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Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say

NebuAd's "consumer-centric behavioral targeting network" is nothing less than malware, Public Knowledge and FreePress charge in a new report PDF. The ad insertion technology violates “several fundamental expectations of Internet privacy, security and standards-based interoperability," the report says. Stacey Higginbotham reports at GigaOm...

Tags: Advertisement, Privacy, Behavioral Targeting, NebuAd, Ad Insertion Technology, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-19

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Two of Martin Geddes' "Future of Broadband" predictions are already here

In terms of what we cover in this space, I'd like to cite and then comment on, two key points made by telecom analyst Martin Geddes in his recent guest column for GigaOm: Voice will be the catalyst. There will be a rapid rise of non-traditional voice services as...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Broadband, Health Care, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-16

If you hate Microsoft you'll really hate this: Patent app calls for "enforcing" ad playback within downloaded multimedia files

From my read of a Microsoft Patent application just published today, technology is being proposed that will make it impossible for users who download multimedia files to play these files unless advertising messages inserted within these files are viewed. In other words, no...

Tags: Playback, Multimedia, Advertisement, Media, Microsoft Corp., Insertion Engine, Playback Engine, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-20

American Airlines seeks damages against Google

American Airlines seeks damages against GoogleAdd Value and not take itThis practice in this case from AA does not add value to the market business model. It takes it away and diverts from the real need to offer a sound customer service and real value in its offering.AA and...

Tags: SEARCH, American Airlines, lawsuit, Google Inc., search engine

Discussion threads 2007-08-19

Update Slate HTML Utility 1 (Windows)

Spend less time updating the HTML code on your websites with this helper tool. Features source, destination files, search targets and insertion of specified text and HTML, along with documentation as a PDF, TXT and DOC file. Non-crippled except when 30 days expire, this professional tool may just save you...

Tags: SLATE, HTML, Microsoft Windows, USAll Systems, Productivity

Software downloads 2007-04-24

How Google falls: Unprofitable in 2009

Ive been a Google skeptic for a long time. Each"blow-out" quarter reported only increases my scepticism, because every time revenue increases, so do costs. Except for a single critical year, 2005, when the companys momentum drove advertisers to it in droves, costs have increased faster than revenues. In 2006, costs...

Tags: Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2007-02-15

Networks on wheels

More and more cars and trucks are equipped with some kinds of wireless networking devices, helping to create applications based on vehicle to vehicle communications. But these types of networks present some new security challenges because of the short contact times between different mobile nodes and of the large size...

Tags: network, security

Blog posts 2006-02-01