Online Car Shopping
Now there is almost nothing left that you can’t buy entirely online. Autonation is the first to offer this service for buying a car completely over the internet. They are piloting a program that lets customers buy their car online in the Atlanta market with 14 dealerships.
Spammers Getting Around Captchas
Talk about creative workarounds. Spammers have found a way to crack captchas so they can steal your email address. As if the vice of spamming isn’t bad enough, they are using a virtual stripper named Melissa to get real people to unwittingly participate in their evil craft.
Facebook Rumors: SocialAds, Liars & Snooping
Just one week until the engraved-invitation-event (oh, if only I were one of the cool kids!) and Facebook rumors are flying at only about the same rate as usual. Not so good for Facebook: many of the stories aren’t so positive. Is the media darling falling on hard times?
Protests Grow Over Wikipedia Deletions
Do you know anything about webcomics? If not, don’t expect to learn a lot through Wikipedia – many articles on the subject have been deleted, causing an uproar that may affect the site’s fundraising efforts.
Grocery Store Falls For $10 Million Phishing Scam
Supervalu, a large grocery store chain was involved in a phishing scam that duped the company into sending $10 million to fraudulent bank accounts, according to federal court filings.
Webmasters: Where’d My Links Go, Google?
The webmaster forums are lit up with reports that the Google Webmaster Toolbar is showing zero backlinks, and some are reporting a decrease in traffic shortly after.
California Earthquake Prompts Twitter Reaction
At any given moment, people on Twitter are likely to tell you that they’re hungry, sore, or tired. But last night, people used Twitter to report something that was literally of earth-shaking importance: an earthquake near San Jose.
House Committee Approves Broadband Census Act
Back to back bills in the Congress offer a glimmer of hope to those concerned about the state of broadband penetration in America; back to back moves show a Congress willing to step up where the Federal Communications Commission has failed.
OpenSocial’s Importance Open To Debate
Google’s products tend to be hit-or-miss affairs – compare the main search engine to Google Catalogs, if you will. Now, as the release of OpenSocial approaches, opinions seem to be split as to whether it’ll arrive with a bang or as a bust.
American Airlines Suit Against Google Stands
Google wanted a lawsuit by American Airlines over the search engine’s advertising practices dismissed, but a federal judge denied the motion.