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PeopleSoft Shakeout Begins At The Top
Oracle Corporation fired PeopleSoft's co-president and chief financial officer, Kevin T. Parker, and three other top executives, a day after assuming control of the rival software maker in a $10.3 billion takeover ...
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Date: 2004-12-31
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Podcasting - A Tentative Critique
Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz will start a podcast in a few weeks time. They will have weekly conversations on communication, technology and other relevant topics via Skype ...
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Date: 2004-12-31
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More on Blogs
From Fortune To Gigablast. Here's a few of the blog related stories that have caught my interest the last couple of days... plus a couple articles on other subjects.
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Date: 2004-12-30
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AOL's Top 10 Spam Subject Lines of 2004
The new 'in' spam terms for 2004 relate to 'phishing' scams, dubious mortgage deals, online pharmacy items such as Vioxx, and stock offers as opposed to terms such as "Oprah", "Teens", and "Viagra".
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Date: 2004-12-29
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A Growing Audience for Vlogs
Heather Green at BusinessWeek reports on the grassroots movement to post video blogs. She contends that vlogs are compelling in the creativity they're unleashing ...
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Date: 2004-12-29
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Blogging: It's The Real Thing
A highly-readable and lengthy feature on blogging is in the 10 January issue of Fortune magazine, as part of its look at the 10 technology trends to watch in 2005.
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Date: 2004-12-29
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MSN New Year's Webcast
A century after the first official New Year celebration in New York City's Times Square, people around the world will experience this New Year's Eve tradition in a way never before available.
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Date: 2004-12-28
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Listening to Blogs
ClickZ expert and Jupiter Research analyst Gary Stein takes a look back at 2004. His favorite topic? You guessed it ...
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Date: 2004-12-28
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USA Number One Source For Spam Mailings
The majority of spam mailings received around the world originate from the United States according to software company Sophos. In order to compile their list, company researchers monitored all spam messages that were sent to their network during 2004.
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Date: 2004-12-28
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The Power Of The Blog
Fantastic piece by Fortune on the power of the blog. It's a rather long read but if you have time I give it 2 thumbs way up.
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Date: 2004-12-28
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CEOs Optimistic for 2005
According to a new survey, American business leaders are, hosting office parties and offering year-end bonuses, as they look forward to even rosier business prospects in 2005.
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Date: 2004-12-28
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More Predictions for Tech in 2005
Business 2.0 thinks that 2005 will be the year that blogs go mainstream and nontechie Web surfers figure out how to tap into RSS feeds and collect their favorite blogs in one place.
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Date: 2004-12-28
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Late Online Holiday Shopping Increases
Because of improved shipping and customer service capabilities, late shoppers took the Internet in record numbers, price-wise, this holiday season. Reports have the amount of money spent shopping online for the week ending December 19th was up 57% from last year's numbers.
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Date: 2004-12-27
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Storage Costs Decrease
The ability to store data is one of the rudimentary functions of a computer. Numerous devices are used in order to keep copies of work and/or backups. When storage is mentioned, the standard internal hard drive is what usually comes to mind. As with most peripherals in the computer medium, storage costs are continuing to fall, making large amounts of storage space available at reasonable prices.
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Date: 2004-12-27
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Yahoo's Top Searches of 2004
Based on results culled from millions of Yahoo Search users, the top searches of 2004 give unique insight into this year's consumer interests and trends.
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Date: 2004-12-27
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AOL's Spam Breakthrough
AOL released numbers showing that the rise of Internet spam targeted to AOL has been halted and, in fact, reversed for the first time in more than five years.
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Date: 2004-12-27
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Amazon Has Record Holiday Season
Amazon has finished its busiest holiday season ever during which time it set a single-day record with more than 2.8 million units ordered, or 32 items per second, worldwide.
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Date: 2004-12-27
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Google Buying Flickr?
Adam thinks that Flickr will be bought by Google early next year. This isn't the first "Google wants to buy Flickr" rumor I've heard, but it is the first one I've seen on a blog.
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Date: 2004-12-26
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2005: Year of the Corporate Blog
I've resisted the temptation so far to make a list of blog-related predictions for 2005. Everyone does lists and I'm sure what I might say wouldn't be that different from what I see many communicators and others saying.
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Date: 2004-12-22
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Reeltime Teams with Amazon
Reeltime Rentals has joined Amazon's affiliate program to earn a percentage of revenue from the sale of DVD's driven from ReelTimeTV.net to Amazon.com.
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Date: 2004-12-22
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Sun's Partner Program Revenue Increase
Sun Microsystems announced that in fiscal year 2004, investments in the iForce Partner Program resulted in a year-over-year revenue percentage increase generated through its U.S. partner and reseller channels.
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Date: 2004-12-21
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Comment Spammers Have Blogs
Would you be surprised to know that some people who work in the search engine industry know who is responsible for a lot of comment spam ... I met some of them recently.
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Date: 2004-12-20
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The Search Engines Want Your Desktop
I had a chance to meet Brian Morrissey for the first time, at SES Chicago. We had chance to sit down and chat about a whole host of search engine issues, in particular desktop search.
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Date: 2004-12-20
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Bit Torrent Site SuprNova.org Ceases Operations
One of the most popular peer-2-peer services, SuprNova.org, has shutdown their operations because of pressure from the Motion Picture Association of America. The site was a host for bit torrent links, one of the leading methods of P2P.
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Date: 2004-12-20
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Apple Blocks Real Media From iPod, Tops 200 Million Downloads
In a move that will undoubtedly take the rivalry to another level, Apple has indicated that the next generation of iPods will "actively block" attempts by Real Networks to make their format playable on Apple's wunderkind of a tech toy. This heated relationship stems from a development that Real introduced in July that would allow Real format audio files to be played on iPods.
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Date: 2004-12-17
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New Weblogs, Inc. Blogs
Weblogs, Inc. has launched their 64th through 66th Weblogs, Satellite and Digital Radio by Glenn Fleishman, Flash by Saul Rosenbaum, and The SAS Weblog (SAS) by Ted Conway.
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Date: 2004-12-17
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Apple And Motorola Prepare iTunes Partnership
Apparently, downloadable music for mobile phones is becoming an item of considerable interest. Apple and Motorola have solidified a deal that would allow songs from iTunes to be downloaded and played on compatible phones. Recently, Napster announced they would also be offering downloadable ringtones from their service.
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Date: 2004-12-17
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Search Engine For TV
blinkx announced the availability of blinkx TV, the first search engine that allows you to search TV across news, sports and entertainment programming.
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Date: 2004-12-16
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Google Software Downloads On One Page
The Google Blog team has just made Christmas easier. They announced a new page on Google where all of the Google software downloads are neatly available for download from a single web page.
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Date: 2004-12-15
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Most Searched For Gifts On Yahoo
If you are having trouble deciding what to buy for gifts Yahoo has come to the rescue. Greg Gunwall, Sr. Product Manager of Yahoo! Shopping tells us what others are searching for and buying.
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Date: 2004-12-15
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MSN Desktop Search Feedback
Since Microsoft officially announced the availablity of the MSN Desktop Search their blog has received over 100 comments which includes some interesting and useful feedback.
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Date: 2004-12-15
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Semantic Web for Toddlers
You may have noticed that it's been a while since I've posted anything to my blog. Well, I've been in firefighter mode at work and honestly haven't had time to give much insight on the current events affecting the search / marketing industry.
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Date: 2004-12-15
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Google Wins Geico LawSuit
According to wire services, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected a claim by auto insurance giant Geico, which argued that Google should not be allowed to sell ads to rival insurance companies that appear whenever Geico's name is typed into the Google search box.
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Date: 2004-12-15
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AOL's Top Search Topics
AOL Search announced the year's top searches based on what people and topics received the highest volume of online queries on the AOL service and AOL.com.
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Date: 2004-12-14
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Site for Blogger Recruitment
Blogger-Jobs.com, a Web site launched last month by veteran weblogger Jeremy Wright and Recruiting.com, provides a recruitment service that matches employers with bloggers.
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Date: 2004-12-13
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AOL Got Some Balls
Welcome back to the world of the relevant, AOL. It's a bold move, but it's about time you woke up and noticed the World Wide Web.
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Date: 2004-12-13
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Sony PSP Debuts To Strong Sales
The fight for the top of the portable gaming mountain has begun in earnest in Japan. Following up Nintendo's highly anticipated DS launch, Sony has launched their version of a portable gaming system, the PSP. As expected, shoppers braved the cold Tokyo weather for a chance at owning Sony's new system.
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Date: 2004-12-13
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Blogging The Microsoft Way
I haven't said much of anything yet about MSN Spaces, but it's been amusing to watch the reaction to their lame attempt at censorship of blogs.
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Date: 2004-12-13
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PeopleSoft Agrees To Oracle Merger
Software firm PeopleSoft has agreed to accept Oracle's proposal to buy the company. The agreement was for $10.3 billion or $26.50 a share. The agreed-upon total is an increase of the initial offering which was for $24 a share. The deal is expected to be complete by January 2005.
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Date: 2004-12-13
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24/7 Search Scores High
24/7 Search achieved the highest overall business value score of any agency in JupiterResearch's Search Engine Marketing Agency Constellation report.
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Date: 2004-12-13
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PayPal for iTunes
Apple and PayPal announced that the iTunes Music Store in the US will now accept PayPal for purchases of music downloads, audiobooks and gift certificates.
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Date: 2004-12-13
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Feedster's New Investor
Feedster who recently released a test version of its first Developer API has announced that the Omidyar Network is its most recent investor.
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Date: 2004-12-10
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Nextel And Sprint Considering Merger
Mobile service providers Sprint and Nextel are discussing a potential merger of the two companies. A joining of the two would increase each company's customer base and market value.
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Date: 2004-12-10
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AOL Partners With Copernic For Desktop Search
America Online is offering a beta version of their desktop search utility, which is powered by Copernic. This download is available to all AOL members. The AOL/Copernic partnership also indicates that desktop search has become another hot spot for search developers.
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Date: 2004-12-10
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AOL to Use Copernic for Desktop Search
AOL is not very good at keeping secrets. News is out that AOL's desktop search solution will be powered by Copernic, which pretty much assures that an agreement is in place between the two companies.
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Date: 2004-12-10
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Sony Prepares For PSP Launch
Japan is preparing for the long-awaited launch of Sony's answer to the Nintendo DS, the PSP. The target for the PSP launch is this coming Sunday. This marks Sony's first venture into the mobile gaming field.
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Date: 2004-12-10
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Napster To Enter Mobile Ringtone Arena
Thanks two a partnership with Dwango Wireless; the new Napster is prepared to enter the mobile technology realm. But this time, it's not for illegal mp3s. Napster and Dwango will be developing Napster Mobile, a service that will offer downloadable ringtones.
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Date: 2004-12-10
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Mamma.com Extends Moratorium
Mamma.com has determined to extend the moratorium with respect to trading in shares of Mamma.com by the Company's Officers and Directors as well as the Company itself.
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Date: 2004-12-09
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Multiple Search Engine Universe
For the past three years, Google dominated the search engine field. Just 12 months ago, Google provided nearly 80% of all search results viewed on the web, including the organic results displayed by Yahoo.
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Date: 2004-12-09
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PalmSource To Release Linux Version Of Palm OS
After completing their purchase of mobile phone company China MobileSoft, PalmSource indicated a Linux version of their software would soon be available. The acquisition allows PalmSource to concentrate on other mobile technologies besides smartphones and PDAs.
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Date: 2004-12-09
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The Role of Blogs in Sports
I am convinced that many reporters across all beats are reading/monitoring blogs. It's not just the reporters who are covering the Internet, media, politics or technology.
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Date: 2004-12-08
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Keyword Research for Blogs
Our friend, Amanda Watlington, has been keeping a low profile since her departure from iProspect, but she resurfaced at SES San Jose and appears to have moved on to better things.
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Date: 2004-12-08
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Mozilla Thunderbird Launches
Complete with a boast of "reclaim your inbox", Mozilla's next Internet technology-based software, Thunderbird, has been officially launched. This marks the second major release of a Mozilla product that looks to compete with, and perhaps overtake, Microsoft's Internet-based programs like Internet Explorer and Outlook.
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Date: 2004-12-08
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Apple In Battle For iTunes Address
A 22 year-old from London, England has made life a little difficult for computer company Apple. In an effort to secure the rights to the .co.uk address for iTunes, Apple has discovered that Benjamin Cohen registered the domain "itunes.co.uk" in 2000, and has no desire to relinquish it.
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Date: 2004-12-08
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Google To Test Animated AdSense Ads
Search engine Google is adding another feature to their AdSense program: animated ads. Displaying this style of ad continues Google's using of images in sites that are AdSense members.
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Date: 2004-12-08
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MoreGoogle Becomes LostGoggles
Earlier this summer, WebProNews featured an article highlighting a utility designed to enhance the Google user experience. The utility, called MoreGoogle, altered Google's search results by featuring a thumbnail image of the sites that are present.
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Date: 2004-12-07
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Security Awareness Blog
Business and home computer users are quickly adopting a "security aware" culture in response to the rising amount of internet security problems.
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Date: 2004-12-06
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Google’s Picasa Defaced
Apparently, even Google-owned product sites aren't above being hacked. Picasa, the image management software recently purchased by Google, was defaced this past weekend.
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Date: 2004-12-06
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The Expansion of Interchange
Interchange has expanded its technology infrastructure through capacity enhancement in its Los Angeles data center operations, and through the addition of a new data center in Chicago.
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Date: 2004-12-03
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Lycos Attacked By Their Own Screensaver
In a move that surprises no one, the screensaver that Lycos created to target spammers has been used to target Lycos. The screensaver was designed to launch a DOS attack against sites that are known for their spamming techniques.
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Date: 2004-12-03
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Lycos Screensaver Site Taken Down
Search engine/portal Lycos has removed their MakeLoveNotSpam.com site, replacing it with a graphic that reads "STAY TUNED". Lycos has also removed references and links to MLNS from their homepage.
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Date: 2004-12-03
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How Blogs Are Changing Media
I can't wait to read this one! Hugh Hewitt's got a new book coming out called Blog: Understand the New Information Revolution and How It Is Redefining the Media, the Culture, and Business.
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Date: 2004-12-02
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AOL's AIM Voice Conferencing
AOL has launched the consumer version of its AIM Voice Conferencing service (AVC) along with a special holiday offer of 500 free AVC minutes for each new AVC user.
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Date: 2004-12-02
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eBay Launches Malaysian Site
eBay has launched eBay Malaysia, a new localized website that will allow Malaysian buyers and sellers to come together, build a local trading community, and bring new e-commerce opportunities to Malaysia.
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Date: 2004-12-02
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Company Pays Bloggers to Blog
Marqui, a provider of Communications Management Software (CMS) for marketing and business managers, today announces the launch of their innovative, trust-based blogging program.
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Date: 2004-12-02
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There's No Money in Blogs
In his annual end-of-year "State of the Contentsphere" column in e-Content magazine Steve Smith posits that there will be no money in 2005 for pure-play blog companies like Weblogs Inc. or Gawker Media.
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Date: 2004-12-01
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