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Automated antispam software can only do so much, so the four e-mail giants have started to employ a new weapon: humans. People, it seems, learn the rules of this new battlefield faster than machines do. At AOL's new control facility in Gainesville, Va., home to its antispam special-forces unit, workers like Anna Ford scan screens that show blocks of mail entering the system. She's looking, Matrix-like, for suspicious patterns. "Here's someone sending 50 e-mails to 3,000 recipients," says Ford. "That stinks." With one click, the sender is identified as a China-based...
...order to appreciate fully the horror that his hate brought to the world. In refusing to pay attention to the disturbing ways in which Hitler may have resembled a normal person, the world runs the risk of allowing another Hitler figure to twist our minds. HAYWOOD FOARD Gloucester, Va...
DIED. SLOAN WILSON, 83, author of the best-selling 1955 novel The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit; of complications from Alzheimer's disease; in Colonial Beach, Va. His novel of suburban and corporate angst struck a postwar nerve and coined a cultural catchphrase...
...make customers prepay for blocks of flight time. Among the biggest carriers of this type are Delta AirElite Business Jets, a wholly owned Delta subsidiary based in Cincinnati, Ohio; Marquis Jet Partners of New York City; Sentient Private Jet Membership of Norwell, Mass.; and Bombardier Skyjet, based in Fairfax, Va. Through Delta's AirElite service, which launched in February, customers pay a minimum of, say, $144,500 for 25 flying hours in a six-passenger Lear 60 business jet--and get frequent-flyer miles on Delta. These providers tend to specialize in travel within the U.S.--though if you want...
...been agog in recent years over customer relationship management (CRM) software, which helps sellers mine data to learn what customers want, and which ones deserve the most attention. That's great, but why not also include technology that more directly helps shoppers? At Circuit City, based in Richmond, Va., receipts are stored electronically and can be accessed in any store coast to coast. This technology is widely available, but Circuit City has been shrewd enough to feature its version in TV ads, fostering its image as a place where it's easy to return merchandise and where shopping is hassle...