Ocean City Surfing

I arrived in Ocean City, New Jersey for a visit with some family on Wednesday night. After dinner it was time to check some email and things on the web so I got out my RJ-11 phone cable and plugged it into the phone jack in the wall. Then it occurred to me to try […]

Some Good News On Spam

Mike Nelson at IBM reports that there are two new useful spam references.. O  Steve Wildstrom on personal spam filters: O  Wired magazine on a new technique for fighting spam

Spammer Fine

It was heartening to see the report by Danny Freedman on the AP wire that the Federal Communications Commission had issued a record fine of nearly $5.4 million against a company for sending “junk faxes” to businesses and consumers.The fine was levied against fax.com, a company based in Aliso Viejo, California. It was the largest fine […]

Spam in Perspective

This story puts spam in perspective — a very negative one. I continue to be hopeful as I see more and more startup companies bring solutions to market.

Digital Identity

There is a lot going on in the area of Digital Identity in both the private sector and in government. I recently posted a story about it. Seven power point presentations on the US initiative can be found here. There is also a recent paper on e-authentication.