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TECHNOLOGY: Spam becomes spim; Movie Karaoke; Beatles redux...
...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 Consulting Group--and that adds up to a 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 that twice as much spim was sent in 2003 as in 2002. Though people receive far more spam than spim, spim can be even more annoying. "It pops up and distracts you," says Casey McArdle, a graduate student in Fort Wayne, Ind., who says he gets about one spim a day. "With e-mail, you just go click, click, click, delete...
...Discount Viagra? Microsoft boss Bill Gates vowed to rid the world of spam within two years - by hitting the senders' pocketbook. Microsoft is developing a method of charging spammers for every unsolicited message rejected as junk mail...
...strong is the first federal law regulating spam, which goes into effect Jan. 1? Signed by President Bush on Dec. 16, the Can-Spam Act stipulates that e-mail marketers must clearly label their messages as advertisements and include an "Internet-based" opt-out feature. What the bill doesn't do is bar advertisers from sending unsolicited e-mail in the first place. Instead, consumers must opt out of every marketing offer they receive--an onerous task. Critics argue that the bill may actually encourage more marketers to start spamming consumers, since the law makes it perfectly legal...