Yahoo! & eBay in alliance
May 26, 2006
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Yahoo! and eBay have both announced a strategic alliance in order to face-off increasing challenges from Google and Microsoft.
The alliance provides Yahoo! with exclusive advertising rights on eBay, and Yahoo! will additionally provide improved search technology for the […]
Googly bundles with Dell despite privacy fears
May 26, 2006
Google and Dell have secured a deal, to have bundled Google software bundled on new Dell PC’s.
The deal especially focuses on the installation of Google Desktop Search on Dell PCs, with associated software, and the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer already sintalled.
The deal also involves a co-branded homepage for both companies on the PC’s.
While the […]
TorrentSpy: MPAA hacked our servers
May 26, 2006
BitTorrent search engine TorrentSpy has accused the MPAA of hiring a hacker, in order to access confidential records from BitTorrent servers.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) - like it’s music counterpart, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) - has become recently aggressive in filing claims in what it claims are copyright violations.
However, sometimes […]
Nominet register 5 million domains
May 26, 2006
Nominet - the domain registry that controls .uk domains - is celebrating reaching 5 million registered domains since the company was first formed, in 1996.
According to their records, Nominet registered 2000 .uk domains in their first month of operations.
However, the company now registers 144,000 domains per month.
More than 50% are for ecommerce or business information […]
Norton Antivirus: open to hackers
May 26, 2006
PC World reports that popular anti-virus tools by Symantec - published under the Norton suite of security products - suffers a serious vulnerability.
The vulnerability affects version 10 of Symantec’s enterprise antivirus software, and could lead to Symantec customers being attacked and their systems controlled by a hacker - all without Norton anti-virus noticing.
eEye Digital Security […]
Rogue ads plague search results
May 26, 2006
A significant number of search engine sponsored listings link to sites containing spyware, viruses, or offer scams to defraud users.
That’s the claim of Ben Edelman who compiled a study for SiteAdvisor detailing which search terms were the most likely to call up rogue ads across different search engines.
Certain keywords were found to be especially vulnerable […]
Microsoft releases Vista hardware specs
May 22, 2006
Microsoft has released information on the hardware requirements for running their next generation Windows Vista operating system.
While the processing power and data storage size don’t offer any surprises, Windows Vista will demand a whopping 1GB of RAM memory to operate properly.
It will also require a minimum of a 128 MB graphics card memory to run […]
How to deal with spam IPs
May 21, 2006
The problem of automated comment spamming
One of the more serious concerns of the internet these days is spam.
And not email spam, either.
I’m talking about automated comment spamming of online forms.
Scripts exist that will crawl the internet, looking for online forms - which they then fill with a pre-determined set of data.
Often this will include links […]
PPC clickfraud botnet found
May 21, 2006
Security company PandaLabs is reported to have found a huge network of “zombie” computers - whose primary aim is to further clickfraud on Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising.
The size of the network is an astonising 34,000 computers, and reveals the degree of sophisitication that can be involved in PPC fraud.
Additionally, the report suggests that such […]
Yahoo! still left behind on ads
May 18, 2006
In the face of investor concerns and falling stock prices, Yahoo! has mobilised itself to re-assure them with the following message:
“We’re still going really slowly with ads, and plan to let Google dominate the advertising market for another year at least.”
Of course, that’s simply paraphrasing Yahoo!’s press release - but the message is essentially the […]
World economy faces inflation fears
May 18, 2006
The world economy is finally showing cracks in confidence, as inflation continues to threaten while consumer spending continues to be lacklustre.
Over this week, stock markets around the world have seen big falls as investors turn bearish.
These fears are being raised as US consumer prices see a continued rise, highlighting fears that inflation will force the […]
Google: Your website isn’t important enough
May 18, 2006
Google have denied that Google faces a server crisis - but instead claims that a new indexing system will only prioritise for the most important websites.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt had been quoted by the International Herald Tribune last week as stating that Google faced a server crisis, and was no longer able to store all […]
Free porn, but not xxx
May 15, 2006
While Hollywood remains frightened of the internet, and especially in allowing film downloads, the porn industry has decided - as ever - to innovate here.
Adult film distribution company, Vivid Entertainment, has struck a deal to sell it’s catalogue of X-rated films through CinemaNow.
Not only will this allow users to download their favourite sexy moments […]
Social networking drives internet behaviour
May 15, 2006
SPECIAL REPORT
Social networking online is becoming an increasingly dominant dynamic in internet user behaviour.
Figures released by analyst group ComScore shows that social networking applications, such as MySpace and FaceBook have become some of the most active sites on the internet.
According to their statistics, the busiest websites in April 2006 were:
1. Yahoo!,
2. MySpace.com
3. MSN-Microsoft,
4. Time Warner […]
Google is broken
May 11, 2006
Webmasters across the internet are reporting that Google Search broken. This appears to be linked with a major change in how Google collects data.
Dubbed “Big Daddy”, the system involved taking a snapshot of internet pages onto Google’s servers - where data about what those pages contain could be explored more efficiently, saving bandwidth for Google.
However, […]
UK economy at downturn
May 8, 2006
SPECIAL REPORT
The UK economy faces a turning point, after a decade of growth trends across various indicators.
Key areas of weakness include a housing market that is over-valued, rising unemployment, and high energy prices.
Property
It’s already been a frequent point of warning in global economic reports that the housing market is over-valued in many countries, and the […]
How to increase your online sales for free
May 2, 2006
How to increase your online sales for free
The internet is a fact of life in the UK, with over 40 million households in Britain now subscribed to broadband.
Ecommerce and online sales continue to boom while the high street declines, but connecting with potential customers online can be a challenge for any business.
However, there are […]
Google: Our monopoly is not enough
May 1, 2006
Google has been lobbying US and EU regulators, claiming that Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer should be reviewed under anti-trust regulations.
Google concern is that Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer will have a search box, that searchers can use to select their search preferred search engine - and that the default will be MSN Search.
This means that users […]