Date: 12/06/07     Keywords: no keywords

Researchers from Peking University in Beijing and the University of Mannheim in Germany released a paper this week that aims to map the underground cybercrime economy in China. The paper concludes that 1.49 percent of the 145,000 most popular sites in China "contain some kind of malicious content." While...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=719

Date: 12/05/07     Keywords: web

The new total opt-in for Facebook Beacon that Mark Zuckerberg alluded in his public note today is not totally preemptive. If you haven't been to a Beacon partner site, you get this message in the Facebook external Web site privacy control: Privacy Settings for External Websites   ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7252

Date: 12/05/07     Keywords: technology, web, google

List also includes Webkinz, TMZ, Transformers, YouTube, Club Penguin, MySpace, Heroes, Facebook, and Anna Nicole Smith. Technology and entertainment topped Google's searches in 2007, with the iPhone grabbing the No. 1 slot on a list of the fastest-rising search terms in the United States, the company said Tuesday....

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6221532.html

Date: 12/03/07     Keywords: web

All you need to know about Facebook's Beacon is contained in the Wikipedia entry for the damn thing: Beacon is a part of Facebook's Ads system that sends data from external websites to Facebook, ostensibly for the purpose of allowing targeted advertisements, and allowing users to...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2785

Date: 12/03/07     Keywords: web

Excitement over upcoming Olympics propels online market, much of it supplied by China's prolific counterfeiters. Beijing is battling to stamp out illegal sales of 2008 Olympic merchandise on dozens of unauthorized Web sites seeking to cash in on the Chinese public's Games fervor, local media reported on Monday....

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6221048.html

Date: 12/02/07     Keywords: no keywords

When we think about alternative sources of energy, we often forget the potential of geothermal energy resources. In fact, it has been estimated that accessible geothermal energy in the U.S. represents 90 quadrillion kilowatt-hours or 3,000 times the country's total annual energy consumption. So far, it has been difficult and...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=762

Date: 12/02/07     Keywords: web

The big screen in New York's Times Square runs Windows and Adobe Flash. I guess you could say that Flash crashed big-time (no pun intended). From Andrew Flynn's website: And here's a close-up of the error box: ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=510

Date: 11/30/07     Keywords: software, ebay

That's what Business Week writer (and fellow Portlander, I might add) Olga Kharif seems to think.In an article she posted earlier today, Olga says that Skype -owner eBay isn't giving up yet. Citing sources, Olga maintains that the next major Skype software upgrade, anticipated early next year, could...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2773

Date: 11/30/07     Keywords: no keywords

Updated: On November 6, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg proudly launched the new services (Techmeme) that he expected to redefine the advertising business. "People influence people. Nothing influences people more than are recommendation from a trusted friend. A trusted referral influences people more than the best...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7188

Date: 11/28/07     Keywords: web

Site matches drivers in Athens to parking spaces offered by private citizens for rent or sale. A new Greek Web site promises to help Athenians find a match made in heaven. Web site www.parkaro.gr can't help singles on the hunt for love, but people seeking parking spaces in...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9588_22-6220501.html

Date: 11/28/07     Keywords: no keywords

Harry has done a great job of keeping on top of the debate about ethanol that has been bubbling up through the green ranks. Here's the overriding question: Is this cure worse than the original affliction? The latest piece of research to cast doubt on ethanol's potential...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=537

Date: 11/28/07     Keywords: web

Move could enable comments made on news Web sites to also show up on users' Facebook or MySpace profiles, CEO says. Online-media syndication company Pluck on Wednesday said it would give traditional media companies the ability to link their Web sites to online social networks like MySpace.com and...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6220436.html

Date: 11/27/07     Keywords: no keywords

At Zwaggle.com, parents can trade in their kid gear. It's one of a growing list of sites encouraging people to swap rather than ditch their old stuff. As a mother of two young children, Lynn Husum has more than her share of Baby Bjorns and sock rattles crowding...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6220131.html

Date: 11/27/07     Keywords: no keywords

U.S. newspaper publisher taps Topix.com to run online forums and comments sections used to discuss articles in its papers. U.S. newspaper publisher MediaNews Group has enlisted Topix.com to run the online forums and comments sections that people use to discuss articles they read in its papers, Topix...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6220261.html

Date: 11/24/07     Keywords: web, google

It has been a while since we've talked about JotSpot -- the wiki service Google acquired on October 31st last year. The last time it came up was when Tony discovered it would be part of Google Apps after playing around with specially crafted website addresses. That turned...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=818

Date: 11/20/07     Keywords: google

Previously available only in the U.S., Google's customizable hosted service is now available to companies in the U.K. and beyond. Google's hosted search service for business users has been extended worldwide for the first time. Previously available only in the U.S., the Google Custom Search Engine platform...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6219531.html

Date: 11/19/07     Keywords: web, ebay

PayPal is set to release a convenient way for its customers to make payments on Web sites that don't accept PayPal directly. PayPal, the payments service arm of online auction leader eBay, is set to release on Tuesday a convenient way for its customers to make payments...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6219255.html

Date: 11/16/07     Keywords: microsoft

Much is being made of Microsoft President of Platforms & Services Kevin Johnson's statement this week that Microsoft is planning to become No. 2 online advertising player within three to five years. Johnson and the Microsoft online-advertising crew have made this same boast a few times this...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=966

Date: 11/15/07     Keywords: no keywords

I am a stereotypical woman when it comes to dealing with cars. Not because I COULDN'T figure out what's what under a hood (I do right about some pretty esoteric tech, after all) but because my head is crammed full of so much stuff that there just isn't room for...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=497

Date: 11/14/07     Keywords: no keywords

Dan Farber: Tim, thanks for joining me. Tim Toews: happy to be here Dan. Dan Farber: Office Depot is a 15 billion dollar company, 50 thousand employees in every country, practically every country in the world and a lot of different channels. ...

Source: http://video.zdnet.com/CIOSessions/?page_id=224