Microsoft founder Bill Gates said in 2004 that the problem of spam would be solved within two years. But 2006 came and went without so much as a dip in the crushing load of unwanted email advertising. The flood of spam has been reduced to a trickle, says John Sutter. Sutter: I can’t remember the last time I got a telemarketing call of any kind. Google Voice is a free phone service that gives you a secret phone number for people to call by Google that can be kept secret.”]
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