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Monday, March 10, 2008 Daily News Tracker
New York Times comScore Web tracking study, Cable firms unite to challenge Google, Sprint launches EV-DO Revision A mobile network, and more.


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new post indicator2:54 pm on Mar. 10, 2008 (utc 0)

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To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You (comScore Web company data collection study for the New York Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10privacy.html
http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080310/how-do-they-track-you-let-us-count-the-ways/
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Business/2008/03/10/mining_data_propel_internet_ads/8457/
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/how-do-they-track-you-let-us-count-the-ways/

6 Cable Firms Join Forces to Attract Focused Ads (Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Cablevision, Charter, others fight Google)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/business/media/10cable.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-six-cable-cos-formng-joint-company-for-targeted-ads-across-networks/
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/03/cable-companies-build-a-canoe-to-battle-googles-battleship.html

The Best Kind of Traffic for Web Sites (Engine Ready study shows paid listings more effective than organic)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/business/media/10drill.html

Microsoft wary on Yahoo integration (Won't "dive in" if takeover successful)

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc405276-ee08-11dc-a5c1-0000779fd2ac.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1041708320080310
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/10/ms_yahoo_technical_problems/
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9889658-7.html

Diller and Malone Head to Court In a Clash of E-Commerce Titans (Ask.com parent IAC heads to court this week)

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/10/technology/diller_malone.fortune/index.htm
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120492749234820433.html
http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080310/barry-diller-to-iac-troops-on-eve-of-court-fight-with-liberty-media/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-barry-diller-to-iac-troops-on-eve-of-court-fight-with-liberty-media/

Two top Yahoo execs got bigger bonuses

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2008-03-10-yahoo-bonuses_N.htm

Google Report Highlights Spam As Top Security Issue

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=U2T4RFVSMEZ5QQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=206902563
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/security/pdf/cir_08.pdf (.PDF file)

WEB / OTHER

Sprint Phone First to Use Fast Network (EV-DO Rev. A)

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Sprint-Broadband-Phone.html
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9888839-1.html

A D.I.Y. Approach to Making a Web Commercial (The Talk Market)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10ecom.html

AOL, CBS Radio Team Up To Offer Online Radio Streaming

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0733154620080307
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120490427404319729.html
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200803071226DOWJONESDJONLINE000881_FORTUNE5.htm
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2211559/aol-hands-radio-business-cbs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030703001.html

New Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Speaks

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080310/almost-new-facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-speaks/

EBay Hires Blogger To Improve Image

http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/technology?type=technologyNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi&src=blogBurst_technologyNews&bbPostId=B3qQfhAl5RCCB1GW5bSdJmdgCzE4ueUqvOwaCCzERdaGPPjdFc&bbParentWidgetId=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi

Facebook users help parlay site in French (Native French Facebook arrives)

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0964579820080309

Facebook users can share Paramount movie clips

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2008-03-10-facebook-paramount-movies_N.htm
http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/P/PARAMOUNT_FACEBOOK?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-03-09-15-03-58

MobiTV seeks to shut down Web forum (Hopes to silence instructions for free Sprint TV service)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2008-03-07-mobitv_N.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07/mobitv_threatens_howardforums/

Gigya Gets $9.5M to Grow Widget Ads

http://mashable.com/2008/03/09/gigya-funding/

iTunes Finally Secures Beatles Catalogue. Mr Jobs $400m Poorer

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2008/03/08/mccartney_cashes_in_on_beatles_catalog
http://mashable.com/2008/03/09/itunes-beatles-deal/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/09/the-best-things-in-life-may-be-free-but-it-cost-400-million-to-get-the-beatles-on-itunes/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-more-noise-about-expected-beatles-itunes-deal-but-precious-little-info/
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006616.html

MapQuest Releases Open APIs With New Free Dev Platform

http://mashable.com/2008/03/09/mapquest-apis/
http://developer.mapquest.com/home

Chinese hackers

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/07/china.hackers/index.html

Ericsson predicts demise of Wi-Fi hotspots

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/10/Ericsson-predicts-demise-of-hotspots_1.html
http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_end_of_wi_fi_hotspots_dream_on

Girls and young woman are now the most prolific web users (Pew Internet Project in America on teens in social media)

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3511863.ece

Advertising Sent To Cellphones Opens New Front In War on Spam

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/09/AR2008030902213.html

Customer Loyalty Cards May Go Online (Fun Communications)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080308/tc_pcworld/143144

[edited by: Lane_R_Ellis at 8:13 pm (utc) on Mar. 10, 2008]

 


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