Beware Post-Holiday Phishing

1. Beware Post-Holiday Phishing

Fraudsters will be busy in the post-holiday weeks, a security firm warned Thursday, and consumers should be especially watchful for bogus "get out of debt" phishing pitches.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Dec 29 2005


2. Microsoft, Softbank BB, Japan Telecom Team on VoIP

Microsoft is making another move in VoIP, this time in Japan in a partnership with Softbank BB and Japan Telecom that will offer a combination VoIP with e-mail, groupware, and desktop services, the company said Wednesday.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Dec 28 2005


3. Claim back £300 per spam

Net expert Nigel Roberts has won a landmark legal victory by chasing down a UK spammer and winning £300 in costs. Roberts, who runs his own Internet business as well as the Jersey and Guernsey country code domains, used his legal know-how to apply EU legislation to a UK company, Media Logistics.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Dec 29 2005


4. Rivals Protest: Google Base Diverts Clicks

My word! Internet giant Google Inc. stands accused of an etiquette breach. The hubbub this week is over recent changes to Google Base, Google's free feature for searching content contributed by its registered users.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Dec 29 2005


5. Trump and free iPods top AOL's 2005 list of spam lures

Donald Trump was a frequent visitor to the inboxes of America Online (AOL) subscribers this year, as were pitches for free iPods, discount Rolex watches and pleasure-enhancing "patches" for delicate anatomical bits, according to AOL's annual spam report.

For more on this:
- read full story from infoworld, Dec 29 2005

6. AOL: Spam Down, Sophisticated Methods Up

Spam purveyors are using increasingly sophisticated methods to prey on e-mail users, according to AOL's third annual Top 10 Spam messages list.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Dec 29 2005


7. Review: Skype 2.0 beta

We're still not sure why eBay acquired Skype, the popular PC-based voice-over-IP telephony service.

For more on this:
- read full review from pcmag.com, Dec 29 2005


8. Opera Software chooses Google as search partner

Norwegian Opera Software has agreed that Google will be the default partner for its mobile Internet browsers, Opera said on Thursday.

For more on this:
- read full story from Cnet news, Dec 29 2005