6/16/2005
Deadly Duo: May 2005
Spammers use celebrities to grab the spotlight -- and to infect PCs.
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5/17/2005
Do They Know They've Been Hooked?
Just 4% of employees surveyed in a new Websense poll say that they have fallen for a phishing e-mail. But IT decision makers say many employees click through to phishing URLs, and that can be a problem.
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5/2/2005
Search vs. Yellow Pages: The Fight Continues
A new study claims that online yellow pages are a more effective medium for local advertisers than search engine marketing.
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4/28/2005
Internet Activity Rose In March
Users are spending more time with news and communications.
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4/28/2005
Your Information or Your Life!
In the largest consumer information theft to date, shoe retailer DSW reports that 1.4 customer records were stolen from 108 stores
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3/22/2005
How Good Can Online Advertising Get?
Ad targeting is nearly as old as the ad industry itself. Putting the right message in front of the right consumer at the right time never wasting money or an opportunity has been the dream of every marketer who ever pitched a product. Now, after a decade of tinkering and trial, new online advertising techniques and technologies are poised to make the dream come true.
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1/26/2005
Cable Bundles Up and Stays Hot
A new report by In-Stat analyzes the growth of the cable industry between 2003 and 2004.
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1/14/2005
Internet and E-Business Trends in 2004
What shaped the Internet and e-business landscape in 2004? eMarketer brings you the top ten Internet and e-business trends for the year.
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1/14/2005
Phishing to Fry Financial Services?
Cyota reports that the number of bank accountholders who have received phishing e-mails grew to 50% in November 2004 from 25% in April 2004.
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12/16/2004
The Deadly Duo - Spam and Viruses - November 2004
Holiday season drives a higher than expected spike in spam volume.
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12/16/2004
People Aged 55 and Up Drive U.S. Web Growth
Aging baby boomers are a potentially huge online market
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12/7/2004
Anti-Spyware Software Revenues to Soar
Corporations in the US have been slow to realize their susceptibility to spyware, but anti-spyware software sales should ramp up as these perceptions change.
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10/28/2004
The Vulnerability Gap
A survey by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and AOL indicates that there is a large gap between how safe most users think they are against online threats, and how safe they actually are.
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10/19/2004
The Deadly Duo - Spam and Viruses - September 2004
Hurricanes slowed spam for a few days in September.
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10/7/2004
VoIP To Hit 12.1 Million US Households By 2009
Study finds 18-24 year olds more likely to choose wireless over VoIP.
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9/24/2004
Where Do Online Threats Originate?
At first glance the US ranks first, but a closer look at the numbers reveals some surprises.
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9/13/2004
Good and Bad News about E-Mail
The number of inappropriate and potentially sensitive images sent as e-mail attachments has declined over the past six months, but...
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9/13/2004
Taking Aim at Those Who Play Games
In-Stat/MDR estimates that mobile gaming services will generate $1.8 billion in revenues by 2009, or 4.4% of overall wireless data revenues.
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4/28/2004
Personal Surfing Just Part of the Workday
Internet usage for personal reasons has become as habitual as morning coffee, as employees are nearly evenly split between choosing their connection or caffeine.
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4/21/2004
Tax Stats 2004
Filing online has become a growing trend, allowing taxpayers to complete their taxes and get their refunds way before deadline.
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4/5/2004
Online Job Listings Index Rises
Monster Worldwide s Monster Employment Index has been rising steadily since the beginning of 2004.
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3/30/2004
Sourcing Budgets Increase for 2004
Roughly half of surveyed global respondents indicated they'd be spending more on their organization's sourcing.
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3/26/2004
March Madness Sites Score Traffic
The annual NCAA Tournament has led Internet surfers online to fantasy, basketball, and college sites.
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3/26/2004
Net Drives Profits to Small Biz
The Internet has not only become a powerful business tool for small companies, a portion relies on the medium for survival.
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3/26/2004
IM Spam Expected to Triple
As if spam wasn't annoying enough, unwanted messages are popping up on instant messaging screens too.
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