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Most spam comes from just six botnets [Telecom]

This was an item in slashdot today (http://slashdot.org)reporting some research that six botnets are generating 85 perc...

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haynes

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[telecom] ValueClick to Pay $2.9 Million to Settle FTC Charges (fwd)

" Online advertiser ValueClick, Inc., will pay a record $2.9 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it...

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dannyb

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FSC e-mail system used to send nationwide threats

FSC e-mail system used to send nationwide threats By John Hilliard/Daily News staff METROWEST DAILY NEWS Posted Mar 14,...

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monty

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Right now, feds might be looking into your finances

Right now, feds might be looking into your finances Banks tip off government to possible money laundering, fraud By Tho...

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monty

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Re: History AT&T early modem developments? [telecom]

> I hate to disagree with our esteemed moderator, but at least into >the late 1950s and probably into the 1960s, [TWX]...

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haynes

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Re: History AT&T early modem developments? [telecom]

> ***** Moderator's Note ***** > Perhaps you can confirm something: an old AT&T tech told me that > before N carrier wa...

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hancock4

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Re: History AT&T early modem developments? [telecom]

> > > >Would anyone be more familiar with 1950s AT&T activities, or lack > > >thereof? I'm curious why AT&T wasn't more...

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wleathus

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Re: [telecom] Re: Written format of phone numbers

>Last word on telephone number formats. Oh who am I kidding? This comes >up quite frequently. :-) > >I got a call from...

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bonomi

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Re: [telecom] Re: Written format of phone numbers

>I got a call from our mortgage company the other day. Turns out it was a >false alarm (payment wasn't due for another...

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dont

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Telemarketer's Call Invokes Old Hit Song [TELECOM]

I don't know what's worse. The fact telemarketers have discovered this for the fact ABC News calls a song from my high...

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john

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Help with international calls that should have been blocked. [Telecom]

We have an Avaya system. All the users are set up with the COS as 50 states only. No Canada, Mexico or other countries....

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miamitedNOSPAM

7 18yrs miamitedNOSPAM

History AT&T early modem developments? [telecom]

In response to commercial and military demand, in 1941 IBM developed equipment that allowed transmission of data over t...

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hancock4

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CAPTCHA attacks [Telecom]

Yahoo's CAPTCHA Security Reportedly Broken January 17, 2008 06:00 PM http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jh...

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monty

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FCC wants cell phone towers to have backup power [telecom]

The Phila Inqr reported that the FCC wants wireless carriers to provide 8 hours of battery power backup at every cell t...

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hancock4

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France Numbering/Dialing (Written Format of Phone Numbers) [telecom]

> Anth>> But there *ARE* some other (European) countries where the full >> national number MUST be dialed, even for "lo...

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anthonybellanga

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