Don't worry about downloading apps -- your iPhone already has several tools to block all those annoying calls and texts from random numbers. David Lumb Senior Reporter David Lumb is a senior reporter ...

Calls from telemarketers can eat up your monthly minutes, or just plain waste your time. If you're tired of answering or calling back to these "businesses," the most recent update to the Current ...

Seeing a caller’s name flash on your phone screen even when the number is not saved in your phone book? This is because ...

It’s the week of meat. We mark Fourth of July by grilling up a storm and eating millions of hotdogs. The very next day, on July 5, we are celebrating another classic American staple: Canned meat. Just ...

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global Wireless Solutions, Inc. (GWS) and Hiya today shared findings from a study that assessed how well wireless carrier spam detection solution providers (Hiya, First ...

"Bad actors" are reportedly responsible for texts to Verizon customers that come from their own number. The FTC said recently that phone fraud reports have skyrocketed. Verizon also told The Verge it ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this column neglected to note that calling *77 on your mobile phone may instead connect you with law enforcement. The moment you hear that ...

WASHINGTON - Those annoying "spam" e-mails for Viagra or low-rate mortgages that clog computer users' mailboxes appear to be on the decline, federal regulators said Tuesday. In a report to Congress, ...

Image Spam—an e-mail solicitation that uses graphical images of text to avoid filters—is not new. Recently, though, it reached an unprecedented level of sophistication and took off. A year ago, fewer ...

In a special IT Blogwatch Extra, Richi Jennings watches bloggers debate the carbon footprint of spam and spam filtering. Not to mention another Photoshop disaster… Here’s some Sumner Lemon aid: If ...