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Latest Anti-Spam Developments
Concerns are raised as to how easy it will be to enforce new European anti-spam laws.

April Fools' Site Causes Panic in Hong Kong
A teenager's website hoax about the killer 'flu sweeping the globe sparked panic among residents of Hong Kong.
[Reuters reports]

Google News
Google went offline for a few minutes this morning (Wednesday)

Mamma adds Teoma
to search results
Teoma and Mamma have struck a deal for inclusion of Teoma results in meta engine, Mamma.com results (From Canada IT)

Overture increases cost of grandfathered bids to 5 cents
Not entirely unexpected but it's ruffled some feathers

Email behaviour study revealed
The BBC reports on a new report looking at email behaviour within organisations, and finds
that "meaningful insights about organization leadership can be drawn automatically from a simple record of communication interactions"

Travel web deals can be 'misleading'
Trading Standards Authorities report thatmany cheap travel deals advertised on the net are not all they seem

What does Google really know about you?
Rumours are rife at present about the information Google collects from it's users. Danny Sullivan puts the record straight in a Search Engine Watch report.

Amazon and Google renew and expand deal
Google has signed up online retailer Amazon in a multiyear sponsored listings deal

MSN Vs Google
The director of MSN, Bob Visse has been quoted as stating that MSN views Google as a competitor to its business