Internet ad revenue rises 11 pct in 3Q to $5.9 bln (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Internet advertising revenue rose 11 percent in the third quarter to an estimated $5.9 billion, the second best quarter on record as advertisers put money into ads where impact is more easily measured, according to a report released Thursday.
Web Fraud 2.0: Faking Your Internet Address (Washington Post) One of the casualties from the unplugging of McColo Corp. is fraudcrew.com, a Web service that offered paying customers the ability to hide their identities online by routing their traffic through computers controlled by others. Fraudcrew, which has not been charged with any crime, offered subscribers a point-and-click way to mask the source of their Internet connections, so that Web sites could ...
New Law Cripples Internet Gambling (Washington Post) Placing bets over the Internet was effectively criminalized by the federal government yesterday, as lawmakers work to eliminate an activity enjoyed by as many as 23 million Americans who wagered an estimated $6 billion last year.
