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Monday, April 21, 2008 Daily News Tracker
Welcome to the Monday, April 21, 2008 Daily News Tracker, where I lead off with a domain story about ISP error page attacks, AOL laying off 100 employees, Yahoo's Tuesday earnings release preview, Google being named top brand, and more.


Lane R Ellis      
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new post indicator2:48 pm on April 21, 2008 (utc 0)

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ISPs' Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web, Researcher Discloses / provider-in-the-middle attacks

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/isps-error-page.html
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/04/when_monetizing_isp_traffic_go.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/20/kaminsky_demo_at_toorcon/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080419/tc_pcworld/144849
http://blogs.computerworld.com/big_phishing_problem_bears_fruit_at_toorcon_and_hes_dead_jim
http://securitywatch.eweek.com/browsers/major_isps_injecting_ads_vulnerabilities_into_entire_web_1.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144849/earthlink_redirect_service_poses_security_risk_expert_says.html
http://mashable.com/2008/04/20/holes-in-isps-error-pages/
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/190119/error-pages-leave-entire-web-vulnerable-to-hackers.html

AOL to Lay Off About 100 In Web-Ad Selling Unit

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802429.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120854569409326929.html

A Web Shift in the Way Advertisers Seek Clicks

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/business/media/21online.html
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/20/google-technology-ads-tech-cz_ccm_0421google.html

Yahoo Reports Earnings Tuesday / A Preview

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120873460183729783.html
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djhighlights/200804202317DOWJONESDJONLINE000428.htm

Agencies Know the Score on Web Tracking / comScore - Google tracking discrepancies

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120874282224730191.html
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/18/google-comscore-internet-tech-cx_wt_0418comscore.html
http://www.comscore.com/blog/2008/04/reconciling_comscores_and_goog.html

Microsoft Launches Beta of New All-in-One Service for Consumers / Google Docs Rival

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/apr08/04-18albany.mspx
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120854137355226823.html
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_albany_revealed.php

Google Named World’s No. 1 Brand : Millward Brown study / Microsoft third, IBM sixth, Apple seventh

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/21/googlethemedia.digitalmedia
http://mashable.com/2008/04/21/google-no1-brand/
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9924273-7.html
http://www.millwardbrown.com/Sites/Optimor/Content/KnowledgeCenter/BrandzRanking.aspx

Google Turns to Mobile Phones in China to Catch Baidu

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aqbpFHb9v78I

Yahoo Seen To Reveal Details of Open Platform Strategy Thursday

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080418/open-season-at-yahoo/

Yodle Gets Google AdWords Seal Of Approval

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/04/yodle_gets_goog.html

Google Brings WHOIS Back

http://googlified.com/google-brings-whois-back/

Blogging Software Company Six Apart jumps into ad business

http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/19/technology/six_apart.fortune/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042100016.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/20/six-apart-launches-ad-network-moves-into-services/
http://mashable.com/2008/04/20/six-apart-2/
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=846130

WEB / OTHER

Enterprise 2.0 To Become a $4.6 Billion Industry By 2013: Forrester Research report

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/enterprise_20_to_become_a_46_billion_industry.php
http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,43850,00.html

MySpace Ups Berman To President, Sales And Marketing; Begins Testing Community Ad Program For Brands

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-myspace-ups-berman-to-president-sales-and-marketing-begins-testing-comm/

ESolar Backing From Google.org Shows Sector's Health

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120874388355030269.html

Web guru targets malaria with social network site

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL1934294920080421
http://mashable.com/2008/04/20/malariaengadge/

PayPal's Answer To Phishing, Block Older Browsers

http://geek-news.net/2008/04/paypals-answer-to-phishing-block-older.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7354539.stm
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080419-paypal-to-fight-phishers-by-blocking-old-browsers.html

Skype offers unlimited long-distance plan / Flat rate for international plans

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN2141013920080421
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-04-21-skype-international-calls-plan_N.htm
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144877/skypes_new_packages_shows_voip_becoming_commodity.html
(related) http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080420-ebays-skype-what-went-wrong-and-who-can-fix-it.html
http://mashable.com/2008/04/20/skype-international-unlimited/
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3789495.ece
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080421/BLOG01/80421016/1001/news

China vaults past USA in Internet users: Official Chinese statistics

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/world/2008-04-20-Internetusers_N.htm

Commodore International declared bankrupt again

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/04/18/commodore_lawsuits/

Bond.com goes to auction with $1 million reserve

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2214685/bond-com-goes-auction-1m-reserve

Studio JV: Interview: Philippe Dauman, CEO, Viacom: ‘Distribution Both Linear And Online’

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-more-on-new-premium-jv-interview-philippe-dauman-ceo-viacom/

Social¦median: Personalized News Filter - 1000 Invitations

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/socialmedian_personalized_news_filter.php

Avoiding Net traffic tie-ups could cost you in future / A Move Towards Per Megabyte ISP Plans

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080421/tc_usatoday/avoidingnettraffictieupscouldcostyouinfuture

 


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