Blog Entries for June 24, 2009

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Online Security

On Tuesday, Ed White reported with the Associated Press that "the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail" has come clean and plead guilty to outstanding spam e-mail crimes he committed back in 2005. According to his charges, Alan Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, defrauded numerous people by manipulating Chinese stock prices- and raked in a cool $3 million. The "elaborate spam e-mail system" apparently inflated Chinese stocks on U.S. exchanges. On Monday, White pleaded guilty to "conspiracy,... read more.

• June 24, 2009
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in In the News

Back in January, I wrote about Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs - and his courageous battle against health problems and snippety investors.On Wednesday, Janet Blake reported with the Associated Press that sources from the Wall Street Journal maintain that Jobs "appears to be a step closer to returning to work," after what appears to be a wonderful recovery from a much-needed liver transplant.Dr. James D. Eason, chief of transplantation at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis, com... read more.

• June 24, 2009
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet

A couple of weeks ago, I watched the awesome, albeit long, Google Wave demo graciously provided by, well, Google. Now that's an hour and twenty minutes well-spent! I really encourage you to saddle up, lay back, and watch the Google Wave demo.The folks here at Hudson Horizons are extremely excited to work with the Google Wave platform when it goes live. In my opinion, it will absolutely revolutionize the way our company and countless others to connect and collaborate.Here's a peek at some of the features out... read more.

• June 24, 2009
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Social Networking Websites

This post first appeared in the aimClear blog.Six months ago, I was a complete tweet-novice. I heard people on the street saying, "Twitter is just a narcissistic portal in cyberspace where social butterflies on steroids and self-proclaimed web-celebrities can self-indulgently broadcast their personal agenda to the world (so long as it's under 140 characters)."For a while, I was one of these skeptics. I didn't understand Twitter and doubted it had much to offer, something I regularly heard from friends, clie... read more.

• June 24, 2009
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By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet

On Wednesday, Doug Caverly reported with WebProNews.com that Microsoft's spankin' new search engine, Bing, is, according to Caverly, "starting to look somewhat like the Energizer Bunny."At first, it seemed as if Bing was soaring sky high. Then, suddenly, Bing was down, sinking beneath struggling search engine, Yahoo!. Now, recent statistics show that Bing is "going and going (up)" in the areas of click shares and brand recognition.Efficient Frontier shows that "Bing {has}expanded its share of paid clicks fo... read more.

• June 24, 2009
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