Monthly Archives: November 2004

Spam or not

This morning in my inbox was a very well thought out email newsletter from a well known computer manufacturer. One that I don’t recall subscribing to. And for a moment I thought… they’re “spamming” me! Now, it so happens that I know enough about this company’s approach to know that simply isn’t the case. And [...]

Google for Scholars

Google this week introduced a new search service for scholars, aimed at improving the search-ability of educational documents on the Internet. The beta release does not incorporate Adwords. Check it out at scholar.google.com

Spam is big business…

Read some interesting stats on spam today. Jeremy Jaynes, currently being prosecuted under his state’s anti-spam laws, is reported to have earned as much as $750,000 a month for his efforts – an estimated net profit of nearly $700,000 a month. Another spam-related article mentions a surge of spam offering salvation and beseeching recipients to [...]