Commtouch Reports May Spam Trends: More and More Spam Originates Outside the United States, 15 June 2005

“According to data from the Commtouch Spam Detection Center, a quarter of all spam messages come from the Japan-Korea region. Europe, particularly Western Europe, is responsible for similar volumes, while less than 20% of world spam is now sent from North America. On a national level, South Korea, the United States and China are the world’s leading spam-sending countries.”

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Trend Micro Picks Up Online Reputation Company Kelkea, eWeek.com, 14 June 2005

“Anti-virus software vendor Trend Micro said on Tuesday that it purchased Kelkea Inc., of San Jose, Calif., which makes technology that identifies the source of online threats. By 2006, Trend hopes to offer a whole suite of products that use the Kelkea technology for protection against online threats like phishing Web sites and botnets of compromised computers.”

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Trend Micro tackles spam with Kelkea buy, CnetNews.com, 14 June 2005

“Kelkea provides an antispam service to a range of U.S. Internet service providers, such as America Online, by tackling such content before it enters the network. As a result, said Fernando Rynne, Trend Micro's global product marketing manager for Internet security, the purchase complements Trend Micro's deal with e-mail security vendor Postini, which handles spam at the gateway. The Kelkea service will be sold as an add-on to Trend Micro's core customer base of corporations and service providers.

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Moms and E-Mail, eMarketer, 15 June 2005

“The good news is that e-mail promotions to moms work. Moms place a high value on discounts and coupons, with 86% saying that savings is the reason why they subscribe to retailing newsletters and promotions. In addition, 62% of moms are likely to click through e-mails that include product pricing.”

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Barracuda Broadens Availability of Outbound E-Mail Filters, Messaging Pipeline, 16 June 2005

“The more advanced outbound e-mail filtering capabilities such as outbound e-mail quarantine, e-mail compliance filtering for corporate policies and government regulations, outbound keyword and regular expression scanning, and outbound whitelisting, will only be available with the Barracuda Spam Firewall " Outbound Mode product line. Those features are more important to larger enterprises that require more comprehensive protection for outgoing e-mail.”

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VoIP pioneer aims for end of regular phone networks, Yahoo.com, 15 June 2005

“Vonage has more than 700,000 subscribers and is adding 15,000 a week in the expectations of hitting 1 million by year end. As a result, Pulver estimates there are some 9 million paying VoIP customers around the world -- 6 million of them in Asia -- and millions more with Skype, the Web site that allows for phone calls around the world for free to and from computers. there is a huge market where a company like dominant phone company Bezeq Israel Telecom, for instance, could offer virtual Israeli phone numbers to its citizens living abroad using VoIP.”

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BT 'BluePhone' Fusion is better than Skype because..., The Register.com, 15 June 2005

“Fusion is a system which uses the phone's own Bluetooth software to do VoIP through an Internet gateway. You can start a call in the street, using Vodafone. Then, walk through your front door and automatically switch the call to your Bluetooth hub, without dropping the line. A BT Fusion 10 minute off peak rate mobile call from home will cost up to 95% less than the same call using a typical mobile competitor package. BluePhone calls cost 5.5 pence per hour. Most cellphone networks would charge you around three to six pounds for that hour's conversation.”

Full Story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/15/btfusion_launch/



BT breaks ground with fixed-mobile phone, Reuters.com, 15 June 2005

“BT Group Plc has unveiled a pioneering, low-cost cell phone that switches between fixed and mobile networks as the British company steps up efforts to stem a tide of calls moving from landline to cellular networks. BT said a 10 minute off-peak call would cost up to 95 percent less than a typical mobile phone deal. However, BT Fusion customers will need to subscribe to a high-speed Internet connection from BT Broadband, which costs at least 17.99 pounds a month, and must have a BT telephone line, for which BT charges a monthly 10.50 pounds in rental.”

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