Blink 7

Top 4 Spammers of all Time

Unsolicited bulk messages, or spam, has evolved from its USENET origins into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. One-man operations in the family basement have evolved into complicated networks of hackers, distributors, web designers and network operators – many working for hire on a single job basis.  Like any high yield black-market endeavour, spamming has attracted organized crime worldwide...

Cuil Runnings Part 2

Part 1 of Cuil Runnings described the self-proclaimed Google-beating search engine and summarized industry’s initial response after launch. Their reception was … frosty, to say the least. Was the response justified? Several tests were performed using common search types to determine whether Cuil is fit to replace Google on discerning desktops. Test 1: Music Group For engineers, these ex-Googlers...

Cuil Runnings Part 1

Cuil (pronounced “cool”) is the creation of Google alumni Anna Patterson, who is working in conjunction with her husband (former IBM employee Tom Costello) and two other ex Google engineers. Patterson’s last major search engine effort was purchased by the mighty Google in 2004. Costello’s previous efforts include a 1990’s search engine called Xift and IBM’s WebFountain technology. Monier...