Brazil. The name alone evokes images of balmy beaches, bronzed bodies, or Bossa ballads. But beneath the veneer of this plastic surgery tropical paradise lurks an ugly,...

There is nothing more aggravating then spam (unsolicited bulk email). Those obnoxious emails for viagra, or for herbal products that claim to enlarge male and female...

This was a chain mail I was sent today by a friend and it is on ‘chain mails’ itself. Hilarious, read it, enjoy it and send it to others if you want to. I...

Few months back, India was the least spammy among BRIC countries and as per a new report, India has beaten China and has moved up the ladder! Image Credit: Trendwatch

How much spam you get may depend on the first letter in your e-mail address, a study reveals.

Apparently it could - at least according to research by Richard Clayton, a security expert from Cambridge University’s computer lab.

Captcha systems to stop automated posting have been “completely broken” by spammers, experts say. So what’s the alternative?

Email addresses that begin with letters towards the start of the alphabet get more than their fair share of spam, says Richard Clayton at the University of Cambridge.

Every week, I receive messages saying that I am rich, very rich. I have fortunes scattered in countries like Spain, South Africa, Holland, Portugal and the United...

AS IF unsolicited sales calls weren’t bad enough, now you can be subjected to spit too, or “spam over internet telephony” messages. To make matters...

Over the Internet, it’s getting harder and harder to tell. Some of the common tests used by Web sites to distinguish between legitimate flesh-and-blood visitors...

We all receive spam e-mails everyday, telling us to either fork out some money or some personal information. The modern day softwares have made it difficult for them to...

Thirty years ago next week, Gary Thuerk, a marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation, sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the US...

Marketing, is a wide subject that covers various aspects.... If you were asked to describe.. search engine marketing, affiliate marketing, branding, SPAMMING and blog...

30 years ago, a marketing representative sent the first spam. He managed to deliver the unsolicited e-mail bulk message to every West Coast computer on the...

The Storm botnet is sharing the love this week with a new spam run aimed at taking the romance out of Valentine’s Day. Security firm MessageLabs said that...