Conficker Using MySpace, eBay As A Clock
The worldwide computer meltdown culprit that never was, Conficker.C, is back, this time as Conficker.E, and is floating along peer-to-peer to networks with one apparent mission: to check MySpace, eBay and other major sites for the time of day.
Just a week after the April Fools Day hysteria surrounding Conficker.C, most have forgotten and gone on. Security researchers, however, have not, and have noted more activity and a possible connection to the spambot Waledac.
AP YouTube Content “Misappropriated?”
The Associated Press is both angering the web and making it laugh this week. By now, I’m sure you’re familiar with the AP’s announced plans to "protect" it’s content from "misappropriation." If not, Murdok Publisher Rich Ord has a good piece on that here.
YouTube Launches Click-To-Buy In Eight New Countries
Credit Suisse analysts may have to revisit their estimate that YouTube will lose $470 million this year. The site has rolled out its Click-to-Buy program – which is intended to result in quite a lot of revenue-sharing – in eight new countries.
Woman Wins Award For Portraying TV Character On Twitter
I suppose you may have had the same response to this idea that I did initially so let’s jump right in.
Facebook Reaches 200 Million Users
Today, according to the Facebook blog, Facebook’s 200 millionth active user joined the most popular social network in the world.
Google Patents Showing Link Info Before Click
All the way back in 2003, Google filed a patent application for "Methods and systems for assisted network browsing. That patent has been granted this week. The patent abstract reads:
Bill Lets Obama Turn Off the Internet
Two bills introduced giving the President the power to deem a private network part of the nation’s critical infrastructure and shut it down for cybersecurity reasons also gives the Commerce Secretary the power to access network data outside of oversight.
AdWords Getting New Conversion Tracking Metrics
Google announced today that in the coming months, they will be updating the AdWords conversion tracking metrics in the new AdWords interface, and other account management platforms like AdWords Editor and the AdWords API.
Lenten Sacrifices Don’t Make A Dent In Facebook Traffic
In late February stories about Christians giving up Facebook for Lent were all over the Web. There was so much hype about it one might have wondered if Facebook traffic would suddenly fall off in the month before Easter, which is Sunday. According to Hitwise, not so much.
Google Defends Its Use Of AP Content
Let’s pretend for a moment that you’re the newspaper industry. Your ranks are dwindling as even old stalwarts are dropping like flies.