Recently, Google announced changes to their AdWords policy that will give advertisers more control over what sites display their ads.

Barclays is making its return to South African business as it pays $5.5 billion for a majority stake in Absa.

Two potential JavaScript exploits have been reported to Mozilla, and active exploit code may exist.

Department of Homeland Security deploys a hand vacuum sized device that can detect large quantities of cash chemically.

I’ve been saying this for a while too — the word “blog” will become obsolete. For business purposes we will not need it in the future. But we sure need all the features of the blog.

British school kids may see changes to their computer desktops in school, should a new study have significant impact.

The Quality of Your French is Key!

When purchasing mutual funds we are cautioned to read the prospectus, look at past performance, check out the fund manager’s record and see what their expense ratios have been.

Sun Microsystems announced the selection of four cities to replace Silicon Valley as its research and development center.

European aerospace firm EADS which owns 80% of Airbus, had a big boost in profit thanks to deliveries of Airbus jets.

The online service provider opens up AOL Journals to users of its AIM instant messenger service.

Wait a second, is Nick Denton trying to mine a new vein of anti-blog-hype? Here, listen in…

Google went offline for a while tonight. Google Blogoscoped was the first to report it, noticing that Google.com, Google News, and Froogle were down.

The New York Times Article on Nick Denton and Gawker has an array of interesting titbits in it that will make a good weekend read for any aspiring ProBloggers.

If at first you don’t succeed – try try again In my regular reading of Adsense discussion forums I often read stories of people being declined acceptance into the program.

Very interesting. On Google I’m the #1 “robert.” But on MSN, I’m #43. On Yahoo I’m #7.

Nick Denton, the expat Brit and creator of the Gawker Media blog network, is interviewed today in the New York Times.

PR Machine noted recently that P&G is now marketing via blogs. According to AdRants, it’s via a …

Well, last week was a very interesting one for me. I met so many interesting people. I wish I had more time with all of them.

One of my all time favorite web searches is for the words “click here.” Whenever someone asks how much anchor text matters, I tell them to search for those two little words.

Four days of hearings have begun about the way students in Kansas schools are taught about life’s origins.

After being criticized by employees and gay-rights activists, Microsoft changed its position on a Washington state gay-rights bill.