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Archive for March 14th, 2008

Blogging and Newspapers, a Lesson in How Not to Brand and Market (Mark Cuban/Blog Maverick)

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
Blogging and Newspapers, a Lesson in How Not to Brand and Market  —  Much is being made of my decision to ban bloggers from the locker room.  To me its pretty amusing.  In particular I find it amusing that there is a presumption that if a blogger works for a […]

Google’s Trojan Horse: Let the Free Ad Serving Begin (Saul Hansell/Bits)

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Saul Hansell / Bits:
Google’s Trojan Horse: Let the Free Ad Serving Begin  —  One of the biggest misunderstandings in much of the discussion about Google’s deal to buy DoubleClick is the perception that DoubleClick actually is involved in selling advertising.  —  It’s not.  It sells software that advertisers …

Hello BlackBerry, Meet the iPhone (David Pogue/Pogue’s Posts)

Friday, March 14th, 2008

David Pogue / Pogue’s Posts:
Hello BlackBerry, Meet the iPhone  —  Before you start reading this, a word of warning: this column is about the iPhone.  If you’re one of those people who are sick and tired of hearing about the iPhone, then scroll on while you still can.  —  Then again, if you’re one […]

Breaking Google Captchas for Some Extra Cash (Brad Stone/Bits)

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Brad Stone / Bits:
Breaking Google Captchas for Some Extra Cash  —  UPDATE: See clarification at the end.  —  In the last two months, several Internet security firms have suggested that spammers had devised a way to bust the “captcha” that is protecting Gmail.  This would allow them to use the popular e-mail service … […]

Breaking Google Captchas for $3 a Day (Brad Stone/Bits)

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Brad Stone / Bits:
Breaking Google Captchas for $3 a Day  —  In the last two months, several Internet security firms have suggested that spammers had devised a way to bust the “captcha” that is protecting Gmail.  This would allow them to use the popular e-mail service to drown the rest of the Internet … […]