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Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact

Deal aimed at better serving corporate customers using both Linux and Windows; Dell will help customers migrate to Novell's Suse Linux.



SecureIDA Lays Foundation For Future Enhancements ...

... Future Enhancements With New Intelligent Self-Diagnosing Installation Tool C/Net to Offer SecureIDA Free Managed VPN and Remote Access Service Download Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 28, 2007 - WorldExtend, the remote ...


British banks accused of lending-fee scam

British banks refunding $2 billion to customers for illegally inflating mortgage-exit fees are now inflating up-front fees, a consumer advocacy group alleged.


Home loan demand slumps despite lower rates

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage applications fell for a second consecutive week, reflecting a drop in demand for home purchase and refinancing loans even as interest rates sank, an industry group said on Wednesday.


How to Combine Affiliate Marketing with Other Home Businesses Posted By : Stephanie Foster

Sometimes you can combine your business efforts to make the most of your income potential. Adding affiliate marketing to your current business may be a way to do this.


Industry Numbers, SEOmoz Stats & the New York Social Media Event

Posted by randfish

So much to fit into one blog post (and technically, I'm still on vacation). Technically, this is three separate subjects, so I'll segment :)

Industry Numbers
For the outside investment we're seeking, I've had to dig around a bit for industry data to help predict the total number of people in the world conducting search marketing professionally - here's what I've got:

Members at major industry forums:

Conference attendees (these are all estimates or hearsay)

Industry data sources on search marketing expenditures/size:

Search Market Size Estimates

MarketingSherpa SEO Spend Chart

If you've got more industry data that you think is valuable, relevant or revealing, I'd love to list it here, so feel free to suggest it in the comments.

SEOmoz Stats
Since member Derek Dunne asked about where SEOmoz's visitors come from, I figured it would be a good time to provide an update to our last stats dump back in January.

We're still planning to do our usual end-of-year wrap up with even more complete data :)

SMX Social Media in New York City
We're pretty excited about this one, and since there's only a few days left to register at the early bird rate, I'd highly urge folks to run over to SEL, read the 9 reasons why you should go, and get booking. Social media marketing & linkbaiting are critical components of search marketing, and if you want to hone your skills and network with some of the best in the business (there's only seats for 200 attendees), I highly recommend it. I'll be speaking there on a couple topics, and Rebecca may also be there (hopefully we'll hear back from Danny soon).

Cool topics include specialized sessions on social news sites, social bookmarking & tagging, leveraging social networking & Wikipedia spamming, err... optimization. The full agenda's online, and the cost is $1,095 until September 7.

I'll be back in Seattle tomorrow night, and should be returning emails, calls, etc. by Wednesday.

p.s. If you ever find yourself in St. George, Utah, don't miss the Painted Pony restaurant - the prices are closer to Vegas, but the food was even better than the meal we had at Keller's Bouchon.


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Cassini-Huygens: 10 Years and Going Strong

NASA and ESA scientists celebrate the 10th anniversary Monday of the launch of the extremely successful Cassini-Huygens mission. Wired News marks the occasion with a gallery of the probe's best shots.


Next Newsroom Project coming to Duke in April

Next Newsroom Project coming to Duke in April Chris O'Brien of the San Jose Mercury News, who's putting together The Next Newsroom Project at Duke University on behalf of the Knight Foundation, wants to pass along word of the gathering April 3-4 in Durham, N.C.: (Read on Source)


No excuses -- encrypt all laptops

... project identifies the following three issues: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - A buffer overflow vulnerability ... detection. This project provides 3 parts: the kernel module ipt_pkd, the iptables user space module ...


Eagles Notes: Shawn Andrews remains absent

Eagles Notes: Shawn Andrews remains absent Eagles Notes BETHLEHEM, Pa. - There was no indication yesterday that the Eagles were any closer to resolving the issue that has kept Shawn Andrews from reporting to training camp. (Read on Source)


Key Takeaways From SMX Advanced For In-House SEMs

Key Takeaways From SMX Advanced For In-House SEMs Perhaps for the first time ever I'm guilty of being slack. Either that or I've been seriously buried (a condition I'm sure most in-house SEMs are quite familiar with). Although there was some great live blogging of SMX Advanced, nobody to my knowledge summarized key takeaways for in-house search marketers. So here are what I consider the most ... (Read on Source)


Discover the Secret Connection Between Humans and Animals with The Manadoob and Best Friends Animal

The all-new Manadoob Secret Connection Kit is a novel and game, together with an interactive website, that invites kids to join these mystical animals on their adventures. By imparting messages of wisdom learned over thousands of years, the Manadoob teach kids to listen to their hearts and believe in themselves. A partnership has been signed to launch The Manadoob with Best Friends Animal Society, one of America's foremost animal rescue organizations who operate the country's largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals. The Manadoob will donate a percentage of profits to the Society on all purchases. (PRWeb Aug 26, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1248704.htm


Keith Bullock Presumably Jumps on Board the 'I Don't Care for Vince Young' Bandwagon

Keith Bullock Presumably Jumps on Board the 'I Don't Care for Vince Young' Bandwagon Filed under: Titans , AFC South , NFL Rumors The whole " Vince Young Quits on Team" business from Sunday was bizarre enough with just Jeff Fisher making things awkward, Titans players refusing to talk about what happened with their quarterback, and VY getting injured after finally returning to the game. I mean, wha' happen? Seriously, someone ... (Read on Source)


Microsoft's Windows Live Wave 3 beta sneaks online

Microsoft's software-and-services solution, Windows Live, has come a long way since its conception in November 2005. Back in 2005, Windows Live proved ...


Making Google Products Easier To Use Is Not 'Encouraging Stealing'

Recently, Google Docs unveiled a number of new features including a built-in way to use Google Image Search to find pictures to complement written documents. Many people already use Google Image Search to find suitable graphics, regardless of the owner or copyright status, but this streamlining has some people calling foul. Under a provocative title suggesting that Google is "encouraging schoolchildren to steal photos," Steve Rubel continues to propagate the confusion between theft and infringement. No matter how many times we explain it, people just don't seem to understand that copyright infringement is not theft. Theft involves the removal of a rival good whereas copyright infringement makes a copy, leaving others' use uninhibited. Although the suggestion of expanding Google's Creative Commons filter is a welcome one, I doubt users who want to only use properly licensed content will fail to do so because of Google Doc's new feature. And those who want to use copyrighted images will do so whether or not they have to simply right click or open a new tab and search. All Google is doing here is making its perfectly legal features work better together. That's about efficiency, not "stealing."

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US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary (Reuters)

Reuters - Filmmaker Michael Moore released his latest documentary for free on the Internet on Tuesday, marking a first for the maverick director who aims to encourage young people to vote -- preferably for Democrats -- in November's U.S. presidential election. "Slacker Uprising," a feature-length film documenting Moore's tour of swing states during the 2004 presidential election year, was made available for a free download instead of being released in movie theaters.


Re: Credit Is Not a Civil Right

Re: Credit Is Not a Civil Right Reader Nicholas informs me that NRODT beat me to the punch -- by 15 years: QUIETLY, behind the scenes, the Clinton Administration is preparing for the biggest regulatory crackdown of recent years. Attorney General Janet Reno is linking up with banking regulators and with HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros to end the supposed epidemic of discrimination ... (Read on Source)


Alfresco's John Newton Gives His View of the Cloud

Tech Treasures: "There are security risks and data ownership issues that you have to take into consideration. To get another point of view on the matter, I talked to John Newton, who is the Chairman and CTO at open source content management Alfresco..."


Hardy Flowers and Bees

Hardy Flowers and Bees Despite having dipped below freezing on three mornings in the past week, we do still have some hardy plants flowering. One of these is Goldentop, Euthamia graminifolia . I notice in that Nov 6 2006 post that the same little bees were abundant on the flowers in the warm sunshine. That was the year these goldentops appeared, as if by magic, around ... (Read on Source)


What’s All the Buzz? Blogging’s Not Really Dead

In the news this week, BuzzLogic reports that blogging is in fact NOT dead. After conducting a study with Jupiter Research, they found 50% of blog readers say blogs influence their purchasing decisions. Another study, done by Microsoft, “Reveals the Online and Digital Behavior of Women,” showing that 86% of women pass along ... (Read on Source)


Roadrunner outraces supercomputer rivals

In the latest ranking of high-performance computers, the IBM-based Roadrunner system at Los Alamos National Laboratory once again crosses the petaflop barrier.


eBay Sees First-Ever Revenue Drop

Recession cuts deep at e-commerce giant.


Safari challenges Chrome on Web app speed

Google's browser rules the roost when it comes to JavaScript speed, but Safari is the first to come anywhere close on Google's V8 benchmark.


ETF Corner 03042009

ETF Corner 03042009...


FDA Warns Against Use Of ED Supplements

ROCKVILLE, Md. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to avoid a number of Chinese dietary supplements being marketed for erectile dysfunction (ED) because they contain undeclared active ingredients that are otherwise found in prescription ED drugs. Full story on lexis.com


Mars Probes Team Up to Save Stuck Rover

NASA is pulling out all the stops to try to get the mired Spirit rover out of the Martian sand and rolling again. NASA's rover project team is using the Spirit rover and other spacecraft at Mars to begin developing the best maneuvers for extracting Spirit from the soft Martian ground where it has become embedded. (Read on Source)


Defeating Nicotine's Double Role In Lung Cancer

A lung cancer treatment that inhibits nicotine receptors was shown to double survival time in mice, according to new research.


Launch of LRO on YouTube

NASA has uploaded video of the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter on YouTube. It’s pretty cool. I love how they are routinely putting webcams on the rockets now! (Read on Source)


Scrub tech causes major hepatitis scare in Colo.

Scrub tech causes major hepatitis scare in Colo. (AP) -- Kimberly Spencer's 9-year-old son went to Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center last month for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. The rambunctious child stuck a BB in his ear and doctors had to operate to remove it. (Read on Source)