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Spam, the notorious junk e-mail, is proliferating faster than paper or fax junk mail ever did.
Although laws exist now in 20 states in the United States and in several other countries making it illegal to send spam, the political boundaries on the Internet are pretty fuzzy. For example, California has an anti-spam law. However, if a California recipient gets a message created by someone in Iowa and launched off an unprotected server in China or Poland, what power does California have to investigate or prosecute? If laws are to be effective, a body of international law is needed, similar to the international postal conventions among the sovereign nations of the world. Four types of spam Although some spam is legitimate correspondence from legitimate businesses, the majority of spam messages--and the bulk of the problem--are offers from unethical senders who don't exist or represent confidence games. The Gartner Group has defined four types of spam:
False positives What people fear the most is that an anti-spam agent will falsely identify valuable business messages as spam and delay their delivery, creating uncomfortable situations with recipients. For example, a reporter sent an announcement of a friend's wedding to 100 of his friends who worked for various companies. The message was full of excitement and CAPITAL LETTERS and, for emphasis, many exclamation points !!!!!! as well as an invitation to give money to a charity in honor of the happy couple. The message was identified as spam by tools in place at nearly half the companies. Those are typical problems encountered when using a poor spam control tool, one that leaps too quickly to the wrong conclusions. They usually stop only 20 percent to 30 percent of the spam, and catch too many false positives. Spam fighting At least a dozen products have been introduced lately, and many vendors with veteran products are enhancing their services to do a better job with spam. Spam fighting is a difficult and ever-evolving game. Although a number of initiatives exist to discourage spammers and reduce spam, it will take as much as a decade, realistically, to make a significant impact on the problem. Solutions
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spam. Notebook PCs have been among the fastest growing category of computing devices because more and more people spend time away from their desks. In spite of the productivity benefits of today's notebook PCs, typical mobile workers often spend a significant amount of time gathering and distributing information on paper. Microsoft research indicates that the typical manager or information worker attends at least 40 meetings a month and jots down literally hundreds of notes on paper. A major reason people spend time transcribing paper-based notes is because they do not have PCs with them in key situations throughout the business day. Desktops are immobile and notebook PCs are routinely not used in business meetings because of the negative social aspect associated with laptop use in meetings. The clicking of keys can be distracting and the presence of an open laptop screen often impedes communication by creating a literal and figurative barrier between the user and others in the room. The lightweight and innovative form factor of Tablet PC overcomes such barriers. Information workers can easily take a Tablet PC from their desks to meetings and write notes quietly while maintaining eye contact. The mobility and versatility of Tablet PC enables users to take their PCs with them and use them in new places and in new ways. In response to the evolving needs of computer users, Microsoft and its hardware partners developed Tablet PC, a next-generation mobile business PC that has all the capabilities of current business-class notebook PCs, including:
"Slate tablets" do not have an integrated keyboard while "convertible tablets" do have an integrated keyboard. Convertible tablets have a more conventional, clamshell laptop design equipped with rotating screens that allow them to convert into tablet mode. Tablet PCs will be very light—ranging from two to three pounds—and will have all the features needed by mobile users, including high-resolution displays, networking capability, and integrated support for peripherals through universal serial bus (USB) ports or FireWire ports. Tablet PCs will also support docking stations and a variety of external peripherals. The power, mobility, and versatility of Tablet PC will enable information workers to employ the power of their mobile computers in more places and in new ways throughout the day, helping them be more productive than ever before.
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