e dot dot dot 09 2009

Disney Debuts Subscription Digital Books

The online publishing arm of the media empire is counting on subscriptions for digital book rather than on downloads and e-reader sales.

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E-tailer Newegg Plans $175 Million IPO

Tech IPOs have been few and far between during the past year. With Newegg having so far been a runaway success, will it attract investors when it goes public?

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Social Network Ad Spend Surging

Nielsen analysis finds advertisers are warming up to Facebook, MySpace and other social sites.

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ASCII Encryption

A very simple encryption method that uses random values for each character. Interestingly, you can encrypt the same string as many times as you want and the result will always be different. Best used with short strings.

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Microsoft Takes 'Malvertisers' to Court

In a first, the software giant sues companies that try to trick users into clicking on malicious ads.

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Facebook, Twitter and Social Media Marketing

A significant number of brands have amped up their social media marketing, but it's not just all about tapping Facebook and Twitter, says a new study.

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File Open

This script allows someone to choose a file on their hard drive and open it. Now cross-browser compatible.

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Users Prefer Device Fingerprinting to Passwords

Study finds 70 percent of respondents say they'd be willing to have their PCs and mobile devices authenticated by an online merchant before completing a transaction.

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Google Talks Up Micropayments for Web Content

Often at odds with news publishers, the search giant pitches them a variety of options for generating revenue from their online content.

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Plugin Page

If you maintain separate pages, one plugin enhanced, the other not, here's a simple way to send your visitors to the right page automatically. Besides being a very short script (it loads fast) you can modify the code to look for any plugin you want. Give it a try!

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Google to Add Android Payment Options

As analysts hail the arrival of the HTC Hero, Google planning to revamp the Android mobile app store to appease developers and make it more user-friendly.

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E-Commerce Service Lets Users Pay in Person

Alternatives to using credit cards for e-commerce aren't new, but a walk-in option aims to capitalize on untapped markets.

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YouTube Moving Toward Paid Content

The top online video service is reportedly in talks with movie studios to offer streaming rentals.

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Plugins Alert

JavaScript will count how many plugins are installed then make a remark based on that count to your visitors - totally written in JavaScript!

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Consumer Groups Outline Privacy Law Wish List

Privacy advocates pitch policy framework to House leaders drafting bill that could reshape online advertising.

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