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Stop communications overload before it starts
Comment In addition to voice calls, mobile phones provide the alert of incoming text messages, for some mobile instant messaging services and, for an increasing number, mobile access to email. This is... [26 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.01.07
Round-Up Interestingly New York has recently started enabling callers to its 911 emergency lines to send MMS messages in the shape of video and pictures. Why not offer a reward for the first set of two pictures... [26 Jan 2007]
Leader: Let's make everyone tech-literate
Leader Despite the furious race to add more functions to mobile phones, two-thirds of us only use four features on our mobile phone: calls, text messages, alarm clock and camera. This means that older people... [25 Jan 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: A single source for net protection
Comment Their services are now being extended to cover other email threats such as phishing, or messages that purport to be from your bank but are really from a criminal who wants your bank account details. Most people... [06 Oct 2005]
Will's Web Watch: Can banks improve phishing defences?
Comment There is a confusing array of methods being employed to communicate with customers currently, from regular emails and text updates to occasional emails and SMS messages on an 'as... [11 Jan 2005]
Leader: Oh, hello... the police have woken up
Leader Detective Inspector Paul Ginger clearly thought he was special and was targeted specifically when he told the BBC: "I was amazed to receive one of these messages on my work email.... [16 Aug 2004]
Is Nokia making its biggest gamble yet?
Comment You can chat with one or many people instantaneously but all your desired messagees need to have a handset that can receive the messages - like text - even if they use a different network. Remember the... [01 Apr 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: SMS spam, go phish and Windows Media Center
Comment For example, in Japan DoCoMo is limiting the number of text messages that a user can send. If you have responded to any such requests, then scrutinise your credit card and bank account statements as soon... [29 Sep 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.08.03
Round-Up Out of a dozen or so bills introduced in Congress promising to regulate commercial spam, not one attempts to restrict political email messages. Despite the ensuing hoo-ha Dean remains opposed to unsolicited email... [22 Aug 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Future messaging, the forgotten DB and Microsoft's open source AV spoiler
Comment In a more complex application, you can receive a text message from a mobile phone, send more instant messages to colleagues and then establish a conference between people at their desks... [23 Jun 2003]
The Devil's Advocate: Buried by junk
Comment Part of the attraction for junk mailers is that the cost of sending millions of messages is very small. More often than not, it is a disappointment, like the messages that proclaimed love while carrying... [10 Jun 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Spam tax, Microsoft licensing twist and the weakening greenback
Comment There are very few email users that do not receive unsolicited messages. At the moment it is extremely cheap to send out millions of messages. Email has today become one of the standard... [02 Jun 2003]
Why SMS will take some toppling
Comment Another week, another innovative and impressive use for SMS text messages - the technology which refuses to be limited by its obvious limitations. Some network operators charge for outgoing... [08 Nov 2002]
Ovum On: Wireless spam
Comment These companies become spammers when they abuse a consumer's agreement to receive wireless marketing messages and send an inappropriate number of messages, which become... [17 May 2002]
Rude anagrams of Bill Gates
Comment Catholic women in Poland are signing up to receive text messages warning them not to have sex. Did you know that Bill Gates is an anagram of 'I get balls'? Nope, nor did we until irreverent news site... [07 Feb 2002]
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