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- ben edelman targets C-NetMedia
- Ben Edelman has created a nice Valentine's day post. I am sure the folks behind C-NetMedia are swooning over it even now. Ben eviscerates these guys. First he tracks all of the deceptive Google ads that make C-NetMedia's product appear to be "official" and attempt to associate them with Spybot...
- Tags: Ben Edelman, Anti-spyware, C-NetMedia, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Play the Sears privacy game (and get your neighbor's purchase history)
- Ben Edelman, an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School and noted anti-spyware researcher, is on Sears' privacy case again. This time, Edelman, tells you how to find another person's purchase history via Sears' "Manage My Home" site. If you recall, Edelman highlighted how...
- Tags: Game, Sears Roebuck & Co., Ben Edelman, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Security, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Researcher: Sears' use of ComScore software falls short on privacy
- Ben Edelman, an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School and noted anti-spyware researcher, says Sears and Kmart customers are giving up too much private data when they join a marketing program called "My SHC Community." Edelman walks through the installation of the ComScore software that powers Sears Holdings...
- Tags: Software, Sears Roebuck & Co., Ben Edelman, ComScore Networks Inc., Privacy, FTC, Sears Holdings Community, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-01
- ben edelman responds to 180solutions
- Ben Edelman responds to 180solutionsGo get 'em BenThe prevarication, qualification and hair-splitting from 180 Solutions (solutions for whom? An ironic name if there ever was one) would make Bill Clinton blush on his best grand-jury day.The swooning I'm-the-injured-party-here histrionics from Sean at 180 would be amusing pantomime if they...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, spyware, Ben Edelman, 180Solutions
- Discussion threads 2006-01-16
- ben edelman responds to 180solutions
- Is DollIdol.com a site targeted to kids? Ben Edelman wrote about it as an example of another 180solutions misleading installation. Besides 180solutions targeting a site aimed at kids, other problems were noted with the installation including poor disclosure, misleading statements and omissions of relevant facts. I blogged about Ben's...
- Tags: Sean Sundwall, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-01-16
- Adware and affiliate marketing by ben edelman
- Adware and affiliate marketing by Ben EdelmanTranscript?Does a transcript exist of the podcast? For me, reading it would be more time-efficient than listening to it.I'll askI don't know at present, but I can check and find out.transcript requestThanks for the suggestion. We're thinking about getting transcripts of these...
- Tags: Podcasts, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, podcast, Ben Edelman, adware, marketing
- Discussion threads 2006-01-11
- Adware and affiliate marketing by ben edelman
- Spyware/adware expert Ben Edelman is featured on Thought Shapers with a very enlightening five part podcast on the use of adware in affiliate marketing. Some of the topics Ben addresses are how affiliates cheat by using adware, the rules broken by affiliates using adware, how advertisers are defrauded by affiliates'...
- Tags: adware
- Blog posts 2006-01-10
Additional Resources
- Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move
- In a move that surprises few people, Plaxo is being acquired. The surprise - at least for some - is that it is Comcast and not one of the usual suspects of Facebook or Google. Comcast is Plaxo's biggest partner and provides hosting for all Comcast email subscriber address books....
- Tags: Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Marketing, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- CD Universe evidence compromised
- CD Universe evidence compromisedChain of CustodyA new way to promote a good digital chain of custody is to authenticate records with a voice signature. A voice signature can help show who collected the evidence, when it was collected, and that it has not changed since collection. --Ben http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/04/text-message-investigations.html
- Tags: voice signature, CD Universe
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere
- The latest net neutrality bill, offered by Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), is a second try to treat neutrality as an antitrust issue, Ars Technica says. It's essentially the same bill that failed in 2006. The bill is intended to "promote competition,...
- Tags: Bill, Comcast Corp., U.S. Congress, Net Neutrality, Internet, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Images: In 'Iron Man,' CGI is a major element
- Paramount's new film based on the popular comic book hero is heavy on the computer-generated imagery provided by Industrial Light & Magic.Iron Monger faces down Gwyneth Paltrow in a scene from Iron Man. :ILM visual effects supervisor Ben Snow, who led the visual effects team on Iron Man,...
- Tags: Team, Film, Animation, CGI, Computer, Paramount, Scripting Languages, Productivity, Software/Web Development, Web Development, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-01
- Sorry, conspiracy buffs, there's no Windows "back door"
- Techdirt's Mike Masnick is usually pretty reliable, but he completely blew it today, hitting the publish button on one of the sloppiest, most inflammatory stories I've seen in a long time: Microsoft Gives Vista Backdoor Keys To The Police It's long been assumed that Microsoft has...
- Tags: Security, Password, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Encryption, USB, Tool, Computer, CrunchGear, USB Switchblade, Productivity, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Inevitable, huh? Not in Ed Tech
- I just finished a post on Ubuntu 8.04; the OS has converted my son from a Linux-hater to an OS-not-carer (yes, I just made that term up, but I think you know what I mean). Then I stumbled across a ComputerWorld article on the inevitability of Vista adoption in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Guest post: Introducing the Open Data Definition
- This is a guest post by Ben Werdmuller who is the CTO of Curverider and one of the leads behind the Elgg open source social application engine. The Open Data Definition is a new format for the import and export of data from within social applications....
- Tags: Software, Format, Data, Open Data Definition, Data Portability, Service Closure, Chances, Semantic Web Community, RDF Parser, RDF, Semantic Web, XML, RSS, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Star Wreck says it's the real open source thing
- I got a call from Finland this morning, where Stephen Lee has set up the open source Star Wreck Studios outside Helsinki. His message is this is the real open souce thing. "It's like Sourceforge. Some people create crap and some create really good stuff. Everyone...
- Tags: Long Tail, Film, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Around the World: London (exe)
- Let this fabulous screensaver take you to the very heart of London to explore one of the world's most famous landmarks. Go for a walk along the River Thames and enjoy the stunning views of the legendary Big Ben and the magnificent Palace of Westminster with a glimpse of the...
- Tags: London, Astro Gemini Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-25
- Microhoo careens toward closure: Assessing the moving parts
- Microhoo careens toward closure: Assessing the moving partsBEN the RAT : Rush-ins we are in a one hundred million lockout in China"This is a bad situation for Yang he has an American Constituancy that will never get through Congressinal Approval. NEW! Yahoo is not a chance.All I can say is...
- Tags: Portals, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microhoo, closure
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
- 52+5 reasons to go to Google I/O
- On May 28th and 29th, Googlers from all over the world will converge on Moscone West for Google I/O, the company's largest ever developers conference. At last count, Google is sending 52 employees to speak at the San Francisco event, plus 5 more experts from outside the company. I'll be...
- Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Python Community, Steve, Programming Languages, Performance Management, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Microsoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circle
- Within minutes of Yahoo announcing it was going to do an AdSense for Search deal with Google, Microsoft began firing the antitrust warning shots. It took about 15 minutes after I saw the Yahoo press release before I got an e-mail from the Microsoft camp reminding me...
- Tags: Google Inc., Antitrust, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Barron, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Tips: How to investigate an online gadget vendor's reputation
- As many fellow technophiles know, searching for the absolute lowest price for a gadget is in our blood. We Google and we price compare and we check shipping prices -- all to save an extra couple of bucks in the end. It doesn't matter where our gadget comes from --...
- Tags: Price, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
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