Archive for March 3rd, 2010

Google kills SearchWiki, Debuts Stars to Personalize Searches

"The stars feature essentially takes the best of Google's ill-fated SearchWiki service, and leaves the rest. SearchWiki was simply too complex, allowing users to not only re-rank results, but also delete, add and comment on them. This seemed to undermine what the search engine claims to do best: serve you what you want to know before you know what you're looking for. "

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Spain Arrests Alleged Owners of a 13 Million Computer Botnet

Police gave a news conference on Wednesday, a day after they arrested three people for what they believe to have been one of the biggest computer crimes ever detected.

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

WordPress Turns On PuSH Support With Plugin

"PuSH is a way for services that subscribe to updates from your blog to get updates even faster."

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Facebook to Automate Ad Buying Through Omniture

"Omniture division announced this morning that the company's widely used analytics software for online marketing campaigns will be extended to automate the process of buying advertising spots on Facebook, and then tracking the results."

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Open Identity Exchange Launched

"...a non-profit organization dedicated to building trust in the exchange of online identity credentials across public and private sectors."

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010