Forbes, January 17, 2005 Here's a typical scenario in tech world: Without warning, your computer flashes a dialogue box that says your machine has been infected with spyware. Click here, it instructs, for antidote software that will fix it. And, indeed, the helpful link does offer a program to get rid of the prying software--before installing its own spy package on your PC instead.

USA Today, January 16, 2005 Demand for online video ads by Ford Motor, Colgate-Palmolive and others will contribute to a breakout year for online advertising in 2005 - and spell trouble for newspapers and TV, financial analysts say.

ClickZ, January 14, 2005 Automobile information portal Edmunds.com today unveiled the first-ever Spanish-language version of its 2005 New Car Buying Guide, in an effort to attract Hispanics and the advertisers eager to reach them online. U.S. Hispanics online number 14 million, according to the AOL/Roper ASW U.S. Hispanic Cyberstudy.

Cnet, January 17, 2005 Is Google planning to build a global fiber optic network from scratch? And, if so, why? The question has cropped up in light of a recent job posting on the search engine giant's Web site seeking experts in the field.

AdAge.com, January 17, 2005 As the final statistics settle out of December's frenzied shopping season numbers, one of the marketers that appears to have made particularly effective use of search engine advertising is iRobot of Burlington, Mass., maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner.

Internet users still overwhelmingly rate Google the top search engine, but they are increasingly comfortable with the search experience provided by Yahoo and MSN, a study released yesterday found.

Texas sued one of the world's largest "spam" e-mail operations on Thursday, seeking millions of dollars from two men it says are responsible for sending illegal messages on the Internet, the state's attorney general said.

Blogs are a cheap, convenient and enjoyable form of PR and marketing that should be part of every business plan in 2005, writes Bob Cargill, senior creative director of Yellowfin Direct Marketing.

Web search leader Google Inc. said it has settled without financial penalty U.S. regulators' charges that it failed to register more than $80 million in employee stock options prior to its initial public offering, the company and government said on Thursday.

Financial news and research firm TheStreet.com Inc. said Wednesday that it hired investment bank Allen & Co. to consider strategic alternatives for the company.