* New Bagle version spreading * McAfee updates E-Business Server * IBM differs in acquisition strategy * FTC settles with pop-up ad ‘spammers’ * Today on Layer 8
Had to shake my head at an e-mail I got yesterday from the Atlanta Braves baseball team.
Had to shake my head at an e-mail I got yesterday from the Atlanta Braves baseball team.
A little background first. I get e-mails and information from a variety of baseball institutions because I belong to a rotisserie league and I am a displaced, long-suffering Phillies fan trying to keep up with my team.
Anyway, what caught my eye was that the Braves e-mail, which ostensibly is trying to get me to buy Braves tickets, was sponsored by Viagra. Nothing wrong with Viagra mind you, but I imagine that particular sales pitch gets filtered out often because of that word. How could that be effective? Of course, I have to check with my IT guys since it obviously made its way to my desk!
As you’ll note in our story “Word up” (http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0809spam.html?net) Viagra, Levitra and other various male performance drugs are among the most filtered words in the anti-spam lexicon.
Guess the Braves don’t want to sell too many tickets.
New Bagle version spreading
Anti-virus and computer security companies warned Internet users about a new version of the Bagle e-mail worm that was spreading quickly on the Internet.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0809newbagle.html?net
McAfee updates E-Business Server
McAfee this week said that it is releasing a new version of its E-Business Server data encryption software that it claims will make it easier for companies to encrypt data sent outside their networks, to business partners or remote offices.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0809mcafeupdat.html?net
IBM differs in acquisition strategy
Like cyclist Lance Armstrong in the Pyrenees Mountains, IBM‘s acquisitions strategists have picked up the pace. Just last month the company added application-monitoring software from Cyanea Systems and business intelligence development tools from Alphablox to its nearly $15 billion software division.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/080904ibmbuy.html?net
FTC settles with pop-up ad ‘spammers’
A California company allegedly using a barrage of pop-up ads to sell pop-up blocking software is blocked from employing that tactic in the future under a settlement announced this week by the Federal Trade Commission.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0809ftcsettl.html?net
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