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Project Honey Pot: Stopping Spammers Early (Jan 26 2005 00:27 GMT) - From the web site: "Project Honey Pot is a distributed system of decoy email addresses website administrators can include on their sites in order to gather information about the robots and spiders spammers use. We collate data on how addresses are harvested, distributed, and eventually spammed in order to understand the entire spam cycle... Anti-spam efforts to this point have generally focused on the tail end of the spam cycle. In order to send out their messages, spammers must gather addresses, procure contracts, send emails, and collect money. |
Datamation Product News
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Payday Possibilities (Jan 26 2005 00:27 GMT) - SMB owners spend 60-to-80-hours a year on payroll. Quickbooks wants to simplify that chore and offers a myriad of options ranging from light assistance to managing the entire process. Plus, they offer a few tips to help you find the right payroll option for your business. |
Recent Research from Forrester
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IT Skills Shortages On The Horizon (Jan 26 2005 00:26 GMT) - With IT budgets expanding modestly and companies increasing their budget allocation to new initiatives, demand for IT workers will begin to increase this year, especially within key skill areas. This demand will lead to skill shortages for select IT positions, making recruitment of these positions very competitive. Forrester recommends that clients forecast their demand for key skills and develop proactive programs that combine internal development, focused employee retention, and opportunistic recruiting. The war for talent is on. |
Recent Research from Forrester
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Small Businesses' PC Purchase Plans (Jan 26 2005 00:26 GMT) - Forrester recently surveyed small businesses regarding their PC purchase plans for 2005. In this survey, we asked firms with between six and 99 employees about their vendor and channel preferences. Small businesses buy the majority of their PCs directly, and will increasingly do so in 2005. Dell tops the shortlist of vendors being considered, but HP is also well positioned to gain market share. |
Recent Research from Forrester
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Customer Experience Spending Expands (Jan 26 2005 00:26 GMT) - Forrester surveyed execs from 176 large North American firms about their customer experience plans. Customer satisfaction surveys were the most popular activity, while design personas drew high expectations from a much smaller audience. Web analytics took the top spot for spending increases. |
Recent Research from Forrester
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Univa Will Help Some Compute Grid Users But Won't Ease The Software Parallelization Challenges (Jan 26 2005 00:26 GMT) - The Globus Toolkit is a six-year-old open source standards-based set of tools for sharing compute and data resources across tasks and organizations. Now the creators of the Globus Toolkit have launched Univa, a startup focused on providing commercial software, services, and support for the Globus Toolkit, in the same way that Red Hat provides support and services for a certified and integrated distribution of Linux. Firms that have needs compatible with a compute grid should look at Univa — the rest should focus on migrating toward general purpose Organic IT technologies like server virtualization and data center automation. |
GameAddiction
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EA Speaks Out on Take-Two MLB Deal (Jan 26 2005 00:25 GMT) - Boy, there sure is a lot of deal making going on these days. In response to Take-Two's deal with the Major League Baseball Player's Association, EA's vice president of corporate communication said, "As far as we're concerned, this looks like... |
Ecademy: user blogs
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Some useful phone goodies [Tim Duckett] (Jan 26 2005 00:24 GMT) - Here's a couple (or three) useful phone-related links - prompted by a posting earlier today about 0870 numbers. saynoto0870.com is a database of alternatives to the ever-more prevalent 0870 numbers that companies are using to squeeze a few more pence of revenue from their paying customers. Enter a company name and it will pull up a list of national-rate alternatives. Then if you've signed up to 1899. |
Giant's Randomness
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Kristie Up…DELETED (Jan 26 2005 00:23 GMT) - Ben shot himself in the foo...DELETED She called me twi....DELETED TROGDOR BURNS THEM ALL She wants to date that wussy jealous Ben, that won't work, he'd have to plan in advance, hope her mom allows her to get a ride, drive an hour or so to see her, but that's only if he's ... |
rhapsodic.org
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Numero Uno (Jan 26 2005 00:23 GMT) - The number one most requested file on my server? http://rhapsodic. org/mt/mt-comments. cgi A file that doesn't even exist because I renamed it months ago. |
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Stargate Atlantis (TV) (Jan 26 2005 00:23 GMT) - Schedule for Stargate Atlantis based on the schedule listed on SciFi TV. The calendar will be updated as information becomes available. |
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LunSol-PTZ (SCIENCE) (Jan 26 2005 00:23 GMT) - US PACIFIC TIME ZONE ONLY: Quarter moons, solstices, equinoxes, perihelions, aphelions, and Dog Days for 2005-2006. In all-day "bubble" format -- does not adjust for other time zones. Exact times are in events' notes. Data from Griffith Observatory, L. |
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US-Practical (MISC) (Jan 26 2005 00:23 GMT) - Major US government, religious, cultural, traditional, patriotic, and historical holidays, observances, and important dates (plus a few fun days) through 2010. Handy to know -- many people observe them even if you don't. Includes available relevant links. |
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