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12 spam research projects that might make a difference: Network World gives a short description of a dozen research anti-spam research projects from university and industrial research labs. Many of projects presented papers at the 2007 Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS).

Off-the-Record Messaging: Useful Security and Privacy for IM: In an hour long recorded lecture, Ian Goldberg describes the Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging protocol. OTR is a cryptographic protocol that Goldberg co-developed that provides authentication, confidentiality, and deniability to instant messaging conversations.

stevenberlinjohnson.com: The Pothole Paradox: an interesting essay by Steven Johnson on the inherent value of place “geo-location” in news, weblogs, and search. Johnson uses examples from his own service outside.in.