StrongMail Updates E-Mail Platform, Online Media Daily, 18 July 2005

“In an attempt to cut down on bounce-backs and placement in spam filters, e-mail infrastructure provider StrongMail Systems today is expected to release a retooled version of its application server. The platform now will include a live updating feature, which provides automated compliance with the major Internet service providers' fluctuating bounce-back and spam-filtering standards, and a bounce management device for monitoring delivery rates more clearly.”

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News Corp. Buys Intermix for $580 Mil., iMedia Connectio, 19 July 2005

“News Corp. announced it will buy Intermix Media Inc., owner of MySpace.com social networking site, for $580 million. News Corp. also announced the creation of Fox Interactive Media, an online hub for its Fox news, sports and entertainment programming. With the acquisition of Intermix Media, News Corp. is more than tripling its reach among U.S. internet users. By adding MySpace to their portfolio, News Corp. has now positioned itself as a market leader in the social networking arena, as well as increasing its exposure to the teenage market.”

Full Story at http://www.imediaconnection.com/news/6352.asp



Commtouch Reports June Spam Trends: Small Countries are Big on Spam; Porn is on the Rise, Commtouch, 18 July 2005

“The Commtouch Spam Detection Center recorded about 28,260,000 new spam outbreaks during the month of June, or 942,000 new outbreaks per day. South Korea, China and the United States continue to distribute the lion’s share of global spam, but Commtouch analysis shows that smaller countries are gaining ground. In only three or four months, the three spam superpowers’ share of global spam dropped from a full 70% to about 50%. The other half of global spam originates from diverse locations, including Europe, South America and Taiwan.”

Full Story at http://www.commtouch.com//Site/News_Events/pr_content.asp?news_id=415&cat_id=1



Consumer Demand for Rich Multimedia Mobile Email Creates MMS Growth Opportunity for Mobile Operators; Critical Path and Adamind Answer Demand with the Integration of Adamind MediaSpire(TM) in Memova(TM) Mobile, Critical Path, 19 July 2005

“Memova Mobile works with MMS-enabled mobile phones many consumers are already using, requiring no additional software or hardware upgrades. With Memova Mobile, email messages sent to email services, such as Hotmail, Yahoo! or Gmail, are pushed to the user's mobile phone. As a result of integrating Adamind MediaSpire, users are able to receive and view multimedia content and respond by voice to emails received on the phone. Voice responses are recorded as AMR files and sent as WAV file email messages, eliminating the need to type responses on phone keypads. Critical Path's Memova Mobile solution provides consumers with a rich mobile email experience and helps operators to grow data revenues by leveraging consumer desires to share multimedia content via email.”

Full Story at http://www.criticalpath.net/en/76/news/?news=731750



Blue Frog Antispam Tech Targets Spamvertized Sites, Yahoo.com, 19 July 2005

“Blue Security's approach uses the carrot-and-stick method to reduce spam. Spammers are asked to adhere to a Do Not Intrude Registry of people who do not wish to receive unwanted e-mail. Users of Blue Frog receive a "honeypot" address that Blue Security advertises publicly. When spammers send unwanted e-mail to those addresses, Blue Frog responds with a warning to stop. If warnings are ignored, the Blue Frogs installed on Blue Community members' machines automatically post complaints on the Web sites advertised by the spammers. For each spam message received by the community, a single complaint is posted.”

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20050719/tc_nf/37365



Trend Micro fights spam based on reputation, CnetNews, 19 July 2005

“The Trend Micro Network Reputation Services aim to stop spam using a list of IP addresses that are known to be sending spam or should not be sending e-mail at all. These include open e-mail relays and proxies, and IP addresses used for dial-up Internet users. Trend Micro offers two versions of the services, a basic real-time black-listing service and an enhanced version with dynamic protection against spam-sending zombie PCs.”

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Yahoo revenue disappoints, shares drop, Yahoo.com, 20 July 05

“Yahoo Inc. posted a more than 40 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Tuesday but failed to meet Wall Street expectations, raising concerns about the pace of growth of online advertising and sending the company's shares down 10 percent. Second-quarter revenue, excluding fees the company pays to site owners that carry its search ads, was $875 million, up almost 45 percent but still short of the average Wall Street forecast of $881.8 million.”

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050719/wr_nm/tech_yahoo_earns_dc



Yahoo profit rises, but revenue falls short, CnetNews, 19 July 2005

“For the period ended June 30, the company posted a net income of $754.7 million, or 51 cents a share, excluding traffic acquisition costs. Minus $563 million from the sale of an investment that Yahoo executives declined to specify, the company reported 13 cents a share, in line with analyst estimates and 5 cents above last year. Yahoo plans to improve its search advertising technologies, offer new contextual-targeted opportunities, expand overseas and make acquisitions as needed.”

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