"You are sending me spam e-mail," I recently wrote to one of my customers. Of course, he had no idea he had sent me an e-mail promoting assorted "enhancement" products, but, nonetheless, that's what happened.

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Almost as soon as Apple released Ping on Wednesday, a new music-themed social network within the new iTunes 10, it was quickly hit with a deluge of spam, according to the security firm Sophos.

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Comment spam is an increasing nuisance, but security firm Sophos notes that Apple didn't consider the problems when it launched Ping.