The Spam Cube
Thursday March 30, 2006
David Pogue of the New York Times got a sneak peek at the Spam Cube, a new spam appliance geared towards home users. The Spam Cube sits between your computer and your Internet connection, intercepting email and tagging any spam. At only 4" square, it's a cool entry in an era when iPods are replacing stereos, flat screens are replacing TVs, and smaller is definitely very BIG.
David's review is excellent and well worth reading. Just one of the many insightful points he makes is that the Spam Cube should also be available in a travel size, which he's dubbed the "Spam Slab". Doing so would allow mobile users the same protection when on the road.
Unfortunately, David's test drive of the spam appliance shows that it still has a ways to go before it attains that happy medium of catching most spam with minimal false positives. Still, it's a cooperative-based filtering product, meaning that it learns not just from your own experience, but from all other Spam Cube users as well. Once the product is on the market and its user base starts to grow, the Spam Cube should only get better.
For the price conscious, there's no monthly service fee; the Spam Cube is a flat-fee ($150) and can filter email for up to 4 ongoing connections. Even better, no software installations are required. It even has the wow factor for looks; the Spam Cube comes in 5 colors: winter white, titanium, jet black, baby pink, and canary yellow.
With 1000+ spam hitting my inbox everyday, the Spam Cube may be well worth the 4" of desktop landscape. I'll have to wait to find out though because the Spam Cube isn't yet available for retail purchase. The manufacturer indicates it should be shipping by the second week of April.
David's review is excellent and well worth reading. Just one of the many insightful points he makes is that the Spam Cube should also be available in a travel size, which he's dubbed the "Spam Slab". Doing so would allow mobile users the same protection when on the road.
Unfortunately, David's test drive of the spam appliance shows that it still has a ways to go before it attains that happy medium of catching most spam with minimal false positives. Still, it's a cooperative-based filtering product, meaning that it learns not just from your own experience, but from all other Spam Cube users as well. Once the product is on the market and its user base starts to grow, the Spam Cube should only get better.
For the price conscious, there's no monthly service fee; the Spam Cube is a flat-fee ($150) and can filter email for up to 4 ongoing connections. Even better, no software installations are required. It even has the wow factor for looks; the Spam Cube comes in 5 colors: winter white, titanium, jet black, baby pink, and canary yellow.
With 1000+ spam hitting my inbox everyday, the Spam Cube may be well worth the 4" of desktop landscape. I'll have to wait to find out though because the Spam Cube isn't yet available for retail purchase. The manufacturer indicates it should be shipping by the second week of April.
Spam Cube website New York Times review
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