From the Work.com Blog: “Business.com, the leading business-focused search engine and directory has launched Work.com, the only job search engine dedicated to directly connecting job seekers with premium employers. Work.com is the company’s latest offering and provides an easy-to-use, customizable interface that gives job seekers the ability to refine and filter job results with one… Continue Reading
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The Many Facets of Web Search: From Marketing to Fact Finding, The Future is Wide Open
How “search” is redefining the Web and our lives Related reference: Google searches for quality not quantity Continue Reading
Companies at the forefront of technology innovation
The Wired 40 “They’re masters of technology and innovation. They’re global thinkers driven by strategic vision. They’re nimbler than Martha Stewart’s PR team. They’re The Wired 40.” Continue Reading
NY AG Sues Net Marketer For Installing Spyware on Millions of PCs
Press release: “Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today sued one of the nation’s leading internet marketing companies, alleging that the firm was the source of “spyware” and “adware” that has been secretly installed on millions of home computers. The suit against Los Angeles-based Intermix Media, Inc. is the most sweeping case to date involving programs that… Continue Reading
Future of Free Access to Net Weather Data In Jeopardy From Proposed Legislation
Press release, April 14, 2005: U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today introduced the National Weather Services Duties Act of 2005 (S. 786) to clarify the duties and responsibilities of the National Weather Service (NWS) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). from the text of the bill: …The… Continue Reading
Google Seeks to Shut Down Froogles
Various sources have reported on Google’s trademark infringement lawsuit against Froogles.com, and a copy of the complaint (68 pages, PDF), filed April 8, in District Court for the Eastern District of New York, is available courtesy of Search Engine Watch Blog. Continue Reading
Commentary Proposes Ways to Regulate Internet Related Activity
The Promise of Internet Intermediary Liability, by Ronald J. Mann and Seth R. Belzley, William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 47, October 2005. “This Essay starts from the realist assumption that government regulation of the internet is inevitable. Thus, instead of focusing on the naïve question of whether the internet should be regulated, it discusses… Continue Reading
Websites That Offer Consumers Safe Harbor
Jay Cline reviews a range of popular e-commerce websites that offer consumers a defined list of privacy protections and provides general scores for those that implement portions of the European privacy principles. Continue Reading
Launch of Expansive New Shopping Engine
Become.com Goes Live with Web’s Largest Search Engine for U.S. Shopping Information [Link] “…a search engine that helps people find product reviews and relevant buying information, today announced the launch of a new 3.2 billion page shopping index, registration-free access to its search engine, and the introduction of product-focused spell checking.” Continue Reading
Hearing on Digital Music and Interoperability
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on Digital Music Interoperability and Availability, April 6, 2005. Link to Chairman’s Statement and Witness Statements Continue Reading
New Report on PR Impact of Blogs
Press release: “A newly published white paper on blogs from Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations firm, and Intelliseek, a marketing intelligence firm and provider of one of the Internet’s leading blog portals, explores the importance of the blogging phenomenon for public relations and marketers and provides a first-of-its-kind directory of influential bloggers, segmented… Continue Reading
Personal Data Remains Widely Available on Net
From the Washington Post, via truthout, Net Aids Access to Sensitive ID Data addresses how it continues to be easy and inexpensive to obtain personal data on the web from a variety of sources, despite the escalating controversy focused on a range of recent ID theft scams launched against large database aggregators. Continue Reading
