WebmasterWorldNews and Discussion for the Web ProfessionalYahoo BrowserPlus Gets Ready For Developers- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "BrowserPlus is a platform for extending the Web: an end-user installs it and a developer uses its features through a small JavaScript library."http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3661930.htm Comcast Servers Hacked- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Hackers took over and defaced Comcast Corp.'s Web portal for several hours overnight, leaving a cryptic message on the site that the company's 14.1 million subscribers use to access e-mail, news and technical support."http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3661744.htm comScore Reports Google U.S. April Ad Views Up- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Google Inc showed strong growth in its ability to convert Web searches into ads viewed, according to a closely watched industry report quoted by analysts on Thursday, and its shares rose 2.5 percent."http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3662221.htm ICANN Notifies Top Web Spam Registrars- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "ICANN has sent enforcement notices and notices of concern to certain registrars, including those reported this week as being the registrars for the majority of websites advertised in spam emails."http://www.webmasterworld.com/domain_names/3662265.htm Google in Violation of California Privacy Act- (Found June 18, 2008 )http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3662908.htm Microsoft's unit Fast Search & Transfer Faces Police Investigation- (Found June 18, 2008 )http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3663053.htm F.C.C. Responds To Tech Industry Concerns Over Open Platform- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "At the urging of technology companies, such as Google Inc, the FCC required the winner of one block of spectrum to make it an "open platform" accessible to customers using any device or software application."http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3663060.htm Google's Data Center Info, Estimates At 200,000 Servers- (Found June 18, 2008 )http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3663068.htm India, Brazil, South Africa Challenge Microsoft Office Docs Standard- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "India and Brazil have filed appeals against the adoption of the Microsoft-sponsored Office Open XML (OOXML) document format as an international standard."http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3663529.htm Microsoft Urges Windows Users To Avoid Safari- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Windows users who visit a booby-trapped site with Safari could be forced to download and execute malicious files with no prompting, Microsoft says."http://www.webmasterworld.com/html/3664014.htm |