Slogging: Blogging With A Vengeance
San Francisco Chronicle columnist David Lazarus noted last week that ZabaSearch.com, a search engine for personal information both sensitive and mundane, plans this Thursday to roll out a blogging service. ZabaBlog, Lazarus wrote, "allows people -- former classmates, ex-lovers, disgruntled co-workers -- to discuss you online."
Call it "sloggin
The Threats Get Nastier
IT threats are growing in number, sophistication, and ill intent. Think you've got them under control? Just wait till tomorrow.
Google Releases New Desktop Search Beta
The new version includes a sidebar designed to personalize the application, with miniature apps that return information from news, RSS and Atom feeds, photo sites, and other information sources, based on the user's previous Web activities.
Search Engines Find Stolen Identities
The prevalance of identity theft, and the fact that search engines provide links to pages containing personal data, is fueling a debate over whether search-engine companies should be working harder to address privacy issues and whether they should be held accountable for privacy violations.
Amazon's A9.com Mixes Maps And Images
Trying to play serious catch-up with name players in the online search market, Amazon.com's search subsidiary today unwrapped an online map service with a strong focus on images.
NOAA Wants To Change Weather Info-Sharing Policy
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants to assure the private-sector weather industry that it's not a threat. Under a proposed policy revision, NOAA will "take advantage of existing capabilities and services of commercial and academic sectors to avoid duplication and competition in areas not related to the NOAA mission."
Identity-Theft Keylogger Identified
Sunbelt Software has identified the keylogging spyware that is feeding sensitive personal information to an identity-theft ring. The FBI confirms it has been in contact with Sunbelt and is looking into the company's findings.
Survey: Blog Readership Skyrocketing
The surging popularity of blogs has led comScore Networks to suggest that blogs can now be thought of as part of the mainstream media, if not rivals.
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Slogging: Blogging With A Vengeance
San Francisco Chronicle columnist David Lazarus noted last week that ZabaSearch.com, a search engine for personal information both sensitive and mundane, plans this Thursday to roll out a blogging service. ZabaBlog, Lazarus wrote, "allows people -- former classmates, ex-lovers, disgruntled co-workers -- to discuss you online."
Call it "sloggin
The Threats Get Nastier
IT threats are growing in number, sophistication, and ill intent. Think you've got them under control? Just wait till tomorrow.
Google Releases New Desktop Search Beta
The new version includes a sidebar designed to personalize the application, with miniature apps that return information from news, RSS and Atom feeds, photo sites, and other information sources, based on the user's previous Web activities.
Search Engines Find Stolen Identities
The prevalance of identity theft, and the fact that search engines provide links to pages containing personal data, is fueling a debate over whether search-engine companies should be working harder to address privacy issues and whether they should be held accountable for privacy violations.
Amazon's A9.com Mixes Maps And Images
Trying to play serious catch-up with name players in the online search market, Amazon.com's search subsidiary today unwrapped an online map service with a strong focus on images.
NOAA Wants To Change Weather Info-Sharing Policy
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants to assure the private-sector weather industry that it's not a threat. Under a proposed policy revision, NOAA will "take advantage of existing capabilities and services of commercial and academic sectors to avoid duplication and competition in areas not related to the NOAA mission."
Identity-Theft Keylogger Identified
Sunbelt Software has identified the keylogging spyware that is feeding sensitive personal information to an identity-theft ring. The FBI confirms it has been in contact with Sunbelt and is looking into the company's findings.
Survey: Blog Readership Skyrocketing
The surging popularity of blogs has led comScore Networks to suggest that blogs can now be thought of as part of the mainstream media, if not rivals.
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