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Archive for April, 2005

PostHeaderIcon Advertisers Sue ALL the major PPC Search Engines

It was only a matter of time: The lawsuit names Yahoo! Inc., Overture Services, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Netscape Communications Corp., Ask Jeeves Inc., Buena Vista Internet group, Google Inc., Lycos Inc., Looksmart Ltd. and Findwhat.com Inc. as defendants in the national class action lawsuit.

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PostHeaderIcon Phishing incidents continue to increase. New identity theft techniques may destroy the Internet

The Anti-Phishing Working Group reports a 26% average monthly growth rate for the period of July through February 2005. Unfortunately, our previous predictions have come true with a few new twists and turns for your reading pleasure.

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