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Word: spam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...LATELY SPAM E-MAIL HAS BECOME A REAL PAIN IN MY INBOX. IS THAT A BEATABLE PROBLEM? Yes, by and large it's beatable. It's going to take several years of work and industry partnerships and rolling out some new things. But between the things going on on the legal front and the technical front, absolutely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Bill Gates | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

...been receiving more and more IMs like this, you're not alone. Yahoo reports that 2% of all IMs sent on its messenger service are spim, which is the new word for spam sent via instant messaging. A total of 582 billion IMs were sent worldwide in 2003, according to the Radacati Consulting Group?and that adds up to a whole lot of spim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You've Got Spim! | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...While efforts to curb spam in e-mails have been progressing, the spim problem is just starting to explode. Ferris Research estimates that twice as much spim was sent in 2003 as in 2002. Though people receive far more spam than spim, spim has a special ability to be slightly more annoying. "It pops up and distracts you," says Casey McArdle, a graduate student in Fort Wayne, Indiana, who says he gets at least one spim a day on his computer. "With e-mail, you just go click, click, click, delete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You've Got Spim! | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...month" to watch women get naked in front of a webcam. If you've been receiving more and more instant messages like this, you're not alone. Yahoo reports that 2% of all IMs sent on its messenger service are spim, which is the new word for spam sent via instant messaging. A total of 582 billion IMs were sent worldwide in 2003, according to the Radacati Group - and that adds up to a whole lot of spim. While efforts to curb spam in e-mails have been progressing, the spim problem is just starting to explode. Ferris Research estimates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You've Got Spim! | 2/22/2004 | See Source »

Although Riley said students who do not want to receive advisories will be able to opt out, safety officials fear their easy access to all students’ inboxes could make community advisories seem like spam...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts and Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard Strikes Back | 2/12/2004 | See Source »

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