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Brian Livingston

Brian Livingston has more than 30 years' experience as a computer manager and technology writer. His latest book is Muscular Portfolios. He is also the author or co-author of 11 books on Windows software.

Ctrl+Del To Control E-Mail Lists

With all the brainpower in the computer industry, don't you think our supposed experts would have invented by now...

How Not to Unsubscribe

Is it safe to use an "unsubscribe" link to stop getting e-mail from a particular sender? Or will clicking...

Sender ID Declines, Domain Keys Shines

Microsoft isn't getting everything it wants these days, and this month provides yet another example. In the space of...

New Attacks and Defenses In Click-Fraud War

Just as antivirus and antispam vendors must constantly upgrade their products to detect new kinds of attacks, an escalating...

More On Where Your E-Mail Went

Imagine that every time you made a deposit of $100 to your bank account, you found out later that...

The Internet Ate My E-Mail

You've probably written one of those no-holds-barred e-mails to your boss or some other company mucky-muck. As soon as...

Security Vendors Defend Themselves Against Blink

What happens when a major computer security firm issues a report showing that its latest software is vastly superior...

Preventing Attacks From Subverting Your Network

The market for software that prevents attackers from gaining access to corporate networks has just become a lot more...

Fraud Stalks Google and Overture Advertising

Somewhere around 10 percent of the billings charged to pay-per-click advertisers by Google.com and Overture (a subsidiary of Yahoo.com)...

Can You Bid on Ads Without Bid Management?

SAN JOSE — The Web e-conomy is heating up. There now are plenty of people, just as there were...