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Thursday, August 09, 2007

Scammers launch huge 'pump-and-dump' scheme

An online stock scam described as the worst ever, is riding a tidal wave of 500 million e-mails, causing spam to rise 30 percent in just 24 hours. >>

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Report: search engines competing over privacy protection

Recent changes by Google and other search companies reducing the time search data is kept, reflects greater competition in protecting privacy, according to a report released Wednesday by a watchdog group. >>

Thursday, August 09, 2007

ESPN revives 360 site as all video

ESPN Wednesday said it will relaunch its ESPN360 Internet site, shifting focus to all video. The move, expected to begin September, will relieve confusion over ESPN360 and its general ESPN site, according to reports. >>

Friday, August 03, 2007

Report: Google spending millions on phone project

Internet giant Google is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a cell phone advertising project that could be worth almost $14 billion by 2011, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. >>

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Amazon testing fresh food home delivery

Amazon confirmed it is testing the market for home delivery of fresh food. Initially, the service is limited to a Seattle suburb. >>

Monday, July 30, 2007

Alibaba planning IPO for Chinese B-to-B e-commerce site

Alibaba, with nearly two-thirds of the Chinese e-commerce market, said Monday it is planning an initial public offering, selling stock later this year on the Hong Kong stock market. >>

Monday, July 30, 2007

Newspaper real estate ads falling in favor of online

Real estate could be the next advertising niche shifting from newspapers to online, reports said Monday. The Internet will have 60 percent of real estate ads by 2011, according to an estimate cited by Bloomberg News. >>

Monday, July 30, 2007

NowPublic gains $10.6M in venture financing for citizen-journalism service

NowPublic, a citizen-journalism site that has attracted the attention of traditional media, Monday announced it raised $10.6 million in venture capital financing. >>

Monday, July 30, 2007

Google plans to prevent unauthorized video uploads by September

Google lawyers Friday told a Manhattan judge the video-sharing site YouTube in September will be able to block uploads of copyrighted videos. >>

Thursday, July 26, 2007

UN rules in favor of Fox over 'The Simpsons Movie' Internet domain

Do'h! An Internet domain for "The Simpsons Movie" belongs to Twentieth Century Fox, not a Brooklyn man, a UN agency in charge of settling online disputes ruled Wednesday. >>

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Microsoft, Digg sign three-year exclusive ad deal

Microsoft becomes the exclusive advertiser for news voting site Digg, the two companies announced Wednesday. >>

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Amazon profits nearly triple for second quarter of 2007

Tuesday's news that online retailer Amazon.com nearly tripled its second quarter profits sent the stock up almost 19 points to 88.42 in early Wednesday trading. >>

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

San Francisco power outage darkens several websites

A power outage lasting several hours Tuesday briefly shut down some well-known websites and left thousands of bloggers stranded. Netflix, CNet and Craigslist were among the site affected by an underground explosion that hit 50,000 San Franciscans. >>

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Google Takes Wrap Off Cookies With Expiration Date

Google said it will begin supplying user cookies that expire automatically after two years for folks who don't visit the Web site. >>

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

ValueClick Expands Into China With MeziMedia Purchase

Online ad firm ValueClick announced Monday it will acquire comparison-shopping site owner MeziMedia for at least $100 million in cash. The final price could reach $352 million, depending on MeziMedia's performance by 2009. >>

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