Akismet 2.2.4 released
Automattic has released a new version of their hugely popular anti-comment-spam plug-in for blogs Akismet.
Akismet 2.2.4 is now available as a free download.
WordPress users can update to the latest version from their blog’s backend using the update feature that was added in recent versions.
Changelog:
Fixed a key problem affecting the stats feature [...]

Mollom blog spam checking solution comes out of beta
Mollom is the latest blog spam control solution that is now available in the market.
The service had been in beta testing since sometime.
The company has now released a final version. It is available in both free and paid versions.
The free version supports up to 100 [...]

TypePad AntiSpam plug-in launched by Six Apart
Six Apart has announced the launch of their open source plug-in to combat comment spam on popular blogging platforms.
For now they are supporting WordPress and Movable Type.
It has rivals in the form of Akismet (from the people behind WordPress) and Defensio.
The company said that they have been using [...]

Defensio comment spam filter launched

Akismet finally has some competition in the form of a new service named Defensio.
The developers behind the project have now launched public-beta of the Defensio’s new spam filtering web service.
This service has been developed for blogs and other social networking platforms.
Some of the features of this new software product:
Ridiculously easy [...]