Spam volumes have risen 141 percent since March, continuing the longest streak of increasing spam volumes ever, according to McAfee’s Q2 Threats Report, released today.
More that 14 million computers have been hit by botnets, a 16 percent increase over last quarter.
McAfee researchers also found that, over the course of 30 days, Auto-Run malware had infected more than 27 million files. Auto-Run malware, which exploits Windows’ Auto-Run capabilities, does not require any user clicks to activate, and is most often spread through portable USB and storage devices.
Google and Yahoo! Talk Volume Caps with Justice Department
Google and Yahoo! are in the middle of trying to convince the federal government (namely the Justice Department) that their search advertising deal is not an antitrust issue. This has been going on for months as they’ve tried to convince the entire world of the same.
Music 2.0 Shifts To Facebook, Others Turn Up Volume
MySpace has been the hub of Music 2.0 promotion for more than a year, but recently Facebook has been stealing the social networking spotlight and the new music industry is following.
Sun Turns Up Volume Against Windows Vista and Office 12
Jonathan Schwartz, Sun’s COO: The Value in Volume (this was posted Saturday, and definitely teases us about what’s coming today).
UPS Volume Growth Beating Expectations
UPS executives said U.S. domestic volume growth was “well ahead” of second quarter expectations and international export volume continued to climb at a double-digit rate as expected.
CME Volume up 39% From Last Year
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings reported that total volume for the first quarter averaged a record 3.9 million contracts per day, up 39 percent from the same period a year ago.
NetSuite’s High-Volume E-mail Marketing Capabilities
NetSuite has become the first company to offer high-volume e-mail marketing capabilities within a CRM application.
Managing AdWords Campaigns With High Keyword Volume
When conducting a search engine advertising campaign, keyword management can be one of the most crucial and complicated aspects advertisers have to prepare for. During the San Jose SES conference, most, if not all, search engine representatives stressed the importance of relevant keyword selection, and how it can be the difference between profit and loss.
Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) on Software RAID
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Logical Volume Manager is now included with most Linux distributions. The RedHat 8.0 installer even allows you to create LVM volumes during initial install. LVM offers capabilities previously only found in expensive products like Veritas.
The Key To High-Volume Web Sales
The quickest way to achieve high-volume sales on the web is to set up your own affiliate program.
The single most important factor in a successful affiliate program is to make your affiliates your equal partners by paying 50% commissions. Let them see that it is in their interests to promote yours.