TIM Brings Experts and Industry Together in Search of More Secure Internet – PCWorld (blog)
TIM Brings Experts and Industry Together in Search of More Secure InternetPCWorld (blog)Courtot believes that there are fundamental issues with Internet security that can not be resolved by any single tool, or even any single company. Courtot is dedicated to ensuring the reliability, privacy, and security of the Internet, …and more » “internet security” – Google [...]
Google’s the Largest Torrent Search Engine, isoHunt Tells Court (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:Google’s the Largest Torrent Search Engine, isoHunt Tells Court — Last month search giant Google got involved in a BitTorrent case for the first time in its history. The company took interest in the ongoing court case between isoHunt and the MPAA, fearing that the standing injunction …
Lost iPhone 5 Update: Police ‘Assisted’ Apple Investigators in Search of SF Man’s Home (Peter Jamison/The Snitch)
Peter Jamison / The Snitch:Lost iPhone 5 Update: Police ‘Assisted’ Apple Investigators in Search of SF Man’s Home — The bizarre saga involving a lost prototype of the iPhone 5 has taken another interesting turn. Contradicting past statements that no records exist of police involvement in the search for the lost prototype …
With the Bing Search Engine, Microsoft Plays the Underdog (Steve Lohr/New York Times)
Steve Lohr / New York Times:With the Bing Search Engine, Microsoft Plays the Underdog — MIKE NICHOLS has a poster on his office wall. It shows the young Muhammad Ali glaring down at a fallen Sonny Liston, the bruising heavyweight who had seemed invincible — until Ali beat him, in 1964, in one of the [...]
U.K. begins search for next cyber warriors – Globe and Mail
The UK’s computer security industry is turning to a series of games and tournaments to try to find people with potential cyber crime-fighting skills in a sign of its desperation to find fresh talent. The government’s Cabinet Office and a number of …
Careful: Google AdWords Phishing Emails – Search Engine Roundtable
Google has confirmed a large email phishing attempt on their AdWords customers over the past day or two. Bindu from the Google AdWords team explained in a Google AdWords Help thread the email going out that is a phishing attempt is titled “We stopped …
AdWords Email Verifications Are Not Phishing Attempts – Search Engine Roundtable
A WebmasterWorld thread had some Google AdWords advertisers being very suspicious over a recent email they received from Google. The email was about verifying your billing email account and some other information. To me and many others that is a clear sign …
Most Say No to Government Regulation of Search Engines (Rasmussen Reports)
Rasmussen Reports:Most Say No to Government Regulation of Search Engines — Most Americans give high marks to Internet search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing and don’t think the government needs to regulate their responses. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 77% …
For Ask.com, Foray Into Social Search Points to Mobile (Liz Gannes/NetworkEffect)
Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:For Ask.com, Foray Into Social Search Points to Mobile — Ask.com is in the process of reformulating itself, having dropped its algorithmic search offering and laid off 150 employees in November. The company is billing the changes, which came after a community Q&A launch in July …
Google’s “Gold Standard” Search Results Take Big Hit In New York Times Story (Danny Sullivan/Search Engine Land)
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:Google’s “Gold Standard” Search Results Take Big Hit In New York Times Story — The New York Times has a great, detailed story out today about a merchant with an unusual marketing strategy: be mean to customers. Any publicity, even negative publicity, means a win with Google’s ranking algorithms.
