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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
INTERVIEW: FOR AOL/GOOGLE, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS — I had a good conversation with Marissa Mayer this morning, who had the unfortunate task of clarifying the terms of Google's recent deal with AOL. I say unfortunate for two reasons: one, I did sort of call her out after her post went up …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Revisiting The "No Banners On Google" Declaration — I wrote previously of Google promising that the terms of its deal with AOL wouldn't see a flood of banner ads flowing onto its pages nor the selling out of Google's principles. But I still felt there was some "wiggle room" in that "no banners" isn't the same as "no graphical ads."
Kevin Newcomb / ClickZ:
Amazon Hosting Author Blogs — Adding to its user-generated content, Amazon.com has launched a program to allow authors to blog on the Amazon.com site. — The Amazon Connect program, in beta for the past month, aims to increase the engagement between readers and authors, and between readers and Amazon.com.
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Security Advisory (912840) — Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution. — Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in Windows. Microsoft will continue to investigate the public reports to help provide additional guidance for customers.
komotv.com:
Hole In Fuselage Forces Emergency Landing — SEATTLE - A foot-long hole in the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines jet caused the plane to lose cabin pressure, forcing the crew to make an emergency descent from 26,000 feet and return to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, authorities said Tuesday.
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Jenstar / JenSense:
Malicious software targets Google AdSense ads — It was only a matter of time before a trojan or virus targeted AdSense or YPM for malicious activity, and the time has come. A new trojan horse discovered by an Indian publisher replaces Google AdSense ads with their own ads …
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Bloomberg:
Online Ad Growth Accelerates, Outpacing Newspaper, TV Spending — Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — The move to online advertising is happening faster than analysts anticipated as companies devote more of their budgets to the Internet than traditional media. — The market for online ads …
David Pogue / New York Times:
10 Greatest Gadget Ideas of the Year — ON New Year's Eve, don't be surprised to witness more heartfelt celebrating than usual; 2005 was not a year noted for its tidings of good cheer, and plenty of people will be happy to see it go. — Still, there were inspiring and gratifying success stories …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google Base Switches To Force All Searchers Through Jump Pages — When Google Base first launched, one of my key questions was whether people could click on a entry and go directly to the submitter's web site. Yes, you could. Now, you can't. Instead, you're forced to go through a …
microsoft.com:
MSN Video Brings New York City Times Square New Year's Eve Celebration to Worldwide Audience Online — Provides viewers with party coverage, live performances and a number of exclusive online entertainment appearances; real-time experience to be provided by as many as 26 cameras …
Niall Kennedy / Om and Niall PodSessions:
Towards a two-tier Internet — In this week's podsession Om and I discuss network neutrality and the tolls paid by content networks to network providers to boost the performance of online applications. The telecom world is emboldened after the Supreme Court decision last summer in the case …
Marshall Kirkpatrick:
A Review of Web Site Change Detection Services — Ok, so every once in awhile I come upon a web page that 1. doesn't change very often 2. doesn't offer an RSS feed and 3. I want notification from any time the page changes. Most recently this has been like pages that say …
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Bink / Bink.nu:
What can we expect from Microsoft in 2006 — Just like last year I made a list of what released we can expect from Microsoft in 2006. Last year's list turned out to be pretty accurate, the only things wrong weren't my mistake but delays or change of plans.
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Mika / F-Secure:
New WMF 0-day exploit — There's a new zero-day vulnerability related to Windows' image rendering - namely WMF files (Windows Metafiles). Trojan downloaders, available from unionseek[DOT]com, have been actively exploiting this vulnerability. Right now, fully patched Windows XP SP2 machines machines …
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Miguel de Icaza:
Developing on Apple Systems — Recently Nitesh Dhanjani in a bit of a rude email exchange asked Steve Jobs if he had plans to support something like .NET or Ruby on the Mac. — Update: On a positive note, Nitesh's blog entry has sparked an interestind discussion.
