news_and_media:spam

	CNET.com: Antivirus firm takes on junk e-mail
		antivirus company trend micro is jumping into the antispam fray, unveiling new software it hopes will help information technology managers protect their workers from an increasing barrage of unwanted messages.

	CNET.com: AT&T spam filter loses valid e-mail
		at&t worldnet this week activated a risky spam-filtering technique that it shortly had to defuse after subscribers discovered they were losing legitimate e-mail.

	CNET.com: Group to field spam-filter complaints
		a group of e-mail marketers on tuesday set up an internet forum for people to air grievances about spam filters--which can swallow legitimate messages along with the targeted commercial come-ons.

	CNET.com: Microsoft going after Hotmail spammers
		microsoft is turning up the heat on spam, filing a lawsuit to go after people it suspects of having harvested e-mail addresses from its hotmail servers to spam subscribers.

	CNET.com: Spam blocker charges for e-mail
		an australian entrepreneur has created what may be the first antispam service that lets its users charge for the privilege of sending them e-mail.

	CNET.com: Spam suits seek poetic justice
		antispam company habeas is suing bulk e-mailers, accusing them of using its poetry without permission in an unusual use of trademark law to clamp down on spammers.

	CNET.com: Standards group takes aim at spam
		an influential internet standards-setting body has begun a close scrutiny of the mounting problem of e-mail spam, in an effort that could have broad-ranging implications for future e-mail use and security.

conferences:parallel_computing

	Euro PVM/MPI 2003
		the 10th europvm/mpi conference will deal with various aspects of high-performance computing (hpc) and their application. the scope of the conference has been extended to cluster and grid computing. venice, italy; 29 sep -- 2 oct 2003.

conferences:computer_science

	Fusion 2003
		an annual conference aimed at scientists and engineers working in all aspects of information and data fusion. radisson plaza hotel, cairns, queensland, australia; 8--11 july 2003. proceedings available for purchase.

	ICDCS 2003
		23rd ieee international conference on distributed computing systems. providence, ri, usa; 19--22 may 2003.

	JEFF-CODES-2003
		the 2003 international multiconference in computer science and engineering, technical session "using the j2ee platform for efficient component-oriented development of enterprise systems". las vegas, nv, usa; 26--30 june 2003.

news_and_media:_vivisection

	Scotsman: Scientist threatens to quit over lack of backing for vivisection
		rhiannon edward. a senior government scientist threatened to quit yesterday if ministers failed to back experiments on animals. colin blakemore, the head of the medical research council, (mrc) spoke out after reports that he was not put forward for an honour because of his support for the work.

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