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Web App Vulnerabilities Over Buffer Overflows

This should be an eye opener to many. In September Mitre reported that web application vulnerabilities are claiming the top three spots on their CVE request list, beating out Buffer Overflows.

Microsoft adCenter Under Fire

The data collection methods used by Microsoft’s adCenter service have been called into question. A complaint filed with the FTC equated adCenter’s contextual advertising practices to adware. According to a report in Security.ITWorld.com, two consumer advocacy groups called the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) filed the […]

Amazon Launches Clickriver

Amazon's realized that it's about time it launch its own sponsored search product for Amazon.com. With the beta launch of Clickriver Ads, Amazon will offer pay-per-click advertising using the "bid + performance" model made popular by Google and soon to be adopted by Yahoo.

Web 2.0 Lowers The Barriers

Here's a Web 2.0 story for you: I got an email pitch from a guy named Kevin the other day, letting me know about the Web-based classified ad service that he and his buddy Chad put together in their spare time. Called Listifieds.com, it's based in the thriving metropolis of Bowling Green, Kentucky (which I remember primarily because it's where John Prine says his grandmother…