by Alex Eckelberry | Apr 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
There’s a big CNET spyware conference next week in San Francisco, and I noticed one of the panelists is a general partner from ABS Capital. I was wondering why he was on the panel, as I saw no investments on their part in either the adware or antispyware...
by Alex Eckelberry | Apr 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
Interesting article in CMPnet (currently only in the Asia edition). Gordon Mangione, MS veep for security spoke with a group of editors at CMP. Lifted from the article:- A for-fee enterprise anti-spyware product is expected as early as the first half of 2006.- 14...
by Alex Eckelberry | Apr 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
According to this article in Online Media Daily, 27% of consumers (nearly 3 out of 10) use an antispyware program to sweep cookies off their system.I do wish some in the antispyware industry were not so alarmist about cookies, which for the most part are relatively...
by Alex Eckelberry | Apr 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
Press release from the FTC.Here’s one idea: Free legal education to help kids get through EULAS! After all, that’s one of the big justifications spyware adware vendors use when foisting off their crapware. Alex Eckelberry
by Alex Eckelberry | Apr 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
Certain to appeal to the marketing wonk, DoubleClick has released a report entitled “The Decade in Online Advertising”. From the report:Yet, in this world of hyper-fragmented media and too many marketing messages, consumers are acting to avoid the...
