From April 1 to May 1, McAfee ran an experiment with 50 volunteers designed to measure just how much spam a person would receive if they actually registering at all the sites that request your e-mail address. The total amount of spam that comes flooding down the system is almost awe-inspiring.

The five bloggers chose different initial approaches. Danielle started by googling for "free stuff," Dan went for freebie funny clips, and Simon cut straight to the chase by hunting for Viagra. It didn't take long for…

Well, 2 days into July and we are now proud to present Miss June! Sorry for the delay folks, and thanks for your patience and threatening e-mails (and yes, there will be a Miss July as well? we hope)

Don’t let the term “model” fool you ? despite being beautiful, Erin Marie boasts some serious geek street cred for a girl her age. “Please don’t categorize me as another one of those…

Verizon’s chief Ivan Seidenberg reveals interesting details about plans to leapfrog AT&T to become the largest wireless carrier in the US. In a rare interview Seidenberg commented on rumors that Verizon is up for a sale and fired a couple of jealous shots at Steve Jobs.

Although 80 percent of the US population now owns a mobile phone, Seidenberg says wireless carriers have discovered a new revenue stream in form of high-volume data traffic over the cell network for email and web surfing activities popularized…

Rogers announced service plans for the iPhone 3G in Canada today. iPhone 3G combined voice and data plans start at $60 and will be available starting July 11th.”As the wireless provider voted number one in wireless satisfaction(x), Fido is thrilled to offer a variety of well-priced voice and data pl…

“As the wireless provider voted number one in wireless satisfaction(x), Fido is thrilled to offer a variety of well-priced voice and data plans making iPhone 3G accessible to as many of our customers as possible,” said…

Lucrative information about the AT&T Family Talk plan for the iPhone and highly anticipated iPhone 3G.

Thanks a lot Mr. AT&T rep - we're glad you're enjoying that your employer is sucking us dry with these $30/month data plans that don't even include text messages, and now these apparent more expensive family plans. Great.

Japanese broadband operator NTT Communications plans to begin implementing a new upload limit in August. If you’ve got to have caps, 30GB per day is probably doable.

This kind of extremely generous usage cap is made possible because of Japan's fiber-centric broadband infrastructure. Here in the US, fiber installations are few and far between, leaving most of us with subpar speeds and service….

George Colony, CEO of Forrester Research Inc., sees a subtle slippage in Microsoft’s standing vs. rivals such as Google Inc. and Apple Inc. as Gates has disengaged himself from the company ? and implies that the slippage could accelerate once Gates is even more out of the picture.

The fire to Gates' ice, Ballmer emerged long ago from Gates' shadow — and more recently became a YouTube star, thanks to stunts such as jumping out of an oversized birthday cake on Microsoft's 25th anniversary, dancing and…

Not long ago, a caller dialed the toll-free number of an energy company to inquire about his bill. Forty years after 2001,? how close are we to talking to a computer? Current applications of speech technology are a far cry from HAL.

ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY about speech-recognition technology and conversational computers. Not long ago, a caller dialed the toll-free number of an energy company to inquire about his bill. He reached an interactive-voice-response…

According to Wikizine, Wikimedia Foundation websites bring in an astonishing estimated 7 billion+ page views per month between Wikipedias and other Wikimedia pages. This means that for each of the 1.1 billion individuals on the planet who use the internet, Wikimedia sites get an average of five page views per month.

Wikipedia, the most well-known Wikimedia site accounts for only a fraction of this traffic. Wikinews, Wikisources, Wikiquotes, Wiktionaries and 700+ other Wikimedia projects also contribute to this amazing page view statistic. If all of…

MUST WATCH video about the creation of the internet and the issue of net neutrality.

Current is about what's going on in your world: all the things you and your friends are actually interested in — that you won't find on any other news site or cable TV channel.

Time Warner Cable will begin imposing bandwidth caps on consumers in Beaumont, Texas this week as part of a trial program. Consumers who exceed the bandwidth caps will pay $1 for every additional gigabyte consumed.

The caps differ depending on the tier of service paid for by the consumer. The lowest level of service is a 768Kbps connection with a 5GB cap for $29.95 per month. The high-end package will offer 15MBps with a 40GB cap for $54.90 per month….

Mixx.com is a social news site that seems to have everything going for it. It’s got more and better features than Digg, it’s been integrated into the websites of a healthy list of huge mainstream media websites and, for the developers, it’s got one of the most interesting APIs available today.For some reason, though, it doesn’t have much traffic.

wow, i was hoping to read a decent in-depth article but that didn;t happen at all. it doesn;t feel like much research nor thought went into this article. If it had, then the article might not even have been written… at least not until a few…

The Federal Trade Commission calls this “the practice of placing unauthorized, misleading, or deceptive charges on your telephone bill.” Crammers rely on confusing telephone bills in an attempt to trick consumers into paying for services they did not authorize or receive, or that cost more than the consumer was led to believe.

According to the charges that appeared on my phone/Internet bill last month, I signed up for some form of voicemail from MyIProducts Imail for $14.95 a month. Maybe I spent much of the month drunk, as I also appear to have signed up for a similar…

London is one of those few fortunate cities to have a surfeit of telecom competition. From broadband providers to mobile operators, Londoners have a choice. They have decent broadband speeds as well as access to Wi-Fi and 3G networks. And as a result, there has been a big change in their behavior.

Of course, one of the problems with broadband here in the UK, is that it is typically either capped or metered. We usually get a set limit, and once this is used you have to pay extra. I get 50 gig a month at home with my provider, and pay around…