A privacy group led by an outspoken Phorm opponent, Alex Hanff, is planning to picket an annual shareholder meeting held by BT, the UKs largest ISP and telecoms company, who have faced fierce opposition to secret trials of Phorms Open Internet Exchange (OIX) program, an invasive scheme that profiles user browsing habits to deliver contextual [...]

Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3, a media company that plays host to wildly popular technology shows like Diggnation, and The Totally Rad Show has exposed Media Defender (a subsidiary of Artist Direct Inc) as the culprit behind a massive Denial of Service (DDOS) attack which shut down much of Revision3’s infrastructure after they closed a [...]

Videorix (www.videorix.com) is a fresh incarnation of Brandfame, a start-up I reviewed back in September 2007 which offered product placement in online videos - a concept I didn’t exactly welcome with open arms, but Founder Nadim Elgarhy hopes that this time around Videorix will be much more accessible and concentrate on sponsored ad-slots, rather than [...]

According to a security report by information risk management firm, IOActive, major ISPs in the US have created a massive security hole which puts the entire internet at risk, all in the name of making money.
Earthlink, an internet service provider has, along with a British advertising company called Barefruit, been engaged in the practice of [...]

Ebay President, John Donahoe has announced that its failing VoIP subsidiary, Skype will likely be heading for the chopping block, after the calamatous purchase failed to live up to expectations. Ebay acquired Skype for $3.1bn back in 2005, in the hope that internet phone service would improve communication between its user-base, and despite rapid growth [...]

A wireless device submitted by Microsoft to the Federal Communications Commission for testing has been pulled after a disastrous failure. The prototype reportedly stopped working after tests by the FCC, which is the second such device submitted by the software giant, as part of the White Spaces Coalition, which involves a joint effort by Dell, [...]

Trackur (www.trackur.com) is a brand new service that promises to take the legwork out of monitoring your online reputation by scouring the web for keywords related to yourself, your company or anything else that keeps you awake at night.
In a nutshell, it’s an aggregated ego-search for power users, allowing you to quickly see who’s talking [...]

REDMOND, Wash. — March 14, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to acquire Rapt Inc., the leading provider of advertising yield management solutions for digital media publishers. Rapt’s technology, along with its information and advisory services offerings, will become key components of the Atlas Publisher Suite, part of Microsoft’s Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group. [...]

Raisecapital.com promises to bring entreprenuers and investors together in a social melting pot akin to vator.tv, except on first impressions alone, this new site ditches the idea shared by it’s competitors that browsing should be simple, instead opting for a rather corporate web 1.0 look and feel.

The idea is, that you can post your pitch [...]

Mikons.com is a free online service that puts personal branding at your fingertips, allowing you to create a personal icon (called a mikon) that describes you, instead of the traditional icons or logos used by companies.
Curious about this novel idea, I set about trying to create my mikon, and surprisingly the editor is childsplay to [...]