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Web ad firm to profile surfers
News aQuantive, one of the Web's largest advertising companies, has quietly formed a new operating unit to profile Web surfers and deliver targeted online ads. Using visitor data from these sites in conjunction with various tracking technologies, it...
[April 26, 2004, 16:15]
Office surfers aren't slackers, says study
News Activities on the rise among surfers included paying bills online, checking utility accounts and conducting transactions with government Web sites. A new study finds that employees may waste time surfing on the job, but they tend to make up for it...
[February 5, 2003, 10:23]
Web surfers accidentally hit porn sites
News Web surfers on the lookout for information about NASA's Pathfinder mission to Mars were in for a shock if they mistakenly pointed their browsers to "www.nasa.com. A tiny New York company with a sense of humour registered that particular domain name...
[July 16, 1997, 13:44]
Google votes to put surfers in charge
News Two weeks ago, the search service began testing a Web page voting system that could eventually let Web surfers have a say in what sites rise to the top of its results. When surfers go to that link, however, they see a page that is different from...
[November 27, 2001, 14:44]
MSN site could charge surfers
News However, a survey carried out recently by consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton, indicates that banner ads on Internet portals have little impact on surfers. Microsoft confirmed today that it is considering charging users for "premium services...
[February 26, 2001, 12:14]
Web surfers brace for pop-up downloads
News Web surfers who thought online advertisements were becoming increasing obtrusive may be dismayed about a new tactic: pop-up downloads. In recent weeks, some software makers have enlisted Web site operators to entice their visitors to download...
[April 8, 2002, 12:28]
SpamNet signs up surfers to fight junk email
News Ordinary Web surfers could play a major role in stemming the rising tide of junk email crippling the Net, if a new anti-spam company hits its mark. After operating in stealth mode for nearly two-and-a-half years, Cloudmark on Wednesday is taking...
[June 19, 2002, 14:09]
German ISPs want to keep data about their surfers
News The privacy watchdogs of all 16 federal German states, except Thueringen, have warned the secretaries of the interior of the states and the federal minister of interior that their new proposal of a bill for collecting data about German surfers did...
[December 4, 2000, 8:34]
Australian Web surfers are the stickiest
News Asia Pacific countries are showing the most dynamic Internet usage patterns in the world, with Australians emerging as the "stickiest" of all surfers, according to new research. Surfers in that country logged an average 2,164 page views over the...
[May 4, 2001, 7:55]
Surfers urged to join Back the Net Day
News If you're not carried away by the idea of giving your support to sickly dot-coms, the campaign is also urging surfers to make donations to online charities. Web users are being asked to take part in "Back the Net Day" on 3 April -- which is aimed...
[March 30, 2001, 16:40]
Internet gains one million new surfers
News The proportion of men and women going online also remains the same.percent of all surfers are men compared to 34.8 percent which are female. The Internet goes mainstream as more than a million new users go online in just six months according to...
[May 2, 2000, 16:45]
Olympic surfers get a shock down under
News Visitors attempting to reach the official Olympic Games Web site may get a surprise if their typing isn't up to scratch. Australian activists, under the banner of the Sydney Independent Media Centre, have nabbed the address www.olympisc.com and are...
[September 25, 2000, 15:58]
Web surfers cut off from Net in Asia
News Internet users in Asia were unable to access the Web on Friday due to cable failure, a telecommunications company spokesperson confirmed. A fault on the Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 near Taiwan was detected around 1 a.m.
[July 5, 2002, 15:34]
Search payments cause a wave of concern for surfers
News In Inktomi's case, some marketers pay when Web surfers click on their listings. Though some reform trickled through the industry, questions still linger about how well companies label the commercial listings that appear when Web surfers delve into...
[October 14, 2003, 15:15]
Innocent surfers can appear guilty of song-swapping
Talkback I am sorry to inform you but the P2P wave has hit almost every aspect it can. The economic effects are far savere than a lot of people can imagine. And the problem is no body does take a second to think of the ramifications of their actions...
[October 3, 2003, 12:19]
Innocent surfers can appear guilty of song-swapping
Talkback To the author of the missive about books being traded. When did you wake up Rip? Everything that can be traded is and has been traded for some time. And there is nothing you can do about so drop your angst-ridden comments.
[October 4, 2003, 0:13]
Web ad firm to profile surfers
Talkback Avenue.A, so that is another ID for the nasty company that has been plantiing its dodgy tracker cookies & downloads. My anti spy software has been reporting it ever since the 'drive by downloads' of premium rate diallers increased considerably.
[April 27, 2004, 18:33]
Amazon Honor System trusts surfers to pay up
News Dubbed the Amazon Honor System, the new payment method will allow Web sites to solicit small donations from visitors or charge for content on a pay-per-view basis. The system will tie into Amazon's one-click payment feature and Amazon's customer...
[February 6, 2001, 16:25]
New music stores serenade Web surfers
Talkback Who cares? I'm not going to pay 99 cents for a song that I can record off of the radio using my stereo, or record on VHS via MTV or VH1. Todays music, with but very few exceptions, isn't worth a plug nickle.
[October 17, 2003, 10:23]
New music stores serenade Web surfers
Talkback The new music stores are all well and good, but what about people like me who were searching for obscure songs, many of which have nerver been released on CD? As a fan of doo-wop, I was able to locate virtually anything ever recorded, including...
[October 17, 2003, 17:06]
