January 21st, 2010
Microsoft Corporation issued a critical patch on Thursday for Internet Explorer that secures eight vulnerabilities in the world’s most popular browser. Included in the emergency patch is the fix for the IE hole that was exploited in the China-based cyber assault, Operation Aurora, on Google and a collection of other U.S. companies. Read the full story »
Tags: Google cyber attack patch, IE security patch
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January 20th, 2010
There is a great deal of Internet buzz about how social media should be part of your company’s marketing plan. You may have thought that you don’t have the time to answer that question, “What’s Happening” and can’t see any benefits “tweeting” would bring. With Twitter’s usage increasing nearly 1500% over the previous year according to Nielsen, September 2009, it may be time to think again.
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Tags: companies that use Twitter, how to benefit from Twitter, Twitter, why use Twitter
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January 19th, 2010
Have you taken advantage of social networking for your business? Research shows that social networking is an extremely valuable and effective viral marketing tool to promote your business. Setting up a business page on Facebook is free and will open a whole new avenue for you to connect Read the full story »
Tags: business Facebook page tutorial, Facebook business page, how to set up Facebook page, tutorial to set up Facebook page
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January 18th, 2010
The top U.S. search engines for the month of December 2009 were released by comScore, a leading expert in the measurement of Internet behavior. The results indicate that the U.S. online population performed Read the full story »
Tags: top search engines 2009
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January 15th, 2010
Labeled operation “Aurora”, security experts worked diligently to discover the tactics involved in the cyber attack announced by Google on Tuesday. Experts joined forces to investigate and analyze pieces of the malicious code that were identified as the culprits in the attack and have confirmed the cyber attempts to infiltrate Read the full story »
Tags: Operation Aurora
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January 15th, 2010
Based on data collected from a sample of ten million Internet users in the United States, Hitwise issued a press release on January 14, 2010 indicating that Read the full story »
Tags: Hitwise top search engine, U.S. top search enines 2009
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January 14th, 2010
There are an array of companies that specialize in collecting Internet usage data from the general public to determine what search engines the general public is using to find services and products. Read the full story »
Tags: leading U.S. search engines December 2009, Nielsen Online top search engines 2009
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January 14th, 2010
Holiday sales for the November – December 2009 shopping season overcame dismal forecasts predicted by experts with a breath of fresh air in an economically challenged retail environment. Read the full story »
Tags: 2009 holiday sales, 2009 holiday sales results, comScore holiday sales, holiday sales 2009, NRF holiday sales report
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January 13th, 2010
Google officially announced on January 12 that the company discovered a “highly sophisticated and targeted attack” in mid December that initiated from China. The search engine giant revealed that the corporate infrastructure was the target and that intellectual property theft was the result. Initially appearing Read the full story »
Tags: China cyber attack on Google, Google cyber attack
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December 4th, 2009
Yahoo and Facebook have put together a deal that will allow Facebook users to log into Yahoo’s enormous array of sites with their FB user name and password. The integration is expected to open the door to the two top Internet online communities to enable Read the full story »
Tags: Yahoo Facebook deal
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