Google's approach to click fraud declared 'reasonable'

Google's approach to click fraud has been declared 'reasonable' by an independent expert. Dr. Alexander Tuzhilin, Professor of Information Systems at NYU, was asked to make a detailed examination of Google's detection methods and procedures and he declared the approaches to the problem made by Google's Click Quality team were 'reasonable'. ...more

New York sues alleged spyware company

New York is suing one of the US's biggest internet marketing companies. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, says that the company is one of the biggest sources of spyware and adware, which has it has been distributing to millions of unsuspecting PCs. The state of NY is suing the Los Angeles-based Intermix Media that provides a range of sites for offering free software downloads such as e-cards and screensavers. ...more

Online donations fall through the Net

Charities are failing to make the most of their presence on the Web according to a new survey. The SocietyGuardian.co. ...more

File-sharing networks warned of US prosecution

As reported yesterday - US states threaten legal action against file sharing networks - file-sharing activity in the states is coming under further legal examination. Specifically, US attorney generals have sent a letter to file-sharing networks warning them they could be facing prosecution unless they clean up their acts. The letter was sent from the attorney generals of 46 US states to Adam Eisgrau, executive director P2P United, the p2p industry trade and lobby group. ...more

Sun and Intel join forces on Solaris

Sun has teamed up with Intel for a new range of 64bit server and workstation systems running Solaris, Windows and Linux on Xeon processors. The new ranges will serve the enterprise and telco sectors and focus on performance and energy efficiency with single, dual and multi-processor sockets. They are expected to become available in the first half of this year. ...more