WebProNews

World Bank Hacking - Great Timing

The world bank has been hacked repeatedly over the last year according to a report on Dark Reading, which once again brings out the question, where was the information security team on this one?

Lime Wire Wants to Play By the Rules

File sharing outfit Lime Wire is looking to go the way of Napster, but in an even bigger way. As it continues to battle the RIAA in legal matters, independent labels are embracing the service as it strives to become legitimate.

YouTube Finallly Looks to Full-Length TV Episodes

YouTube has finally gotten to the point where they are going to start offering full-length episodes of TV shows, presumably to compete directly with Hulu and its ilk.

Ebay Chiefs Opposites On Political Spectrum

Former president and CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman, was thrust into the national spotlight once again after Republican presidential nominee John McCain dropped her name as possible Treasury Secretary at Tuesday night’s debate with Barack Obama. Judging from cofounder Pierre Omidyar’s Twitter account, he took issue with McCain’s assertions.

Report: Google Preparing iPhone-Specific Ads

Let's stereotype the average iPhone user, shall we?  He's young, an early adopter, and not poor - an advertiser's dream.  So, as a new report indicates that Google's gearing up to deal with iPhone-specific ads, the plan makes perfect sense.

Kentucky’s Gambling Assault Featured On Digg, YouTube

What is it about politicians? They seem great when running for office and once they get there they either do dumb stuff or reach for powers not given to them. In Kentucky’s case, it’s both, unfortunately, and when Governor Beshear talks about the threat of online gambling, every sensible thing he ever said flies out the window.

Digg Cuts A Couple of Features

Digg has decided to do away with a couple features, namely Digg Podcasts and Digg Spy. As Daniel Burka at Digg The Blog notes, subtraction can sometimes be a form of improvement, and Digg believes this is the case here. He writes:

Microsoft Launches Tech News Aggregator

Microsoft has released a tech news aggregator at microsoft.com/web that seemingly has little or nothing to do with Live Search News, though I have to wonder if it might be integrated somehow further down the road.

LinkedIn Downtime Turning Heads

If LinkedIn has its way, the image of a blue-robed wizard will become nowhere near as familiar as Twitter's fail whale.  But in what might be a good or bad sign for the company, this symbol of downtime is indeed being seen more frequently.

Google Offers Inbound Link Advice

Google’s Maile Ohye concluded Link Week with a tutorial on inbound links. It says basically what SEO experts have been saying for years: content and inbound links are most important, and in that order.