Industry News

Why Spamcop got yanked
Anyone who tried reporting spam to the popular Spamcop service this weekend got a nasty surprise. The site had bizarrely disappeared. And no, it wasn't a server outage. [The Register]

Health Related Searching Debate
Medical experts are debating whether or not search engines are being used to their full potential to find out information on health issues. [HealthCentral]

Ireland domain registry CEO resigns
The chief executive of Ireland's domain registry, IEDR, has resigned on the eve of a disciplinary hearing, bringing to a close 13 months of infighting at the company. [The Register]

Ask Jeeves Beefs Up Product Search
Internet search service provider Ask Jeeves is beefing up its product search capabilities for the busy holiday shopping season. [PC World]

Web publishers attack BBC Online
BBC Online came under sustained attack from publishers and media experts for damaging the commercial online advertising market at a policy forum yesterday, witnessed by the man who will oversee a wide-ranging review of its services. [Media Week]

Worldpay takes a hit
Leading e-commerce provider WorldPay suffers heavy 'denial-of-service' attack, hitting many high profile clients such as Sony Music and Vodaphone.

Mamma.com Increases Sales by 124%
MONTREAL Intasys Corporation, reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003.

It's raining men
With men aged 18 to 34 deserting network television, interactive marketers are praying they'll show up online instead, and they are!

Microsoft posts bounty for hackers
Microsoft announced it's offering separate rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the instigators of malicious viruses.[InternetNews]

Search Contest Looms Between Microsoft, Google
In a move reminiscent of its hardball assault on Netscape in the browser wars of the mid-1990s, Microsoft is stepping up its effort in search engines--and that means Google could be in the software colossus's sights. [WebTech]