Cybercrime
Spammers convicted!
A jury in Virginia has finally decided the first ever spam prosecution, which has resulted in 9 years jail sentence for Jeremy Jaynes, and $7,500 USD fine for Jessica DeGroot. 9 years? They mean business in Virginia!
Spam
Another very interesting scam.
This other variation of the Nigeria 419 scam looks quite good, until you realise that it has two main problems: it doesn’t have a return physical address, and it comes from Tony Gray, but it is signed by Rob Lenox. It also comes from an Italian ISP. From: BELETS CONSULTANTS Read more…
Spam
Interesting variation of a Nigerian 419 scam.
I just received an email that is an interesting variation of your average Nigerian 419 scam email. I have received many of these scams in my time, and I am even saving some of the most original ones. This one is even less plausible than the Iraqi version of the Read more…
P2P
Another study about music downloads and sales
There is a new study about the effect of music downloads on actual sales. This seems to corroborate that the actual effect of music downloads on sales is much less stronger thant the music industry would like to make us think. The summary of the study states that: “Each album Read more…
Spam
Spam wants to regain their name
Hormel, the makers of the original SPAM, want to make sure that their name is still remembered as the original salty and meaty ham thingie (what is SPAM anyway?). They are about the start a new campaign to emphasise that you can actually eat the thing, and that it is Read more…
P2P
There goes the neighbourhood
The BBC reports that AOL is now going to include blogging software in their basic package. Does this mean the end of the blog as we know it?
Announcements
BAILII’s Birthday
The website British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) is now five years old. Technollama has been away down in London to attend the celebrations, which were attended by a good number of very important people. Congratulations to BAILII, and we look forward to many more anniversaries.
Blogging
Blogger in trouble over blog
The BBC reports that stewardess (sorry, air hostess) Ellen Simonetti, known in blogging circles as Queen of the Sky, has been suspended for posing for photographs that appeared in her blog. She is wearing a Delta Airlines uniform and is posing revealingly, but nothing spectacular. I wonder, how did the Read more…
Off-topic
The Lancet estimates 100,000 Iraqi civilian deaths
(Link requires registration, again, use Bugmenot). An article in the influential medical journal The Lancet estimates that the war in Iraq has produced an excess mortality of 100,000 civilians. The estimates are the highest yet, but the journal editors have said that these are only conservative estimates. and that civilian Read more…
Creative Commons
Creative Commons article in The Guardian
Creative Commons keeps making its unstoppable stride into the mainstream with the publication of yet another newspaper article. The article concentrates on music, as most of these do, but it is a rather good attempt to explain what the movement is all about. The CC-UK project is still going through Read more…