Watchdog to tackle online travel advertising

Online advertisements will come under the regulation of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in 2011.

Osman Rashid: Technology in the Classroom: Why It Needs to Catch Up -- And Fast

American students need to be educated in an innovative system that brilliantly and elegantly integrates the same technology required to succeed in their lives.

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Sept 4 2010

September 4, 2010 -- There were many Web hosting sales and promos this week including a riddle contest from Namecheap, and discounts from Codero for leasing multiple servers. LCN.com and ResellerClub are also continuing their September promotions.

Top Ten Most Viral Ads Ever

Advertising Age Puts Together List; Expert Explains Why We Love Them So Much We Watch Them Over and Over Online

Medicines For Malaria Venture MMV Joins The Pool For Open Innovation Against Neglected Tropical Diseases

1888PressRelease Global Health Progress supports MMV's decision to contribute its intellectual property.Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV - Global Health Progress GHP is pleased to highlight the announcement that the not-for-profit public-private partnership Medicines for Malaria Venture MMV will became the first product development partnership PDP to contribute intellectual property to The Pool for...

Wave of liquor control change may hit Oregon

The stylized image of a martini glass on Saleem Noorani’s “Cork & Bottle Shoppe” sign beckons passers-by to stop in for cocktail supplies. For would-be customers who aren’t driving by his Gateway area store, Noorani snagged the catchy Internet domain name, oregonliquor.com, to promote his premium spirits and cigars. And …

EMS safety perceptions vary widely

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Safety perceptions among U.S. and Canadian emergency medical services agencies vary widely, researchers found. Emergency medical services - Health - Public Health and Safety - Emergency Services - Medical

Icann starts search for new board member

Dubai Amid a global push to make the internet more multilingual, overseers of the world’s domain names are casting a net for a new board member from abroad.

ChristWire Web Site Mixes Satire, Religion and the Weather

The “Is My Husband Gay?” column brought new popularity to Christwire. Yes, it’s all one big joke.

Shane Snow: How to Become an Internet Land Baron

Domains cost anywhere from a few dollars to a few hundred, depending on who's in charge; in secondary markets, valuable domain names can sell for hundreds of thousands. Enter Juan Diego Calle.

Online gambling strictly illegal

IF you spend your time at home trying to make quick buck on your computer playing online poker, blackjack, slots or betting on sports anywhere in South Africa, you’re doing so illegally.

IBM Code Unfetters Virtual Workloads

Some of the first fruits of a European Union-funded project led by IBM are making their way into the field of cloud computing, in the form of a virtual machine migration technology.

New Pro Feature Easily Embed Facebook 'Like' buttons in Tabsite

Facebook TabSite is pleased to announce the roll-out of a new feature for TabSite Pro accounts. With a couple clicks and a webpage url to 'Like' , it is incredibly easy to add the Facebook 'Like' to your TabSite. You can add the 'Like' for people to 'Like' your Facebook Page, or you can specify product url's from your website so that visitors on Facebook can 'Like' specific productsThe 'Like'...

Google Power User Tips: SERP URL Parameters

In Part 1, we looked at query operators for refining our searches. Now for Part 2, let’s look at parameters that we can add/modify in the URL of the the Google SERP (search engine results page.)

Duke Nukem Forever appearing at 2K's PAX booth [update: pictured!]

digg_url = 'http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/03/duke-nukem-forever-rumored-at-pax/'; "OMG, Duke Nukem is at PAX!" At least, according to an effusive tweet from Joystiq alum Dustin Burg. In addition, a source at the convention told Joystiq that images of Duke Nukem are visible at the 2K booth, which has yet to open to the public. The Gearbox logo can be seen, but the ...

Dakota County Sheriff’s Web domain name purchase raises questions

Bellows: “I’m sorry I did it” by Laura Adelmann Thisweek Newspapers Last June, months before Apple Valley Police Sgt. Mitch Scott announced he was running for Dakota County sheriff, his opponent, Dave Bellows, purchased the domain name mitchscottforsheriff.com. Bellows, who was appointed Dakota County sheriff by county commissioners after the surprise retirement of former Sheriff Don Gudmundson ...

New Report - U.S. Digestive Health Ingredients Markets (2010 - 2015) - MarketsandMarkets

DALLAS, Texas, September 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Buy this report now: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/digestive-health-ingredients- 225.html (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the space if one exists.) This market report analyzes the trends ...

Guitar Sidekick brings your phone to your guitar, while your guitar gently weeps

digg_url = 'http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/03/guitar-sidekick-brings-your-phone-to-your-guitar-while-your-gui/'; You may not want to be seen rocking one of these at your next gig, but if you've been trying to juggle your phone and guitar while using some of the endless number of apps out there, you might just want to consider this so-called Guitar Sidekick from Castiv ...

James Love: White House Blocks Disclosure of Secret intellectual property trade text

The Obama Administration has again blocked the public release of the text of an important intellectual property enforcement agreement. The White House has made the...

Soligenix Announces Publication Of Article Identifying Domains Within The Ricin Toxin A Subunit As Targets Of ...

Soligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced the publication of an article online in Vaccine. The article describes the systematic identification of neutralizing and non-neutralizing B-cell epitopes on ricin toxin's enzymatic A subunit (RTA). An inactivated form of RTA is the primary component of RiVax™, the Company's ...

Twitter crackdown on hackers posting links to viruses with launch of URL shortening service

The company said the move was being taken to improve security, which has been hit by links which lead to fraudulent sites.

Chugai files Xeloda NDA with Japanese authority seeking nod for new indication to treat advanced or refractory gastric ...

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced that it filed a new drug application (NDA) on September 1, based on evidence in the public domain with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), seeking approval for the indication "advanced or refractory gastric cancer in patients who are not candidates for curative surgery" for the anti-cancer agent capecitabine (brand name: Xeloda ...

Deidre Hall Sues Fan Club Boss for 'Unauthorized Exploitation'

The actress accuses Cathleen Paradis of using several internet domains to 'sell unauthorized merchandise' and now seeks unspecified monetary damages with the lawsuit.

Online ad revenue projected to surge from Internet usage

Revenue from online advertisements is expected to see an explosive growth in China over the next three years as advertisers clamor for more eyeballs as Internet usage peaks, according to a senior executive from Renren.com.

Bingo.com Announces Purchase of Domain Name Payments

ANGUILLA, BRITISH WEST INDIES-- (Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2010) - Bingo.com, Ltd. (OTCBB:BNGOF) , owner of the popular online gaming community http://www.bingo.com , today announced the purchase of the remaining Domain Name payments connected with the top level domain www.bingo.com as contemplated in the Asset Purchase Agreement dated January 18 ...

The Intellectual Property Icons

The IP Coalition has awarded eight Manila-based business establishments for their commitment to adopt and implement a policy of intellectual integrity, which entails not only respect for and recognition of their rights to their own intellectual creations, but also the rights of others and to deal only with products and services which do not infringe upon intellectual property rights.

Twitter Adopts OAuth, Expands URL Shortener Roll Out

Twitter aims to forgo passwords, and push an enhanced URL shortening service designed to heighten security and provide relevant content.

Parked Network Solutions domains served up malware

Network Solutions has disabled a widget used in parked domains that were found to be serving up malware, according to security firm Armorize.

Jedi Mind changes its name amid Lucas pressure

Jedi Mind decides to change its name to Mind Technologies after LucasFilm sues the company for trademark infringement, and it removes all mention of Jedi from its offerings. Originally posted at The Digital Home

Fighting intensifies over how to enforce intellectual property laws [UPDATED]

Barack Obama may be the country's most tech-friendly president ever, as comfortable discussing Net neutrality as Swiss neutrality. But his administration is caught in at least three pitched battles over intellectual property that could leave tech advocates wondering why they were so optimistic about his presidency. One fight stems from the secretive negotiations over the Anti-Counterfeiting ...

Moniker and SnapNames Announce Three Auctions Featuring Premium Domain Names and Developed Web Sites

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the next 35 days Oversee.net® companies Moniker® and SnapNames® will host three separate auctions for premium domain names and Web sites. The auctions will feature some of the world's most appealing and valuable Internet real estate properties, including names like Restaurants.com and Smile.com, as well as fully developed Web sites like Wifi.com and Maid ...

SecondWind Marketplace Announces The Launch Of Its Beta Website

(1888PressRelease) SecondWind Marketplace, a premier online auction listing site where you can buy and sell existing websites and domains, announces the launch of a new beta web site SecondWindMarketplace.com.

Moniker and SnapNames Announce Three Auctions Featuring Premium Domain Names and Developed Web Sites

Over the next 35 days Oversee.netÂ® companies MonikerÂ® and SnapNamesÂ® will host three separate auctions for premium domain names and Web sites. The auctions will feature some of the world's most appealing and valuable Internet real estate properties, including names like Restaurants.com and Smile.com, as well as fully developed Web sites like Wifi.com and Maid.com.

Twitter URL-shortener to keep track of all links clicked

The microblogging site has said that all users will be switched to its own link shortener, which will allow the company to record and analyse what they click on ( ZDNet UK - Security )

Twitter launches T.co, its own URL shortening service

Today social networking site Twitter announced that it has launched its own URL shortening service, T.co, that will be integrated into its Twitter service. It appears that the service will not, at least initially, be available for use in non-Twitter applications. Services like these are used by people to create shorter URLs that are more friendly to mobile and take up less space in text messages ...

Controversial Domain Name 'CO2.com' to Be Auctioned Off at the Epik.com Domain Conference On 'International Ozone Day'

SEATTLE , Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Epik.com, a leading domain name development company, has released a list of developed, revenue-generating websites that will be featured at auction on September 16 , starting at 1:30 pm at the Bell Harbor Conference Center Bay Auditorium in Seattle . The auction is part of the inaugural Epik.com Domain Developers Conference being held Sept. 15 - 17 in Seattle at ...

Twitter To Roll Out URL Shortener To All By End Of Year

Twitter's link shortener, available to all by year's end, hopes to boost security, but is bad for th

Industry needs to enhance knowledge across domains to tap burgeoning opportunity in global arena: Expert

With drugs going off patent over the next three years valued at around a whopping Rs 3,20,000 crore (US$ 80 billion) and also increased penetration of generics in the global market, Indian pharmaceutical industry sees a great opportunity and various stakeholders are gearing up to obtain a share in the pie that appears to be lucrative.

Cocktails As Intellectual Property: Should Bartenders Copyright Their Work?

Last month, at Tales of the Cocktail, a week-long convention for the spirits industry in New Orleans, Eben Freeman, best known as the creator of smoked Coke and "solid" cocktails at the now-defunct Tailor in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, gave a seminar on protecting one's intellectual property as a bartender.

Advertising Standards Authority to regulate online ads

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been granted new powers toregulate all online adverts in a move that will put increasing pressure on website owners and advertisers.

Intellectual Property

Dr. Michael Blaine Brooks, of the Law Office of Michael Blaine Brooks, delivered a presentation on "Advancing US Cases via the PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway" to the Ventura County (CA) Bar Association recently.

Advertising watchdog moves online

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its remit to cover the online realm.

Advertising Standards Authority extends remit to cover all online ads

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its digital remit to include all marketing communications online in all sectors regardless of an organisation's size.

Advertising regulations extended to cover websites

Full advertising regulations are to be extended to retailers' own websites and online areas like Twitter and Facebook, it was announced today.

Advertising Standards Authority gets online power

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its remit to cover the online realm. It means that online marketing and ads will, from 1 March 2011, be subject to the same strict advertising rules as traditional media.

Intellectual Property

Recognizing, protecting and exploiting Intellectual Property ("IP") assets has never been more important to businesses.

Hacking online advertising - Two recent ads contradict common attitudes and hint at something bigger.

Grand and bold declarations about the demise of online advertising -- and the web itself -- get all the attention. But two recent ads serve as countermeasures to the gloom: hackers are calibrating online advertising to serve their own specific needs.

Partner - Intellectual Property & Commercial - London - London - Legal -

Partner - Intellectual Property & Commercial - London Partner - Intellectual Property and Commercial Law - London Prestigious city law firm are currently looking for a Partner to join their London office for their Intellectual Property and Commercial department The ideal candidate will · Have a proven track record of partnership in another reputable city practice · Have background dealing with a ...

Partner - Intellectual Property & Commercial - London - City of London - Legal -

Partner - Intellectual Property and Commercial Law - London Prestigious city law firm are currently looking for a Partner to join their London office for their Intellectual Property and Commercial department The ideal candidate will · Have a proven track record of partnership in another reputable city practice · Have background dealing with a mix of Intellectual Property and Commercial matters ...

Intellectual Property

Recently, an increasing number of opinions from the State Intellectual Property Office ( "SIPO" ) indicate that applications for patent protection for some inventions do not fall under the scope provided in Paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the PRC Patent Law , which defines an "'invention' as any new technical solution relating to a product, a process, or improvement thereof."