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New Features Include Model Realviews, Dark Apparel 2.0, and Name-Your-Royalty
Zazzle, the only on-demand retail platform to offer billions of retail quality, one-of-a-kind products shipped within 24 hours, today announced the launch of their technology-powered platform and new business verticals focusing on music, entertainment and fashion. In addition, the company announced new features including Model Realviews, Dark Apparel 2.0, and Name-Your-Royalty.
The proprietary technology-powered platform enables Zazzle to offer revolutionary features currently not available anywhere else in the market-place. "These technologies will dramatically change the game for online retail," said James Heckman, Chief Strategy Officer of Zazzle. "The innovation is remarkable, and Zazzle's platform with the proprietary tools could allow any retailer or designer, regardless of size, to conduct business with similar distribution, inventory strength, and ability to market, as a major brand."
The new features unveiled today further Zazzle's offering of the most powerful array of customization tools, enabling users to create an infinite number of high quality products. Model Realviews, Dark Apparel 2.0 and Name-Your-Royalty are now available, providing an even more powerful experience for consumers, while also enabling sellers to earn more revenue.
A company has devised a way to listen in on phone calls over the internet and then send advertisements to callers.
Puddingmedia's software can register if someone is talking about going out to eat, for example, and then advertisements for local restaurants will flash up on a caller's screen. However, sometimes the software will send advertisements completely unrelated to the conversation, Puddingmedia admits. The New York Times quoted Ariel Maislos, chief executive of Puddingmedia, as saying: "We saw that when people are speaking on the phone, typically they were doing something else.
"They had a lot of other action, either doodling or surfing or something At like that. So we said, 'Let's use that' and actually present them with things that are relevant to the conversation while it's happening." At the moment the service is only available in the US. Meanwhile, users of the popular internet phone service Skype have been the target of a new worm which disguises itself as an instant message invitation, it has been reported.
Many Americans actually have less sex so they can spend more time online, according to a recent survey.
A full one in five internet surfers in the US admit that their sex lives suffer because they are on the internet so much, the survey from the ad agency JWT found. And only 18 percent of those surveyed said that they could last a week without getting on the internet. Ann Mack, director of trend spotting at JWT, said: "The internet is taking away from offline activities such as sex, socialising face-to-face, watching TV and reading newspapers and magazines.
"I don't suppose their partners are too pleased about it." The survey also found that more than 25 percent of people meet up with their friends less often because of the internet. JWT surveyed 1,011 Americans during its research.
By 2010, approximately 71 million homes in the US will have access to high-speed internet, according to recent research from Forrester, reports CNet.
After going on a three-day internet video game marathon, a man in Guangzhou, China, dropped dead, it has been reported.
Local officials said that the man, in his 30s, was rushed hospital after collapsing in an internet cafe, but doctors could not save him, reports the Beijing News. The most likely cause of the man's death was exhaustion, authorities said. "Police have ruled out the possibility of suicide", the paper quoted them as saying.
After the US, China has the second largest amount of internet users in the world with 137 million, according to figures from China Internet Networks Information Centre. Last year alone the country's amount of internet users rose by 23.4 per cent and it is widely predicted to catch up and pass the US in the next few years. Some cities in China have set up clinics for those who suffer from an addiction to getting online, reports the Associated Press.
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The number of consumer VoIP subscribers in the United States is estimated to reach 23.3 million by 2011, up from 11.8 million in the second quarter of 2007, according to TeleGeography's "US VoIP Research Service."
TeleGeography also projected that by 2011 VoIP penetration in Europe will be about twice as high as in the US.
"VoIP service in the US has emerged as a mainstream service that is causing traditional service providers some headaches," said Stephan Beckert, TeleGeography analyst, in a statement. "However, in Europe, VoIP could fundamentally change the structure of the fixed-line market."
European VoIP providers have better access to incumbents' local copper loops, which is driving the continent's VoIP growth. Aggressive competition and pricing and active participation by incumbent operators such as France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and British Telecom are also drawing subscribers.
Incumbent service providers accounted for 26% of VoIP subscribers in Europe. By contrast, AT&T, Verizon and Qwest have not been especially competitive in the market.
The Atlanta-based internet provider Earthlink has announced that it is to cut half of its workforce in a bid to reduce operating costs.
Approximately 900 jobs are to be cut by the company as part of a battle to increase revenues. This includes the closure of offices in San Francisco, Orlando and Knoxville. Earthlink will also repurchase $200 million of its own stock.
The company has reported four consecutive quarters of losses and its stock price has been steadily falling. Internet users are increasingly turning to high-speed broadband networks rather than dial-up, a trend which has impacted badly on Earthlink. The recent poor performance of the company could also affect Earthlink's plans to build city-wide Wi-Fi networks. Chief executive of Earthlink Rolla Huff was quoted by Cnet as saying: "I love the concept of citywide Wi-Fi
"But a business model built around EarthLink fronting all the capital and then paying for subscribers one at a time is not viable." Founded in 1994, Earthlink offers satellite, cable and VoIP services in addition to its dial-up service.
Security issues with Apple's Safari browser and the OS X operating system have come under fire by security expert Charles Miller.
Speaking last week, Mr Miller said he had remained quiet about flaws in Apple's security as he was concerned someone would be able to exploit the flaw. However, now that a patch has been issued to correct the problem, he states the firm had been "negligent" as problems with its security had made its iPhone product vulnerable to attack, reports CMP United Business Media.
Nevertheless, Mr Millar did state that Apple's proactive attitude in relation to potential security flaws raises it above its competitors. "One thing that Apple does do that Microsoft doesn't, is they proactively fix vulnerabilities that they find," he told the website. "Microsoft, only in rare cases will issue a security update for bugs they find internally until someone else finds it and reports it."
Mr Miller also concluded that, although the Mac OS X system is behind Microsoft in terms of development, he "still loves his iPhone". Apple expected to sell more iPhones than it actually did during the first month following the product's launch. for information on other digital products and services visit www.dsldance.com
Internet users have been warned of thousands of fake emails purporting to be from various government agencies being disseminated around the internet.
The emails pretend to be from agencies such as the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Those that receive the emails are asked to divulge personal details such as social security numbers and bank account information.
Lois Greisman, associate director of the FTC's division of marketing practices, said: "We are the agency that brought you the Do Not Call Registry and CAN-SPAM. "We're not likely to send out unsolicited emails." CAN-SPAM is a law from 2003 that restricts the sending of commercial spam emails. According to a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the number of phishing websites rose to 37,438 in May of this year, compared to 11,976 during the same month in 2006.
Last month, the Treasury said that it has received thousands of complaints about spam emails claiming to be from the IRS. For more information on digital products and services visit www.dsldance.com
The popular Firefox web browser is has the same security flaw that Internet Explorer does, Mozilla has admitted.
Mozilla had originally stated that Microsoft was responsible for an input validation bug that passes possibly malicious URLs to other applications. However, Mozilla's chief security officer, Window Snyder, has admitted that Firefox has the same "critical vulnerability". Ms. Snyder said: "Over the weekend, we learned about a new scenario that identifies ways that Firefox could also be used as the entry point.
"We thought this was just a problem with IE. It turns out, it is a problem with Firefox as well." When a user is browsing the internet with Firefox, a special URL could be used to send malicious data to another application, she added. There is possibly another security issue that Mozilla must face in its password manager system, which stores user passwords. Snyder told internetnews.com recently that the programme was being considered for a total rewrite.
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Apple's much-touted new iPhone has been hacked into by a team of security experts in Maryland.
Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) has claimed that it has found a flaw in the iPhone which could let hackers access private data kept on the phone. A cyber criminal could gain entry to the phone either through a wireless access point or a website, according to ISE. Since its release earlier this month hackers all over the world have been trying to find a weakness in iPhone, however this is the first successful attempt.
ISE explained that the iPhone connects to wireless internet networks by name, so an attacker could conceivably make up a network with the same name as one already used by the phone. Then instead of accessing a web page, the phone would access exploit code, allowing a hacker to control the phone. A spokesperson from Apple told the New York Times: "Apple takes security very seriously and has a great track record of addressing potential vulnerabilities before they can affect users."
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