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    The advent of spim

    Nearly 17 million instant message users have received spim — unsolicited commercial messages that are the IM equivalent of spam.

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    Internet Pioneers Honored with Turing Award

    While neither Cerf nor Kahn could anticipate just how revolutionary their initial contributions would ultimately be, both recognized the demand for a global communications network long before it entered mainstream consciousness.

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    Borking Goes Digital

    Borking Goes Digital – The dredging up and spreading around of the negative information is now done by many people, and the internet footprints left by a target’s use of the medium has become a valuable source of evidence.

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    Online Banking 2005

    Fifty-three million American adults, or 44% of internet users and one-quarter of all adults, now say they use online banking.