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February 6, 2004 Archive

February 6, 2004

Dwight's Audio Rant

Dwight Silverman phoned in his thoughts (Real Audio) on the office raid of Sharman Networks, maker of the Kazaa P2P client.

Would you like to rant? Drop me a line.

Pentagon Whacks E-Voting

Days after researchers said a plan to let soldiers and other Americans living overseas vote over the Internet is inherently insecure, the Pentagon has cancelled the program.

Making Spammers Pay

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E-mail postage, a radical proposal for stopping unsolicited commercial e-mail, appears to be gaining traction. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has endorsed the idea of charging e-mailers a small per-message fee, and Internet service provider Yahoo! is investigating the idea.

Sonia Arrison, director of technology studies at the Pacific Research Institute, says e-mail postage may be the best way to make spamming unprofitable.


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