http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/could-an-algorithm-give-spammers-more-power-on-google.html Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:50:11 +0000 Could a flaw in Google+'s circle system make it a playground for spammers?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/james-howard-turning-spam-into-art.html Fri, 06 May 2011 15:03:00 +0000 Artists attracts attention of Charles Saatchi with work using images appropriated from the 'dark side of the internet'.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/spam-wallpaper-transforming-waste-communications.html Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:32:22 +0000 An Italian design studio finds use for thousands of spam mail. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/google-launches-extension-to-block-content-farms.html Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:56:05 +0000 A crowdsourced Chrome extension filters spam-like web articles.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/spam-email-levels-fall-sharply.html Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:10:51 +0000 Data gathered by Symantec shows spam email has plummeted dramatically since August 2010 ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/integrating-learning-into-spam-prevention-measures.html Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:18:13 +0000 Resisty is a CAPCHA plugin that adds a new twist to spam-comment prevention measures. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/malware-spreading-to-developing-countries.html Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:54:06 +0000 Developing countries are susceptible to malware and phishing practices. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/criminals-control-the-worlds-largest-computing-cloud.html Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:48:46 +0000 Who is the largest provider of cloud computing services in the world? It's not who you might think.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/video-flyvertising-at-the-frankurt-book-fair.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:45:25 +0000 In a disturbing example of invasive advertising, German agency Jung von Matt has come up with "flyvertising".]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/the-spam-book-launch-in-london-viruses-spam-email.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:12:09 +0000 The Spam Book tackles the annoyances of internet porn, email spam and viruses as culturally relevant media theory. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/spam-inspired-button-raises-funds-for-charity.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:00:09 +0000 Every four weeks Floyd Hayes will create a range of buttons which uses the best spam headlines he finds in his junk mail and donate all the profits to sexual health charity.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/spam-big-waste-of-time-and-energy.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:14:19 +0000 As if spam wasn’t bad enough when it simply flooded our inboxes with promises of vast fortunes held captive in foreign lands and miracle drugs to cure all of life’s ills, new research suggests that it causes as much greenhouse gas to be released each year as 3.1 million cars. The study, conducted on behalf of computer security company McAfee by ICF International showed that nearly 80% of energy use associated with emails was taken up by users deleting unsolicited messages and searching for legitimate correspondence. Considering the global concerns over reducing our carbon footprints and reversing the effects of climateRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/pic-mega-mobile-spam.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:18:32 +0000 I got hit with this message yesterday and it made me wonder how I opted in to American Idol spam. Maybe I had voted for one of the David’s last season. But I didn’t think I had. It turns out that AT&T sent 75 million of these messages to its entire network. New York Times has the story here.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/elevating-our-spam.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:10:29 +0000 No matter how many enhanced levels of security are put in place by our email providers, the pervasiveness of our online activities have made spam a way of life.  By this point, we’ve all received messages that run the gamut from financial scams sent from far away lands telling of untold wealth to countless offers for life-changing pharmaceuticals that promise to cure every ill imaginable, but despite its best attempts to overwhelm us with sheer volume, it’s hard to imagine anyone actually falling for any of it these days.  So as we’ve evolved as savvy web surfers, why hasn’t ourRead more...]]>