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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;">4Cast #101<span class="GramE">:</span><br>
Ban Second Life?<span style=""> </span>Backscatter, Spam is
30, <span class="SpellE">Xobni</span><br>
</span></b>May 8, 2008</p>
<p><b>1. Virtual worlds in the hot seat<br>
</b><span class="GramE">As</span> reported in the <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/"
mce_href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/">4Cast last week</a>,
there are
100+ youth-oriented virtual worlds in existence. With that kind of
availability
<span class="GramE">comes</span> vulnerability. One Congressman wants
to stop
children from accessing these sites in schools and libraries. Below are
the
links to Congressman Kirk's (IL) statements and the recent
congressional
hearings on virtual communities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9937956-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5"
mce_href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9937956-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5">Ban
'Second Life' in schools and libraries, Republican congressman says</a>
(<span class="SpellE">C|net</span>)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/il10_kirk/Kirk_Parents_and_Police_Delete_Online_Predators.html"
mce_href="http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/il10_kirk/Kirk_Parents_and_Police_Delete_Online_Predators.html">Kirk,
Parents and Police: Delete Online Predators</a> (Congressman Kirk's
website)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ti-hrg.040108.VirtualWorlds.shtml"
mce_href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ti-hrg.040108.VirtualWorlds.shtml">Online
Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium</a>
(House Committee <span class="SpellE">Webcast</span>)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/04/01/congress-virtual-worlds/">Congress
Holds First Hearing on Virtual Worlds; Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale
Testifies</a> (Virtually Blind)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b>2. Now there's a term for it - "backscattered".</b><br>
You open your in-box and you see LOTS of bounced or "return to
sender" type messages, so you open one to see what could have possibly
come back to you. The thing is, you didn't send out any pharmaceutical
ads, or
lottery announcements, or Louis <span class="SpellE">Vuitton</span>
ads, or other
such spam. Unfortunately, people will use random valid e-mail addresses
(sometimes even a librarian's!) to send out their spam and when their
messages
reach invalid addresses, it gets bounced to you. <o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1698505531;fp;16;fpid;1"
mce_href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1698505531;fp;16;fpid;1">100
e-mail <span class="SpellE">bouncebacks</span>? You've been
backscattered.</a> (Computer World)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://spamlinks.net/prevent-secure-backscatter.htm#what"
mce_href="http://spamlinks.net/prevent-secure-backscatter.htm#what">What
is backscatter?</a> (Spam Links)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.backscatterer.org/?target=backscatter"
mce_href="http://www.backscatterer.org/?target=backscatter"><span
class="SpellE">Backscatterer</span> - Why it is abusive and how to
stop your system doing so</a> (<span class="SpellE">Backscatterer</span>)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://lwn.net/Articles/277304/"
mce_href="http://lwn.net/Articles/277304/">Backscatter increase clogs
inboxes</a> (LWN)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b>3. Happy birthday, spam!</b><br>
Spammers love it, users hate it, <a
href="http://www.spampoetry.org/about.php"
mce_href="http://www.spampoetry.org/about.php">poetry is written with
it</a>,
and <span class="GramE">it's</span> 30 years old.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13777-happy-spamiversary-spam-reaches-30.html"
mce_href="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13777-happy-spamiversary-spam-reaches-30.html">Happy
<span class="SpellE">spamiversary</span>! Spam reaches 30</a> (New
Scientist Tech)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://ycorpblog.com/2008/05/05/do-you-know-where-you-mouse-has-been/"
mce_href="http://ycorpblog.com/2008/05/05/do-you-know-where-you-mouse-has-been/">Do
you know where your mouse has been?</a> (Yodel Anecdotal)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/07/twitter-starts-blacklisting-spammers/"
mce_href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/07/twitter-starts-blacklisting-spammers/">Twitter
Starts Blacklisting Spammers</a> (Tech Crunch)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-04-29-0121.html"
mce_href="http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-04-29-0121.html">Va.
Supreme Court to revisit divisive spam case</a> (<span class="SpellE">InRich</span>)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><b>4. <span class="SpellE">Xobni</span></b><br>
>From our Twitter feed...<span class="SpellE">Xobni</span>, or spelled
backward,
Inbox, is a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007 running on Windows
XP/Vista. Basically, it indexes all of your e-mail messages in a more
user-friendly way. What's really cool about it? <span class="SpellE">Xobni</span>
Analytics. You can view some really interesting statistics on your
e-mail
usage, such as what time of day you receive the most mail and who
contacts you
the most often.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.xobni.com/"
mce_href="http://www.xobni.com/"><span class="SpellE">Xobni</span> is
the Outlook plug-in that helps you organize your flooded inbox.</a> (<span
class="SpellE">Xobni</span>)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-hhands-on-with-xobni-make-outlook-more-productive-social.html"
mce_href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-hhands-on-with-xobni-make-outlook-more-productive-social.html">Hands-on
with <span class="SpellE">Xobni</span>: make Outlook more productive,
social</a> (<span class="SpellE">Ars</span> <span class="SpellE">Technica</span>)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9936380-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware"
mce_href="http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9936380-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware"><span
class="SpellE">Pwn</span> your in-box: Tips from a Microsoft insider</a>
(<span class="SpellE">Webware</span>)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/xobnis-secret-project-merge-outlook-with-yahoo-mail/"
mce_href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/xobnis-secret-project-merge-outlook-with-yahoo-mail/"><span
class="SpellE">Xobni’s</span> Secret Project: Merge Outlook With Yahoo
Mail</a> (<span class="SpellE">TechCrunch</span>)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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