THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY July 23, 2003 UCE
________________ SPONSORED BY: Microsoft The Quick Guide to Windows Server 2003. Get the latest information on installation, new features and training. Click here! http://WhatIs.com/r/0,,16215,00.htm?microsoft ________________ TODAY'S WORD: UCE See our complete definition with hyperlinks at http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci915787,00.html UCE (unsolicited commercial e-mail) is a legal term used to describe an electronic promotional message sent to a consumer without the consumer's prior request or consent. In the vernacular, this kind of e-mail message is called spam. Since 1998, the Federal Trade Commission, a United States Federal agency whose purpose is to encourage free enterprise and prevent restraint of trade and monopolies, has collected an enormous database of UCE by asking users to forward unsolicted commercial e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Federal Trade Commission monitors UCE for three specific problems: (1) deception in UCE content; (2) economic and technological burdens on the Internet and delivery networks caused by the large volume of UCE being sent; and (3) costs and frustrations imposed on consumers by their receipt of large amounts of UCE. ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: Wired magazine calls the FTC "The place spam goes to die." http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55972,00.html The Ad-Hoc Working Group on UCE filed this report to the Federal Trade Commission. http://www.cdt.org/spam/ ______________________ RELATED TERMS: spam http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid40_gci213031,00.html ______________________ TODAY'S TECH NEWS: WHO OWNS UNIX? OPEN GROUP SEEKS TO CLARIFY Who owns Unix? The Open Group also keeps an eye out for companies that misuse the trademark and, while most of its watchdog efforts are friendly, the organization is currently involved in a legal dispute with Apple Computer Inc., over Apple's use of the Unix trademark in connection with its OS X product. Allen Brown, president and CEO of the Open Group, and Graham Bird, the group's vice president of marketing, spoke Monday with SearchEnterpriseLinux.com about their organization's role in the Unix world. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci915657,00.html WANT THE MOST FROM IT SERVICE LEVELS? BE PROACTIVE! Service level improvement should be the highest priority for any IT department, and proactive management is a must for the department to deliver. http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci915728,00.html IBM PUMPS UP ON-DEMAND LINE WITH NEW ISERIES MODEL IBM has announced another iSeries model featuring on/off capacity on demand. The new model has a 5- to 8- way processor option that should appeal to SMBs. http://search400.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid3_gci915443,00.html >> Catch up on all the latest IT news at http://searchtechtarget.techtarget.com/ ______________________ Secret Word-of-the-Day | What is it? This type of mouse works by sensing changes in reflected light. >> Click for correct answer http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci507903,00.html ______________________ Information Kit | Linux, Unix, and all the little ixes Get up to speed quickly, and be the Linux/Unix Know-IT-All at your office. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci915803,00.html _____________________ Quiz #5 | General IT terms Do you know how the Internet works? Take this week's quiz and find out! >> Click to take the quiz http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci553879,00.html ______________________________ RECENT ADDITIONS AND UPDATES [1] Direct-to-Edit http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci915303,00.html [2] assistive technology http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci914775,00.html [3] FireWire http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci212126,00.html [4] cache cramming http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci914394,00.html [5] Government Information Awareness http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci914344,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: WHATIS.COM CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: LOWELL THING, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ____________________________________________________________________ MARGARET ROUSE, Associate Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ::::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER :::::::::::::::::::::: This newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media. http://www.techtarget.com Copyright 2003 TechTarget. All rights reserved. Unsubscribe from 'Word of the Day' - Simply Reply to this E-mail with REMOVE within the Body or Subject > or - Go to: http://WhatIs.techtarget.com/register - Log in to edit your profile. - Click on the link to Edit email subscriptions. - Uncheck the box next to the newsletter you wish to unsubscribe from. - When finished, click "Save Changes to My Profile."
