• Google Debuts AdSense for RSS Feeds by Shankar Gupta

    Google Tuesday released into beta testing "AdSense for Feeds," a version of its program for publishers that allows Web site owners to place AdSense units into their RSS or Atom feeds, which will display the ads of advertisers that have purchased keywords via Google's AdWords system. ...Read the whole story

  • 'Star Wars' Sets Online Records by Wendy Davis

    It doesn't open until midnight tonight, but the new "Star Wars" movie, "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," already has set records online at both Fandango and America Online's Moviefone. ...Read the whole story

  • SmartVideo Shows Love To 50 Cent by Shankar Gupta

    SmartVideo, in partnership with the Digital Music Video Network, will in early June begin offering mobile phone-enabled music videos from the top artists--including U2, Eminem, Mariah Carey, and 50 Cent--in a free, ad-supported format. ...Read the whole story

  • Horizon Media Acquires Mass Transit by Wendy Davis

    In a move that doubles its interactive billings, media shop Horizon Media acquired digital marketing agency Mass Transit Interactive on Tuesday. Horizon has hired all 14 employees of the 7-year-old Mass Transit and currently is in the process of formally integrating the agencies, said Horizon Senior Vice President Ruby Gottlieb. ...Read the whole story

  • Keynote: Credit Card Sites Perform Poorly by Wendy Davis

    Dial-up users should be prepared for lengthy delays--in some cases, more than two minutes--when visiting leading credit card Web sites, according to a study released Tuesday by research company Keynote. ...Read the whole story

  • NewsGator Acquires RSS Competitor by Gavin O'Malley

    Established RSS aggregator NewsGator Technologies Tuesday announced that it had acquired rival Bradbury Software LLC. The acquisition adds Bradbury's popular desktop client for Windows, known as FeedDemon, to NewsGator's formidable suite of services for reading and subscribing to a flourishing catalog of Really Simple Syndication feeds. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...Read the whole story

  • Yahoo!, SBC Integrate Security Tools by Gavin O'Malley

    Responding to Web users continued fears over security, Yahoo! and SBC Communications Tuesday announced the launch of an integrated suite of existing security tools for SBC Yahoo! DSL subscribers. The "SBC Yahoo! Online Protection" service includes the usual--anti-spyware and anti-virus tools, a pop-up blocker and parental controls--in addition to a dashboard that allows subscribers to monitor the status of their preferred security tools and receive automatic notifications with instructions if a specific action to maintain security is needed. ...Read the whole story

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