Google reached an agreement yesterday to acquire the online advertising company DoubleClick from two private equity firms. The acquisition will cost Google $3.1 billion in cash, an amount that was almost double the $1.65 billion in stock that Google paid for YouTube late last year. It looks like Google has found a use for [...]

The “Storm Trojan” is snowballing out of control… this worm tries to trick you into installing a patch “to clean your computer” and pretends to be from your service provider stating that you have sent out a large amount of email. Playing om your fears, it attaches a zip file (with randomly generated name and [...]

A lot of people think that all you have to do is build a web site, and They Will Come (sort of like the field of dreams.) But they are wrong. Like any other advertising vehicle, you need a solid marketing plan in order to build your web sites traffic. Ideally, you will build [...]

Sometimes I think that everything old is new again. Or to put it another way - those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

A few years ago I worked as an IT person in a Large Company. And after I got nicely settled in,management wanted me to be 'more accessible.' Read [...]