It turns out someone out there actually responds to those spam e-mails. A study by computer scientists from Berkeley and UC San Diego found that spammers receive a grand total of one response to every 12,500,000 emails they send out.
 

The researchers took the approach that “the best way to measure spam is to be a spammer.” Tech Radar reports th...

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I first noticed this happening this weekend when I got an IM on Facebook with a surprisingly attractive offer for a $500 Macy’s gift card. After I overcame the initial shock that my ex-girlfriend and I were on speaking terms again, I realized that no, it was in fact just spam.

Long ago, I deleted my MySpace account because yes, MySpace was god...

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Spam, it's the evil that lurks in the dark corners of Junk Mail folders offering bigger penises and dating services for the married folk. This completely unnecessary evil has polluted email, Myspace and now worst of all – Facebook!

Obnoxious messages are circling the Facebook community vowing that the ever-expanding social network will explod...

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