Defenders of WikiLeaks Swarmed Wrong Target
The New York Times By IAN AUSTEN Published: December 12, 2010 OTTAWA — It is not clear if the mistake first appeared on a blog or flitted around in a Twitter message. But whatever its source, it swept Mark Jeftovic and his company,EasyDNS, into both sides of the storm over corporate support, or the lack … Read more
Web Video Future at Heart of Comcast, NBC Review
WASHINGTON (AP) – It won’t be long before video from the Internet is always within reach – whether it’s on a smart phone, a tablet computer or a high-end television in your living room. But what if there’s nothing worth watching? Just as the online video market is starting to take shape, federal regulators have … Read more
Spam Downloads Surge Among Wikileaks Supporters
LONDON (AP) – WikiLeaks supporters on Friday downloaded increasing amounts of the spam-shooting software used to attack companies seen as hostile – a development that could challenge even Internet giants such as PayPal andAmazon.com during the crucial Christmas shopping season. U.S. data security company Imperva says downloads of the attack program used to bombard websites … Read more
Kids go on Expensive buying sprees in iPhone games
NEW YORK (AP) – “The Smurfs’ Village,” a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes store. Yet it’s free to download. So where does the money come from? Kelly Rummelhart of Gridley, Calif., has part of the answer. Her 4-year-old … Read more
U.S. Arrests Online Seller Who Scared Customers
The New York Times By DAVID SEGAL Published: December 6, 2010 Federal law enforcement agents on Monday arrested a Brooklyn Internet merchant who mistreated customers because he thought their online complaints raised the profile of his business in Google searches. The merchant, Vitaly Borker, 34, who operates a Web site calleddecormyeyes.com, was charged with one … Read more
A Facebook ‘Welcome’ That May Not Be
The New York Times By JACQUES STEINBERG Published: December 7, 2010 High school seniors about to be admitted to college, take note: that authentic-looking Facebook page inviting you to join the university’s “welcome group” for the class of 2015 may be unauthorized. A company that calls itselfRoomsurf.com, and provides a service for prospective freshmen to … Read more
Top papers to charge online, but how?
Fri Dec 3, 2010 6:41PM EST By Jennifer Saba and Georgina Prodhan NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Three of the world’s most influential newspapers have finally come to terms with the notion that charging readers online is the only way to survive. There is far less agreement on how to go about that, the publishers of … Read more
Google Acts to Demote Distasteful Web Sellers
The New York Times By DAVID SEGAL Published: December 1, 2010 Google announced on Wednesday that it had changed the way it ranks search results so that unscrupulous merchants would find it harder to appear prominently in searches. The change was prompted by an article in The New York Times on Sunday about Vitaly Borker, … Read more
LimeWire, After Lengthy Battle, to Shut Down Dec. 31
The New York Times By BEN SISARIO Published: December 2, 2010 LimeWire, the popular music file-sharing service that ran afoul of the music industry, has reached its end. The company said on Friday that it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its sole office in New York. “As a … Read more
Point (Phone) and Shoot
The New York Times By SAM GROBART Published: December 3, 2010 Ariel Dunitz-Johnson, a 30-year-old illustrator in San Francisco, bought a point-and-shoot camera in May. But in July, she bought a smartphone, with a camera built in. Soon, whenever she wanted to take a picture, she found herself reaching for the smartphone, a Droid Incredible. … Read more
