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  • Why Do Pirates Pirate Stuff? Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 3:59AMWhen goods are virtually free, why do people pirate software? Developer Cliff Harris took the simple step on his blog... to ask the pirates why they weren't buying his titles . While the Positech titles in question are for the desktop, the principles should apply to mobile games as well.
  • New Elements Added To pH Advantage's Website During Its Redesign Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 3:01AM Blue Water Media recently redesigned pH Advantage's website, www.pHAdvantage.com, adding new elements, including a custom content management system and the Skin Interactive section, which includes "Skin-Pedia".
  • SCLC and The Freedom Foundation join forces Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 10:41PMThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about a beloved community. The Rev. Franklin Fortier wants to join forces with the Rev. Mark Duke to create that community in Selma.
  • Pontiflex To Host Training Webinar For Transparent CPL Advertising Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:34PMPontiflex, the only open and transparent cost per lead (CPL) market, today announced it will host a free webinar training session for online marketers and interactive agencies on September 17, 2008 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EDT . The webinar is targeted towards online marketers looking to build a pipeline of qualified, brand-specific leads for their e-newsletters, community sites, reward programs ...
  • Photos From SES San Jose Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:13PM Unfortunately, I didn’t arrive in San Jose until after 6pm–so I missed all of day one. However, I did make it to the Internet Marketer’s Charity Party , which was a huge success. I’ve posted a few photos from the event to my Flickr account. Here are a sample: read more
  • Pontiflex To Host Training Webinar For Transparent CPL Advertising Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:02PM BROOKLYN, N.Y.----Pontiflex, the only open and transparent cost per lead market, today announced it will host a free webinar training session for online marketers and interactive agencies on September 17, 2008 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
  • Download Free Blog Themes For A Better Looking Web Site Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 11:55AMPutting up your own page on the Web, especially in the case of blogs, does not necessarily yield successful results.
  • Love Gives Back: Avon Books, Romance Industry Leader, Introduces Dynamic New Web Presence Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 10:00AM Today, Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, is proud to announce the launch of a dynamic new website at http://www.avonbooks.com.
  • Mediabistro.com Launches Three New Blogs for Mobile Media Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 9:20AM NEW YORK----Mediabistro.com , a division of Jupitermedia Corporation, today launched three new blogs: MobileMarketingToday.Com , MobileDevicesToday.com and MobileAppsToday.com . These sites follow Mediabistro.com's January 2008 launch of MobileContentToday.com .
  • Rider graduate lands work with Olympics Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:53AMBEIJING — Sean Kern’s internship ended in January.
  • Myrtle Beach-Conway rivalry might be headed to TV Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 12:23AMThe football rivalry between Conway and Myrtle Beach is already a big deal in Horry County. Now it might advance to an even bigger stage. Officials from CBS College Sports, a digital cable channel, visited Myrtle Beach on Monday to discuss the feasibility of broadcasting a game from Myrtle Beach's Doug Shaw Stadium, Seahawks athletic director Doug Terry said. CBS officials told Terry that the ...
  • A look at swimmer Michael Phelps' sponsors Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 4:46PMHere's a look at the sponsors of American swimmer Michael Phelps, according to his agents. They declined to specify the value of the deals. Speedo USA — maker of swimsuits, a licensed brand of the Warnaco Group Inc.
  • Six Apple executives you need to know about Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 3:28PMThink Apple is a one-man show? Think again. While the list of critical Apple employees would be a long one, we’ve focused on half-a-dozen executives who are driving forces behind the company’s success.
  • HiveLive Wins Innovation Quotient Award Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 2:29PMHiveLive(TM), Inc., a leading enterprise social software platform provider, was announced as the winner of Boulder County Business Report's Innovation Quotient (IQ) award in the Internet/Software: Business category at a ceremony on August 14th.
  • Wachovia names new head of e-commerce Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 2:10PMWachovia Corp. on Monday picked a banking veteran from Citigroup Inc. to head its e-commerce division.
  • Wachovia names new head of e-commerce Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 1:59PM Wachovia Corp. on Monday picked a banking veteran from Citigroup Inc. to head its e-commerce division. Sridhar Chityala, 50, will report to marketing head Ranjana Clark and will be responsible for the direction of the company's Internet, intranet and mobile channels. He said he was drawn by the opportunity to work for both consumer and corporate clients. Chityala said he'll be looking for ...
  • Download Free Blog Themes To Give Your Sites An Interesting Look Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 1:41PMWebmasters are always implementing strict measures in order to attract more visitors to their sites on the Internet. They would spend hours and hours of integrating Internet marketing strategies on their online page to increase its accessibility on the Web to improve traffic.
  • Is MBTA guilty of a misstep in hacker lawsuit? Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 8:01AMFaster than a speeding Orange Line. The MBTA sued this month to try to stop three MIT students from talking at a hackers' convention about security flaws they'd uncovered in the T's CharlieCard system. Kristen Amico, a blogger at Schwartz Communications in Waltham, called the move "a giant misstep given [that] this is the Internet age and not the Middle ...
  • DMV.ORG Chooses SLI Systems' Learning Search to Create "Positive Experiences" for Online Visitors and Drive Greater ... Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 8:00AM Given the wealth of information available at DMV.ORG, an independent Web portal with information from motor vehicle departments across the country, a fast, robust site search solution is a necessary component of the site's success.
  • Dueling confabs jab at each other over fees, ethics Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 3:08AMA frequent Silicon Valley ritual is the moneymaking gathering known as the technology conference, where investors, entrepreneurs and industry...
  • Social networking site Moli.com uses high-quality video hook for professionals Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 9:54PMDeep down, everyone's a bit of a control freak.
  • Eight Ways the IMac Changed Computing Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 3:29PMThe iMac made an instant impression when Apple first unveiled it in May 1998. But it didn't start to really shake things up...
  • 10 year of the iMac Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 6:07AMThe iMac made an instant impression when Apple first unveiled it in May 1998. But it didn’t start to really shake things up until it began to ship – which happened 10 years ago on August 15, 1998. Here in the UK we had to wait until 5 September to get our hands on the world's most famous computer.
  • Eight ways the iMac changed computing Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 3:58AMTen years ago, the iMac shipped to eager customers, and the computing world was never the same. Benj Edwards looks at the iMac’s impact over the last decade.
  • McCain's grass is greener on Astroturf Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 10:19PMThe Web has opened up vast new fields to be covered with synthetic grassroots electioneering
  • Cinema: Rebooting franchises face challenges Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 7:04AMThe truth is still out there -- on billboards, in sci-fi chat rooms and, now, in a few thousand movie theaters.
  • Dr. Blogger Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 2:34AMOnline medical journaling raises privacy issues.
  • Online medical journaling raises privacy issues Thursday, August 14, 2008 @ 2:34AMBlog postings make the practice of medicine more transparent to patients and raise questions about safeguarding patient privacy.
  • 34,520 People (and Counting) Want a Chevrolet Volt Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 5:00PMThe Volt's No. 1 fanboy has compiled a list of prospective buyers in 60 countries who together would spend $258 million to have one of the range-extended electric vehicles in their driveways.
  • The song, not the singer Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 4:58PMBeijing — Olympic officials insisted yesterday the decision to have one girl lip-sync another’s voice during a song featured in the Beijing Games’ opening ceremony was not about who was cuter, but about achieving the best overall performance.
  • American Fiber Systems Connects Hooters of America New POS System to Remote Locations Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 2:28PM Leading Atlanta Ethernet provider, American Fiber Systems, has been chosen by Hooters of America to provide network connectivity between their Atlanta-based headquarters and 422 remote locations, including corporate sites and restaurants across the nation. This network upgrade to AFS's Ethernet over fiber service supports Hooters's recently upgraded web-based Point of Sales system, and allows ...
  • Live and Mobile: MTV and Flixwagon Deliver 6 Million Video Streams To Jonas Brothers Fans During a First-Of-Its-Kind ... Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 1:00PM This weekend, MTV followed the lives of rock phenoms the Jonas Brothers by streaming video content on the internet while bringing footage on-air with "Jonas Brothers: Live & Mobile" on Saturday, August 9.
  • London News and Reviews Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 7:40AMThe little Chinese girl who was stopped from appearing at the Olympic opening ceremony because she was too ugly could be given a role at the closing celebrations after a public outcry, it has been revealed.
  • Top 10 dumbest viral marketing campaigns Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 6:06AMSure, it looks easy enough. Post a video of yourself wiggling your butt on Wii Fit, dancing your way across the globe, or practicing your Jedi Knight moves, and--presto!
  • Tencent Announces 2008 Interim and Second Quarter results Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 5:11AM Tencent Holdings Limited , a leading provider of Internet and mobile & telecommunications value-added services in China, today announced the unaudited consolidated results for the first half year and the second quarter of 2008 ended June 30, 2008.
  • LawInfo.com Helps You Find Qualified, Experienced Attorneys in Four Easy Ways Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 3:01AM LawInfo.com has launched an expansive, redesigned website to provide the most accessible, up-to-date legal resources-- including an interactive legal blog and chat forum, a Premium legal forms center, informative and topical legal videos, and clear and easy ways to find a qualified attorney throughout the nation.
  • SearchDay: Oil and Water? SEOs vs. Content Owners Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 2:18PMToday's search engine marketing news and opinion: Oil and Water? SEOs vs. Content Owners; Getting Vertical Search Right: A Sneak Preview; Google Warns on AOL Investment Loss; and more.
  • Facebook Adopts New Metric for Widgets Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 1:00PMFacebook took a step toward standardizing the wild world of Web metrics by switching its engagement rating for applications from reporting daily usage to measuring monthly active users.
  • Vote For Your SXSW SEO Sessions Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 12:01PM The initial submissions of session suggestions for the Interactive portion of SXSW that made the first cut have been published. Now it’s up to the voting public to decide which sessions make it next. I’ve heard a bit of feedback from last year’s attendees on the quality of content in the search engine optimization sessions, so it will be nice to see what makes it this year. read more ...
  • Click to jump to: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 9:48AMScienCentral, Inc. ScienCentral, Inc. is a production company that was co-founded in 1996 by scientist and CEO/President Eliene Augenbraun to increase the number and quality of science stories broadcast to the public.
  • New York tech firm buys Silicon Valley rival Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 8:50AME-mail management firm Return Path acquired Habeas in all cash deal.
  • Fotolog Partners With Mobile Solutions in Chile Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 8:30AM Fotolog , the world's largest photo-blogging website and the 4th most-active social network, announced today a landmark partnership with Mobile Solutions, a leading mobile services aggregator, that will provide mobile and micro-payments features to the site's users in Chile through the Entel PCS and Movistar operators who serve 80% of the market.
  • Is Comic-Con too successful? Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 8:21AMThe Watcher: Comic-Con itself is acknowledging some growing pains. The convention's organizers have made noises about moving the massive gathering, which again attracted a capacity 125,000 crowd this year, away from San Diego after 2012.
  • YuMe Names Online Media Veteran Michael Mathieu as CEO Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 8:00AM YuMe, the largest dedicated video ad network on the Web, announced today that online media veteran Michael Mathieu has joined as CEO as the company begins global expansion and growth and heightens its focus on building new relationships with advertising agencies and publishers.
  • Internet changing the face of parenting Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 6:11AM NEW YORK – Julia McGovern was shocked when her mom sent her a “friend” request on Facebook. She had been on the social-networking site for four years and had no idea her mother even knew what it was. “It was my world,” says Julia, 18, of Hopkinton, Mass. Photo caption: Kel Kelly, second from right, says she didn’t join Facebook to spy on her children, from left, Patrick McGovern, 14; ...
  • Turning glitter into gold Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @ 4:59AMKathy Cano-Murillo insisted on the glitter. In 18 years, she has gone from, in her words, "starving artist to sparkle queen." There is plenty of glitter in her 41-item Crafty Chica product line, which is now available in select Michaels stores nationwide.
  • Brazil: Hidden Pousadas - Hotel 7 Colinas, Pernambuco Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 8:02PMThe Hotel 7 Colinas (7 Hills) is often referred to as a pousada and the atmosphere here is definitely more pousada-like than any normal hotel. Where the difference really comes out is in the extra comforts which come as standard.
  • The most important part of a social-media strategy Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 2:08PMThis is an exciting time for mission-based, nonprofit organizations thanks to the explosion in social media. Unlike e-commerce, which has been the huge Internet focus over the past 10 years, social networking is about connecting and getting involved, and not about buying and selling.
  • Media Blogs & Sites Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 11:57AMMassive layoffs, employee buyouts, ever-decreasing ad revenue, bad economic times. You can’t read an industry magazine, newsletter, email or blog without hearing a new tale of woe.
  • Track what your customers say about you Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 9:19AMIn his new book, web analyst Pete Blackshaw hails the rising influence of customer-opinion Web sites and blogs, and argues that small-business owners can profit from joining the online discussion.