Get rid of SPAM

What is SPAM ?

It is the business model where the individuals send email to millions of people.You might
wonder why i call it business model.The individual sending such mails will usually some advertising or scam mails.

Even if 0.1 percent or less people reply or buy the products advertised the sender recovers his expenditure and it becomes profitable.For example ” You’ve won $500 million,reply to …” ,” buy cool watches cheap ” , “buy software for cheap ….”

How does it work ?

It is a multistage process involving in e-mail id harvesting/buying,getting access to SPAM botnet and sending e-mail.E-mail id harvesting/buying is a process of crawling the internet(reading as many web sites as possible) and getting e-mail address from all over.This process is mostly automated.

A spammer either harvests the email ids or buys from other spammers.SPAM botnet are the systems from other spammers.SPAM botnet are the system from which emails will be sent.Usually these are not owned by the spammer but is some system on the internet which was compromised for spamming/phishing puposes.

Then the spammer will send the e-mail through a setup that can send e-mails automatically to the addresses provided.

How to defend yourself from it?

Never reply to SPAM mails.Never click on any links on SPAM mails.Never download any attachments from an unknown sender.Free mail service providers use many technologies like tarpitting,statistical SPAM filtering,SPF,DomainKeys ,etc, on your behalf to keep your inbox SPAM free.In spite of their effort SPAM mails each your inbox.

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iPhone is cheaper now

APPLE unveils cheaper iPhone

Steven P.Jobs, chief executive of Apple, introduced the new,cheaper iPhone model that connect to the internet faster.It is expanded its distribution overseas and displayed a range of new applications and services in order to establish Apple as a major player in the cell phone industry.

Apple, the Cupertino,California,maker of consumer electronics and computer equipments,had set a goal of selling 10 million iPhones in 2008, which would establish it as one of the major smart phone makers in lass than two years since it began shipping the original iPhone.Apple has sold 6 million iPhones globally since its introduction

So when does it come to the market ?

Mr.Jobs said the new iPhone 3G to be available in the U.S through the AT&T beginning july 11 will sell for $199 for the 8 gigabyte model and $299 for a 16 gigabyte model.

Technical upgrades

The phone will run on so called 3G wireless networks that allow much faster internet connections than the original iPhone.The phone sleeker than the original will also have built in Global positioning System (GPS) capability to allow location-based services .It will have be having longer battery life in some cases, five hours of talking on 3G network and 24 hours for playing music on the phone.

The new iPhone also has a tracking feature enabled making it possible to watch on a Google map as an iPhone user drives in a road way making it useful to easily track an iPhone user in any emergency.

Apple planned to sell new iPhone in 70 countries around the world soon where the current iPhone is being sold only in 6 countries across the world.

By the new feature set, eco system partners and the launch countries and pricing of the iPhone, it is expected around 10 million iPhones could be marked by september to october.

know more about iPhones –> Apple’s iPhone

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