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April 26, 2005

Google brings in AdWords/AdSense changes

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Filed under: AdSense News

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Google are bringing major new changes to their AdWords/AdSense program, which recently pushed Google's Q1 earnings 6 times above last year's. The first changes empower AdWords advertisers to control which sites their ads are displayed on. The change - known as Site ...

 



April 21, 2005

HD-DVD and Blu-ray seek comprimise

Link: HD-DVD and Blu-ray seek comprimise
Filed under: Technology News

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In something of a surprise move, Toshiba and Sony - the lead developers of opposing next generation DVD technologies - are reported to have sat down together to begin talks on how to bring their ideas together to launch a joint standard DVD ...

 



Rover: repercussions continue

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Filed under: Business News

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Repercussions from the failure of Rover to avoid going into administration continue, as 28,000 workers reliant on the company attempt to save their jobs. Hopes that the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) would bail out the company appear to be fading, as news has ...

 



High Street sales stagnate

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Filed under: Business News, Economy News

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High Street sales showed a surprise decline in March, with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reporting a 0.1% drop in overall sales volume between February and March. The figures for January to March of this year still show a stronger retail sales ...

 



April 11, 2005

Germany rules some links are illegal

Link: Germany rules some links are illegal
Filed under: Search Engine News

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A Munich court has ruled that linking to some websites is illegal. The ruling comes after German IT site Heise Online included a link to Slysoft, a company alleged to be involved in providing tools that help online music piracy. A body representing ...

 



April 9, 2005

California bites Apple

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Filed under: Apple News

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Californian publishers, media, and journalism groups have bandied together to launch an unprecedented legal attack on Apple. It comes in the form of an appeal, after a judge ruled on March 4th that Apple can force a website to reveal its sources ...

 



April 8, 2005

VeriSign responds to Telcordia report criticisms

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Filed under: Webhosting News

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VeriSign have responded angrily to recent complaints about a recent Telcordia report, which recommended the company to continue administrating the .net domain names. VeriSign have effectively been handed a continued administration of the .net domain names, after the contract came ...

 



Palestinians get .ps

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Filed under: Webhosting News

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Haaretz reports that sites belonging to the Palestinian Authority are now using a national TLD suffix - .ps - even though Palestine is not recongised as an individual country. The move was announced by Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, and is part of ...

 



Rover into administration

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Filed under: Business News

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After a long financial struggle, iconic British car manufacturer, MG Rover, has been forced to call in administrators. The company had been struggling financially for years, and had been desperately trying to reach agreement on a partnership with Chinese car manufacturer Shanghai ...

 



April 6, 2005

Pension protection moves to bonds

Link: Pension protection moves to bonds
Filed under: Finance News, Business News

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The Pension Protection Fund comes into force today, which aims to protect pension funds. The scheme is a form of insurance protection, that every pension scheme will have to pay into. In the event that the pension scheme is unable to make agreed pension ...

 



Windows vs Linux

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Filed under: Open Source News, Linux News, Webhosting News, Technology News, Internet News, Microsoft News, Business News

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Microsoft today launched a report claiming that Windows offered a more stable platform than Linux. As described by Ina Fried at CNet: Microsoft commissioned Veritest to create a scenario in which Linux and Windows administrators had to undertake a variety of ...

 



ICANN criticised over .travel allocation

Link: ICANN criticised over .travel allocation
Filed under: Webhosting News

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ICANN, the internet body in charge of administrating how domain structures work on the internet, has been accused of flouting its own regulations, so as to award a potentially lucrative contract to a front company. The criticisms are chiefly leveled by Michael Froomkin ...

 



Google brings in AdSense changes

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Filed under: AdSense News, Webmaster News

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Google Adsense has brought in major changes, including live tracking of channels. AdSense is a way of publishing simple advertising, and is especially popular with webmasters as a way of covering costs or even developing a profit. However, until now, statistics on the page impressions ...

 



April 5, 2005

Class action against search engines over click fraud

Link: Class action against search engines over click fraud
Filed under: Legal News, Marketing News, Search Engine News

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A group of online advertisers have begun what they hope will be a class action suit against search engine companies, who stand accused of turning a blind eye to clickfraud because it benefits them. The suit was reportedly filed in February, and companies such ...

 



Internet advertising spend beats radio as broadband use increases

Link: Internet advertising spend beats radio as broadband use increases
Filed under: Marketing News

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Internet advertising has increased dramatically over 2004, and now takes a larger part of advertising spend than radio. The report was made in the Guardian's Broadband helps online advertising to overtake radio feature. The Internet Advertising Bureau is reported to have stated ...