GeneralOnline Ads: Slowing but Still Growing

Spending on Net ads in the U.S. was close to $10 billion in the first half of 2007.

Recommend this story? Yes No Please Wait... The growth in online ad spending on U.S. Web sites slowed in the first half of 2007, compared with the same period last year, but the market is still experiencing a boom, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).Ad spending hit almost US$10 billion in the first half of 2007, up 26.4 percent from the same period in 2006, and featured the first ever quarterly revenue of over $5 billion, the IAB said Thursday."We have every reason to believe, based on torrid sequential growth quarter after quarter, and year after year, that robust growth will continue," said David Doty, an IAB senior vice president.Growth slowed compared with last year's first half, when spending increased 37 percent over 2005's first half. However, that is mainly... [ Read more on www.pcworld.com ]

GeneralCapitalising on security flaws

Jared DeMott is getting out of the vulnerability sales business. He has had enough of trying to sell information about security flaws to companies who do not seem interested.

GeneralEMC buys Mozy online data backup business

EMC has acquired Berkeley Data Systems, the provider of the Mozy online backup and recovery services.