Spam volume down in September

Irish digital rights group criticizes top music labels
A digital rights group in Ireland condemned legal action taken by the major music labels against an Irish ISP. Lobby group Digital Rights Ireland warned that attempts by the four largest...

Gmail falls prey to spam bots
Spammers have cracked the captcha mechanism Gmail uses to make sure you are a human before you can open an e-mail account, leading to a huge increase in the amount of spam sent from Gmail...

Twitter CEO: The revenue's coming soon, but I won't tell you how
Evan Williams talks at the Churchill Club about Twitter's new revenue model and new features.

Windows 7 beta in January?
A Microsoft developer blog makes it appear as if the test version is slated for January.

Microsoft-HP cashback saga continues
Earlier this week a Microsoft representative indicated that a deal offering 40 percent cash back at HP.com would be restarted following Black Friday glitches. Now that appears less certain.