Breaking News – The Canadian House of Commons just voted C-28 – Canada’s Anti-Spam bill out of the house of commons and into the Senate. Minister of Industry Tony Clement had this to say moments after the vote: * An “on division” vote means that it was a Voice vote and not recorded vote. Next up on C-28′s progress: a trip to the Senate for two readings, a committee review, and a third and final vote...

Today I got to see the world of spam from a slightly more personal side – My uncle’s Hotmail account was hacked and sending out notices about electronics, motorcycles and other popular online items for purchase. After receiving this message (below @ bottom of post) I sent a short note back asking if this was a legit message from him (generally I get more family related emails that are a little more personalized) endorsing this...

A good friend of mine sent this along today after the Industry Committee hearing on FISA… ahem… I mean Bill C-28. Subject: FISA Fails to get through committee C-28 was passed unanimously. Seriously. They dropped the short name, but it took 43 minutes to do the review of the bill. not even clause-by-clause So … please memorize the following name for the bill: An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian...

Yahoo’s new Webmail rolled out in a worldwide beta today and we jumped right in. New Features: Improved add to address book functions (image) A faster email experience – new and improved user interface Cross platform look and feel – I’m just going to have to take Y! word on this, I’m not using Mobile Y! (anyone have feedback?) There is more to life than just email?- recognizing people have other interests...

FISA takes one more step forward in the Legislation process. On October 18th the House of Commons completed the second half of second reading for Bill C-28, better known as the ‘Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act’ of Canada. Members of Parliament lavished the bill with complements and applauded the scope and coverage, as well as continued to press for all parties to support and move the bill forward… Yet they also...

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