WebmasterWorldNews and Discussion for the Web ProfessionalMalware Blamed on Data Breach- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "A massive data breach at Hannaford Brothers Cos. was caused by a "new and sophisticated" method in which software was secretly installed on servers at every one of its grocery stores, the company told Massachusetts regulators this week."http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3614599.htm Web Developers, Fix your Insecure Flash- (Found June 18, 2008 ) Warnings about the insecurity of online Flash multimedia created with all but the most recent authoring tools have largely fallen upon deaf ears..."http://www.webmasterworld.com/flash/3614699.htm Identifying And Analyzing Hostile & Friendly Bot Activity- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "The following items can be used to identity bots and slow down and stop most unwanted traffic if applied with proper due care."http://www.webmasterworld.com/search_engine_spiders/3613998.htm Robots.txt Generator Added to Google Webmaster Tools- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Reaching out a helping hand to the roboto-phobic website owner, Webmaster Tools launches a tool to generate robots.txt file."http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3612941.htm Shine: Yahoo Unveils Content Portal For Women- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Yahoo unwraps a content-portal targeting women, a step away from sales niches (travel, finance, autos) and concentrating on a social demographic."http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3615134.htm Microsoft and Yahoo Hold Meetings To Discuss Proposed Acquisition- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. senior executives met this week to discuss Microsoft's proposal to acquire the Internet company but failed to resolve any of their differences,..."http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3619151.htm Google Docs Now Editable While Offline- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "The world's top Internet company said it will begin over the next several weeks to allow users of its Google Docs word processing application to edit documents without an active Web connection, on planes, trains and other disconnected spots."http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3616238.htm Google Sued For Street View Privacy Breach- (Found June 18, 2008 )http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3619782.htm Yahoo and Time Warner On AOL Deal: Source- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Yahoo Inc and Time Warner Inc are "closing in" on a deal where Yahoo would merge with Time Warner's AOL Internet unit, brushing aside Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, a source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday."http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3623279.htm Microsoft Said to Be In Talks With News Corporation About Joint Yahoo Bid- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "The combination, which would join Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corporation's MySpace, would create a behemoth that would upend the Internet landscape."http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3623479.htm |