NEC, Nike Honored at Cyber GalaAdWeek, June 23, 2004
A NEC Corp. Web site that created a virtual tree out of consumers' comments on environmental issues took home the Cyber Grand Prix at the International Ad Festival tonight, as did Nike for an online campaign that used bears to motivate people to run.
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AOL Worker Is Accused of Selling 93 Million E-Mail NamesNew York Times, June 24, 2004
An engineer working for America Online was arrested yesterday and charged
with stealing 92 million e-mail addresses of AOL customers and selling them to spammers that were peddling penis enlargement pills and online gambling sites.
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Lawmakers Move Toward Placing Restrictions on Spyware ProgramsWall Street Journal, June 24, 2004 (paid subscription required)
Federal and state lawmakers are moving to crack down on spyware, a wide range of software programs that track a computer user's online activities and often flood the screen with annoying pop-up ads.
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Napster, Best Buy in digital music marketing deal
Reuters, June 24, 2004
No. 1 electronics retailer Best Buy Co Inc. on Wednesday
said it reached a multiyear agreement to promote Napster as its leading
digital music service through in-store marketing and broadcast, print and
online advertising.
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High-Speed Love ConnectionWired, June 24, 2004
If the excitement over Internet-enabled adult gadgets at the recent Erotica Los Angeles trade show is any indication of what's to come, virtual sex may have at last become reality.
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Microsoft, Ask Jeeves To Add E-Mail SpaceWall Street Journal, June 24, 2004 (paid subscription required)
Microsoft Corp. and Ask Jeeves Inc. are joining the rush to boost storage space for Web-based e-mail, in advance of a service expected from Google Inc.
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