Energy-Wasting Spam Also a Pain in the Earth

It hurts environment and productivity, authors say

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Apr 15, 2009 3:31 PM CDT

(Newser) – Spam e-mails consume 20% of companies' energy budgets, enough collectively to run 2.4 million houses, says a study commissioned by the security firm McAfee. Most of the waste results from end users sifting through the 62 trillion junk items sent annually, eWeek reports. Eliminating... Read full story »

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