Press release, April 13, 2007: “Google to Acquire DoubleClick – Combination Will Significantly Expand Opportunities for Advertisers, Agencies and Publishers and Improve Users’ Online Experience.” Google Form 8-K, filed on April 18, 2007: Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement – “On April 13, 2007, Google Inc. (“Google” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation,… Continue Reading
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UK Consumers Not Risk Averse When Using Online Services According to New Report
Press release: “UK consumers are not as risk-averse when it comes to using online services as previously thought, according to recent research conducted by BT. Despite daily warnings about security threats and cyber-criminals, people are willing to take risks online, as long as they feel informed, and it is clear how consequences will be addressed.… Continue Reading
FTC Issues Report on Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission gave a mixed review of the movie, music, and video-game industries self-regulatory programs and their marketing of violent entertainment products to children in its latest report to Congress. This fifth follow-up report, the most comprehensive study since 2000, found that all three industries generally comply with their own voluntary… Continue Reading
Survey Highlights Public View of Industry Sectors
Press release: “The pharmaceutical sector is suffering from a poor reputation among Americans, according to new research by marketing research firm Ipsos. The second edition of I-Rep, Ipsos biannual survey on perceptions of large companies, shows that nearly as many Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of the pharmaceutical sector (32%) as have a favorable opinion… Continue Reading
DHS Releases Comprehensive Regulations for Securing High Risk Chemical Facilities
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today released an interim final rule that imposes for the first time comprehensive federal security regulations for high risk chemical facilities. The department sought and reviewed comments from state and local partners, Congress, private industry, and the public to develop consistent guidelines using a risk-based approach. The… Continue Reading
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Releases Strategic Plan 2007-2012
USPTO press release from Jon Dudas: “I am pleased to release the United States Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTO) Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2007 through 2012. This plan builds upon the record-breaking progress the USPTO made during fiscal year 2006 in the areas of quality,production, electronic filing and processing, teleworking, and hiring.” Strategic Plan… Continue Reading
New FDA Website Warns Against Buying Accutane and Generic Versions Online
Press release: “FDA put together this Web site to alert you to the risks of buying Accutane (isotretinoin) over the Internet. This Web site is for educational purposes only.” “The FDA is launching a special web page to warn consumers about the dangers of buying isotretinoin (Accutane) online. Isotretinoin is a drug approved for the… Continue Reading
Reseachers Focus on Fighting Web Spam
Hao Chen, Assistant Professor, UC Davis in collaboration with In collaboration with Microsoft Researchers Yi-Min Wang and Ming Ma, pub lished Spam Double-Funnel: Connecting Web Spammers with Advertisers. [Darlene Fichter] Overview: “Web spamming is a prevalent problem on the Web. Publishing and contributing to the web is increasingly easy. Spammers, motivated by money, want to… Continue Reading
Usability Issues Assist Online Editors Seeking Better Connection With Readers
Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design: “Featured finding #1: Rewrite + reformat = remember Featured finding #2: Precise and relevant editing = successful design Featured finding #3: Photos edited for relevance = photos viewed” [via Darlene Fichter] Continue Reading
Symantec's 11th Internet Security Threat Report
“The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers analysis and discussion of threat activity over a six-month period. It covers Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, phishing, spam and security risks as well as future trends. The eleventh version of the report, released March 19, 2007, is now available.” Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume XI: March… Continue Reading
House Hearing on Combating Pretexting
Combating Pretexting: H.R. 936, Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Friday, March 9, 2007 Witness List and Prepared Testimony EPIC: “In testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg expressed support for H.R. 936, the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act.… Continue Reading
RSS Service Tracks Price Changes on Amazon Products
“RSStalker.com provides RSS feeds to track price changes of Amazon.com products. Generate a feed for a single product or for an entire wishlist. Add it to your favorite aggregator and you will be automatically notified when the price changes. Simply unsubscribe to the feed when you are done…Amazon.com doesn’t advertise it, but they have a… Continue Reading
