Singer, songwriter thinks porn site owner Don Parisi is cybersquatting on Madonna.com. By Ben Charny.

"Yahoo Inc., which is trying to distance itself from adult-oriented merchandise and advertising, has landed in another sex skirmish." [Wall Street Journal]

MSN Hotmail, the popular Web-based e-mail service run by Microsoft, says it has fixed a glitch that was sending out floods of e-mail messages from Hotmail users' accounts Thursday.

In potentially one of the largest security e-mail breaches ever, a Web site may have allowed people access to millions of private Hotmail accounts.

Study shows more users than expected blame their ISPs for spam. [ZDNet]

New technology nudges out Windows startup -- lets companies pitch services to new PC users.

ORBS' proactive approach to fighting bulk e-mail may actually help spammers. But the group's chief critic is under the gun, too. [ZDNet]

Polling giant claims ISPs have been duped into blocking millions of its e-mails in an anti-spam scam cooked up by a rival. [ZDNet]

New e-mail marketing standards promise to balance privacy and personalization. Can the industry police itself? Will it? [ZDNet]

A change of address notification for new users generates MSN Explorer endorsements to colleagues and friends. Make that former friends. [ZDNet]