Pay Per Click advertising through internet services such as Google Adwords can be a critical part of a business marketing strategy. It’s the only way to make your business web site visible in search engines if you don’t already rank on the first page of results organically. But what used to be a straight pay per click bidding system is now a lot...
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New Zero Day Security Hole Discovered by Microsoft
A new security hole that exists in all versions of Windows exploits a common method of sending various media types in email messages. The security hole is called the MHTML protocol handler, which is a Zero Day attack that lures people into clicking on a link that takes the internet user to a booby-trapped site that sends the handler a malicious script....
Egypt Restores Internet Service
Although protests and violence continue in Egypt, internet service and access to social networks like Facebook and Twitter has been restored after a five-day outage. Egyptian government authorities blocked internet service with the intention of quieting the protests, but the move appears to have had little effect. Other countries who have attempted to quell...
Microsoft Disputes Apple’s Trademark Registration for “App Store”
Microsoft and Apple are engaged in a trademark battle over the phrase “App Store.” Apple has filed a petition with the USPTO for permission to register the phrase “App Store” as an Apple-owned trademark, but Microsoft is challenging the move, claiming the phrase is too generic to warrant special trademark status. Apple coined the term and...
Google Search May Violate EU Antitrust Laws–Investigation Opened
Google dominates Internet search with 66.6% of the search market as of January 2011, and that number is projected to grow as more and more people purchase Android phones (300,000 new Android phones are activated every day). By contrast, Yahoo owns 16% of the search market while Bing owns only about 10%. Google’s growing market dominance has prompted the EU...
Digital Equipment and the Fallacy of Perceived Cost
This is a guest blog post by buyerzone. Enjoy. Besides the usual utilities, rent, raw materials, and products being taxed, your greatest business expense is your employees. That expense warrants a good deal of time and effort, so make sure you’re allowing employees to operate at their maximum efficiency. How many times have you seen a line of employees at the...
More People Prefer FireFox over Internet Explorer
According to analytics vendor StatCounter, FireFox pulled ahead of Internet Explorer in usage statistics for the month of December 2010–at least in Europe–great news for some! Internet Explorer has been the bane of my existence as a web developer, and I think it’s pretty safe to say other web developers feel the same way. I can’t count...
Government to back “Trust Identities” for Internet Surfers
President Obama is working together with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in an attempt to create solutions for a more secure internet while also allying consumer’s privacy concerns. To this end, the Obama administration has backed a program called the “National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace” which would create identity and privacy...