There has been a lot of buzz throughout the net this weekend as most people publishing RSS feeds saw dramatic increases in their subscriber numbers as reported by services such as FeedBurner. The reason? Google finally started reporting subscriber numbers from their services. Yahoo, Bloglines, et. al., have been reporting this information for some time […]
US $4.3 Billion in Credit/Debit Card Fraud?
Buried in the I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI article on Wired: The full scope of the problem is hard to judge, but nonetheless staggering. U.S. banks lost $546 million to debit card fraud in 2004, according to banking research firm Dove Consulting, and credit card fraud losses were estimated to be about $3.8 […]
AdSense Changes
Google changed the terms and conditions of the AdSense program this week causing mass panic throughout the web. 1. Google removed the stipulation that other contextual ad programs could not be used on the same page. 2. Google added terms that prohibit other contextual ads not only on a per page basis, but on a […]
Rouxbe.com
What is Rouxbe.com? “Rouxbe is for those who love food, love cooking, and have a passion to try new things in the kitchen. With Rouxbe, you learn to prepare delicious recipes with our instructional cooking videos in the convenience of your own home. Our “how-to” video recipes, complete with voice-over instruction from professional chefs, take […]
Amazon’s 30 Day Price Guarantee
According to this article at Slate, Amazon.com quietly offers a 30-day price guarantee on any purchase made from Amazon.com. If the price drops on any item within 30 days of your purchase, you can request a refund on the difference by calling the super-secret Amazon Customer Service phone number – 1-800-201-7575, extension 7. More: Consumerist […]
Spam Gains Skills in 2006 Looks To Grow Even More in 2007
MessageLabs released their annual MessageLabs Intelligence Report which details their analysis of email threats (spam, phishing, virus) in 2006 and trends to watch in 2007. The report indicates that the annual average spam rate for 2006 was 86.2% with 80% of all spam coming from Botnets (autonomous systems) and 63.4% of all spam cam from […]