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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

What could possibly be worse than spam? SPIT!

And the award for best tech-term of the moment goes to... SPIT, i.e. "honey, somebody's spitting [in] my Skype."
As more businesses switch over to cheaper VoIP systems for their phone networks, they’ll have to contend with a growing nuisance—SPIT, or Spam over Internet Telephony. (Red Herring)
If you recall how annoying telemarketers can be, offering a million and one ways to consolidate school school loans, well try and imagine getting a million and one recorded ads for Viagra! Sounds like a party, doesn't it? I'm already uninstalling...

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