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One of the largest newspapers in the mid-Atlantic, Washington Post (WaPo), will be making an important decision with regard to their commenting infrastructure and essentially their online community. More »
Tags: community, debate, discussion, internet, News
Some people call me paranoid, some people call me insightful. Whatever you call me, you can’t really dispute that the next form of terrorism would likely take place over the Internet. In this piece, I will describe how a terrorist attack on the Internet could take place as well as have a much higher impact than blowing up a building or hijacking an airplane.
Yesterday, Microsoft announced they have withdrawn their offer to acquire Yahoo. After much push and pull, the saga is finally over. On the other hand, Yahoo and Google appear to have solidified their partnership for online advertising.
As if times at AOL Radio weren’t bad enough, a legal decision will now require three of the Internet’s content distributors to pay for proper licensing to ASCAP for music they streamed to Web users. This decision serves as a legal precedent for enforcing licensing of music over the Web. I have a hunch that AOL Radio is going to either get fully stocked with ads or will punch out of the Streaming Music market — or both. More »
Tags: aol, internet, money, music
AOL Radio, a popular free streaming music service for AOL users, has discontinued their partnership with XM Radio, effective April 30, 2008 (today). The announcement was communicated to users of AOL Radio throughout the month, but the ISP boasting more than 20M users did not provide details as to reason for the termination of the partnership. [UPDATED 8:19PM MST] More »
Microblogging service, Twitter, has had its fair share of success and failure. I really love it, and have been tweeting more than I have months ago, only because of the growth of it. No matter whether or not you use Twitter, there are some lessons learned in their growth for everyone to accept.
In an effort to help people better understand what consumer targeting is and what it could become, I share some useful info for the average consumer. (Consumers in this context are Internet users.) More »
Tags: ads, aol, consumer advocacy, internet, money, Privacy
After further review into Comcast’s packet-shaping conundrum, FCC’s chairman Kevin Martin, testified to the Senate today regarding the actual traffic management capabilities executed by Comcast. What does this mean for Net Neutrality? More »
This weekend, presidential candidate, Barack Obama’s Web site was defaced via a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exploit, effectively redirecting visitors to Hillary Clinton’s Web site. Whether or the Script Kiddie was from the Clinton camp, this should be a wake up call for Web designers to start holding XSS exploits with more priority. More »
Tags: internet, Politics, Security, Tech NewsFrom the “WTF-am-I-Dept,” Dash is a new GPS unit which offers wireless connectivity (and cellular for a nominal monthly fee) to obtain traffic notices and obtain gas prices among other capabilities all in one. This is another fine example of the power of a mashup of existing technology. More »
Tags: Automotive, internet, technology, Yahoo