P2P
Tesco opens music download site
So, music downloads are now officially uncool. Yes, once Tesco starts offering “legal” music downloads; you know that the whole thing is now as cool as buying broccoli. Who is next? Asda? M&S?
e-commerce
German courts erode eBay purchases
A very interesting link that arrives courtesy of Bob Rietjens. A German court has given users the right to return items purchased from eBay within two weeks of purchase, provided that it has been bought from a commercial supplier. This Read more…
Spam
The plot thickens
You may recall the letter from BELETS Consultants. I replied, and received another one that shows this to be a more complex 419 scam, perhaps the most complex 419 that I have seen before. The scam is actually rather elegant. Read more…
Software patents
Yet another stupid software patent.
The Register reports that graphics company Tektronix is trying to enforce a 1987 patent (Patent 4,734,690) . This patent is for a “graphics display terminal performs a pan operation with respect to a view motion center to effectuate spherical panning, Read more…
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. 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 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 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 Read more…