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Caller ID: Do you really know who's calling?

August 30, 2004 Company debuts technology that will make it possible to send false information about an incoming call. TAGS: caller ID, phone number, call

Calling all TVs

April 5, 2005 Cox and Cablevision envision the ultimate feature for couch potatoes: answering the phone with your TV. TAGS: Cox Communications Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp., caller ID, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center, set-top box, set-top, TV, cable company, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft wants to meld antispam proposals

May 21, 2004 The software giant says the spam-blocking proposal backed by America Online should be combined with Microsoft's to more rapidly create a single, industrywide standard. TAGS: DomainKeys, caller ID, anti-spam, proposal, standard, Time Warner Inc., e-mail, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Antispam framework scores Microsoft endorsement

May 25, 2004 The software giant agrees to merge its Caller ID for E-mail technology with the Sender Policy Framework, making SPF an increasingly important weapon in the fight against junk e-mail. TAGS: Meng Wong, caller ID, Sender Policy Framework, anti-spam, IP address, proposal, Internet Service Provider, service provider, DNS, IP, America Online Inc., domain name, Time Warner Inc., Web server, XML, spokesman

Microsoft to submit antispam standard

May 19, 2004 The company becomes the latest technology giant to seek industry approval of a technique to prevent spammers from hiding unwanted e-mail behind legitimate addresses. TAGS: DomainKeys, e-mail authentication, anti-spam, caller ID, proposal, DNS, America Online Inc., e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., Time Warner Inc., spokesman, technique, Microsoft Corp., IP

EarthLink to offer free Net telephony

October 5, 2004 The ISP's new software supports speed dialing, caller ID, three-way calling, hold capability and call logs. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., VoIP, Vonage Holdings Corp., IP telephony, caller ID, telephony, call, Internet Service Provider, agreement, broadband

Alliance turns up heat on spam

June 22, 2004 A group of ISPs releases recommendations for stopping junk e-mail. Among their advice: Kill the "zombies." TAGS: coalition, Internet Service Provider, anti-spam, digital content, DNS, EarthLink Inc., spam, proposal, caller ID, America Online Inc., alliance, e-mail, Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Antispam methods aim to merge

October 24, 2003 A new group will try to settle the differences among competing methods of thwarting spam with a kind of caller ID for e-mail. TAGS: Meng Wong, Pobox.com, e-mail server, anti-spam, spammer, spam, domain, protocol, caller ID, method, e-mail, Internet Service Provider, e-mail address, service provider, server

Gartner: Phishing on the rise in U.S.

June 15, 2004 Nearly 2 million people reported security breaches to their checking accounts during the last year, the researcher says. TAGS: phishing, Gartner Inc., fraud, account, credit card, research, bank, caller ID, research company, U.S., service provider, security, password, e-mail

Microsoft pledges longer support for products

May 25, 2004 In a turnaround, it's promising to support business and developer software for at least 10 years. Also in the works: better security and antispam features. TAGS: International Monetary Fund, Software Assurance, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, spam, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server, anti-spam, caller ID, support, Microsoft Corp., security, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, server, PC

Danger: Authenticating e-mail can break it

April 19, 2006 The spam-fighting technique is valuable, but implementing it incorrectly could damage a company's e-mail system. TAGS: Sender ID, DomainKeys, Sender Policy Framework, Bank of America Corp., cryptography, digital signature, e-mail server, caller ID, e-mail, messaging, Cisco Systems Inc., Time Warner Inc., server, Microsoft Corp.

Sender ID's fading message

August 9, 2005 Lack of popularity of Microsoft's antispam technology could make it harder to reverse consumers' eroding faith in e-mail. TAGS: Sender ID, Sender Policy Framework, DomainKeys, DNS, phishing, spam, e-mail, caller ID, message, Microsoft Corp., U.S., IBM Corp.