22PM GMT
CNET acquired MP3.com
CNET acquired MP3.com
11/14/2003 08:05 AMFinance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up
Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up
05/24/2004 05:37 PMThe latest study on spam trends appears to show that
financial spam is outpacing pharmaceutical spam
- though, honestly, so much of both is coming out that it's really
hard to imagine that this matters at all. Meanwhile, it seems that
porn spam is increasingly less interesting to spammers as the numbers
have been on a noticeable decline for quite some time. No matter
what, though, it appears that CAN-SPAM has done absolutely nothing to
slow down the amount of spam sent.
Marketleap Acquired By DigitalImpact
Marketleap Acquired By DigitalImpact
07/12/2004 03:58 PM"Digital Impact, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIGI), a leading provider of integrated
digital marketing solutions for Global 2000 enterprises, today
announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
Marketleap, a San Francisco-based Internet marketing firm specializing
in search engine marketing services"
Public Domain Acquired
Public Domain Acquired
04/09/2004 03:54 PMBreaking news: "In a move shocking to all, Duke University, of Durham,
North Carolina, purchased the entirety of the public domain late last
evening for a fee of 2.2 trillion dollars . . ." (
Full story)
Furl acquired by Looksmart
Furl acquired by Looksmart
09/23/2004 07:20 AM
Furl acquired by
LookSmart
.
myITforum Acquired by TechTarget
myITforum Acquired by TechTarget
04/29/2004 05:53 PMGoToast Acquired by aQuantive Inc.
GoToast Acquired by aQuantive Inc.
12/15/2003 11:42 AMGoToast - one the largest SEM services providers on the net...
3G Network Player Acquired
3G Network Player Acquired
06/29/2004 04:24 AM3G Jun 29 2004 8:09AM GMT
Ask Jeeves to be acquired for US$1.9
billion
Ask Jeeves to be acquired for US$1.9
billion
03/22/2005 03:15 PMOnce again, who really cares? With the heat coming in from Yahoo, MSN
and Google, is Ask Jeeves even an issue any longer? Not for me people.
I am am using either Google or Yahoo. Anyway, Ars is reporting that
Ask Jeeves has been acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp for almost 2
billion. Are they seeing something here that I am not?…
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LookSmart Has Acquired Grub Inc
LookSmart Has Acquired Grub Inc
03/15/2003 07:12 AMA minor snippet in the LookSmart Annual Report: "...acquired
substantially all of the assets of Grub, Inc., a developer of
distributed computing software..."
FlexLink AB Acquired by ABN AMRO Capital
FlexLink AB Acquired by ABN AMRO Capital
06/05/2005 11:53 PMFlexLink AB, a global leader in factory automation systems for the
fast moving consumer goods, pharmaceutical, automotive, electronics
and telecom sectors, announces its acquisition by ABN AMRO Capital,
one of Europe's leading private equity providers. [PRWEB May 6, 2005]
Consolidation Comes to Euro SEO as
Notabene.net Is Acquired
Consolidation Comes to Euro SEO as
Notabene.net Is Acquired
03/14/2005 05:18 PM"... becoming Scandinavia’s biggest player on the rapidly growing
market. Notabene.net taken over by the successful Danish media house,
Danmark Online A/S, with a view to carrying on Notabene.net as the
common name and framework of its European objectives."
75% of Topix Acquired by Media Group
75% of Topix Acquired by Media Group
03/23/2005 01:26 PM"...Topix.net announced today that Gannett Co., Inc, Knight-Ridder,
Inc. and Tribune Company jointly have acquired a 75 percent stake in
Topix.net. Ownership is split evenly, with each media company owning
25 percent and the Topix.net founders retaining a 25 percent stake.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed."
Austrian Wi-Fi Operator Acquired by
T-Mobile
Austrian Wi-Fi Operator Acquired by
T-Mobile
12/02/2003 12:34 AMT-Mobile Austria is acquiring the 300-hot-spot strong Metronet.at
(press release is in German): T-Mobile is continuing to expand its
international presence through acquisition of Metronet. T-Mobile has
partnered with Metronet on roaming since 2002. Metronet is the
fourth-largest European WISP, according to their press release. "This
deal is therefore bringing us a large step closer to the international
objective of providing W-LAN around the entire globe," explains Dr.
Georg Pölzl, Managing Director of T-Mobile Austria. T-Mobile
Austria charges €7.95 per hour, €15.95 for three hours, or
€24.95 for 24 hours. This is enormously higher than the same
rates charged by T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile customers can pay via SMS at
€1.99 per 15-minute unit, but the service is currently free to
subscribers....
FatCow Acquired by Web Host Endurance
FatCow Acquired by Web Host Endurance
04/04/2005 03:09 PMWeb Host Industry Review Apr 4 2005 6:45PM GMT
QRS to be acquired by Inovis; JDA deal
terminated
QRS to be acquired by Inovis; JDA deal
terminated
09/03/2004 04:36 PMSiliconValley.com Sep 3 2004 6:43PM GMT
Wise Solutions was acquired by Altiris.
So what's new?
Wise Solutions was acquired by Altiris.
So what's new?
09/09/2004 04:13 PMReading Machines for the Blind and
Dyslexic...Acquired
Reading Machines for the Blind and
Dyslexic...Acquired
04/08/2005 10:11 AMKurzweil Educational Systems, which makes scan-to-speech systems for
the blind and dyslexic, has been purchased by Cambium Learning, a
company serving "at-risk" students. In 1976, Ray Kurzweil invented a
system that would read a page out loud. At that point it cost $100,000
and was the size of a major kitchen appliance. Kurzweil Computer
Products became Xerox Imaging Systems in 1980. In 1996, KES was
officially launched on its own. In 1998 it was purchased by Lernout &
Hauspie. When the founders of L&H were led away in manacles because
they were despicable con artists who should rot in hell,...
SunGard is Acquired for Over $11 Billion
by a Consortium of Firms
SunGard is Acquired for Over $11 Billion
by a Consortium of Firms
04/02/2005 06:33 PMWall Street and Technology Apr 2 2005 9:47PM GMT
Lineo / Embedix acquired by Motorola /
Metrowerks
Lineo / Embedix acquired by Motorola /
Metrowerks
12/17/2002 04:48 PMPress release and Linux Devices coverage. Good news in the long-term,
Lineo has been on the ropes for a while....
NM wireless Internet provider acquired
by Nevada firm
NM wireless Internet provider acquired
by Nevada firm
12/29/2004 08:25 PMbizjournals.com Dec 30 2004 12:02AM GMT
Reviving Acquired Startups Suffering
Inside Big Companies
Reviving Acquired Startups Suffering
Inside Big Companies
05/17/2004 03:04 AM
There are so many stories of big companies buying startups for lots of
money, and then realizing they don't really have a need for the
startup. In a few cases, the company's former management team will
buy back the startup, but it's a fairly difficult move. There is even
the occasional story where startups selling out to larger companies
have been able to
write
in buyback terms - but it doesn't happen very often. However,
realizing that this situation happens more often than people like to
admit, a new VC fund has been formed to help
buy former
startups out of the larger companies that acquired them.
Basically, these VCs have found an undervalued market. The current
owners want out, while the startups are already (somewhat) proven with
a known product and known market - which just isn't getting the
attention it deserves or needs. Should be interesting to see what
comes out of these once again startups.
SCO Group announces it has acquired
copyright to the English language
SCO Group announces it has acquired
copyright to the English language
12/07/2003 07:08 AMactually show
proof
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The Radio Experience of Seattle Acquired
by Broadcast Electronics
The Radio Experience of Seattle Acquired
by Broadcast Electronics
02/01/2005 08:46 PMBroadcast Electronics and The Radio Experience finalize a merger of
datacasting technologies that will enhance broadcasters' HD Radio and
RBDS text services. New products to support "now playing" song title
and artist information datacast to text-enabled receivers. [PRWEB Jan
27, 2005]
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