• More Execs Bolt Yahoo, Reorganization Expected by Mark Walsh

    Brad Garlinghouse, who led Yahoo's communications and communities group and authored the infamous "Peanut Butter Manifesto" that critiqued the company's business strategy, is among the latest to exit the Web portal. ...Read the whole story

  • behavioral targeting Giddy Up, Revenue Science: Hirsch Takes The Reins As CEO by Tameka Kee

    Revenue Science has named Jeff Hirsch its new CEO. Hirsch succeeds Bill Gossman, who was the behavioral targeting firm's CEO for more than five years, and will stay on as a member of the board. The move comes less than two months after Hirsch was promoted from chief revenue officer (a role he'd held since his start with the company in 2006) to president. ...Read the whole story

  • mobile New iPhone Will Prompt Price Rollback In Rivals by Mark Walsh

    Expect the new $199 iPhone 3G to push down prices on rival devices, says a new report by technology research firm Current Analysis. The cheaper, faster version of the iPhone will put a $99 price ceiling on entry-level smart phones while putting downward pressure on handsets such as Motorola's Q9, Pantech's duo and T-Mobile's HTC Shadow. ...Read the whole story

  • Law School Profs Back Defendant In Kazaa Case by Wendy Davis

    Single mother Jammie Thomas, ordered to pay $220,000 for allegedly sharing 24 tracks on Kazaa, is getting some help from law professors and a major digital rights group. A law school and a group of copyright scholars from around the country have filed separate friend-of-the-court briefs on behalf of Thomas, arguing that a federal judge wrongly interpreted the law during Thomas's trial. ...Read the whole story

  • Study: Workplace Peers Influences Shopping Habits by Gavin O'Malley

    Word-of-mouth is highly influential on purchases made by at-work consumers, with 95.6% advising peers on products and services, according to new study conducted by consumer intelligence firm BIGresearch. The BIGresearch study examines the shopping behavior of consumers during the workday, including the role of online search . ...Read the whole story

  • Pay What's FAIR and You'll Have USE by George Simpson

    In an effort to impose bring some fiduciary order to the chaos that is the Internet -- where extensive quoting and even copying of en ... ...More

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