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Adsense - The Powerful Passive Income Generator

Webmasters have a revolutionary new method of collecting income from their websites.
Whereas in the past advertising revenue was reserved for those sites with large a coming and going of visitors, now even teenagers are making a quick buck with their online hobby blogs. People place adsense on their online family photo albums, their blogs and their business sites. The minimum you would get, even with a small amount of traffic, is for adsense to pay for your hosting costs.

Adsense revolutionized the world of paid advertising; banner advertising is based on the number of visitors you attract to your site, so the number of banner impressions dictates the revenue you receive. Google Adsense is quite different; it is the number of visitors that actually click on the advertising that determine how much you earn.

Malware writers exploring Software as a Service model

The business of writing, buying, and selling malware has become increasingly commercial over the past few years, but a new report from online security firm Finjan sheds light on just how mainstream the crimeware business has gone. Earlier this month, the company discovered a small, standalone application gathering data on over 8,700 servers, including web sites from 2,500 North American companies and a handful of sites in Alexa's top 100 ranking. Potential buyers were able to log into the malicious server hosting the data-gathering service and evaluate any given web site's size and Google Page Rank to decide whether or not the site's FTP information was worth purchasing or not.

The concept of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is nothing new, but this is the first time anyone has organized the purchase of FTP login credentials, with additional tools available to help a buyer confirm he's making a smart purchase.

Business Briefs: Chamber organizes annual trade show

The Athens Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the annual Business Expo on March 27 at The Classic Center. Organizers for the 2008 Business Expo have adopted the theme "Let's Make a Deal" and will provide activities throughout the day. The day will start with a networking event, Business Before Hours, and end with award presentations at 4 p.m. The awards will include the annual Small Business Person of the Year.

Combat Training Solutions, a Stephens County company that manufactures simulated explosives for the military, announced that it plans to add more than 30 jobs and invest $1 million to expand a facility in Eastanollee.

IPOWER Joins RatePoint Partner Program

NEEDHAM, Mass. & PHOENIX --(Business Wire)-- RatePoint, the leader in providing businesses with the only comprehensive online reputation management and customer feedback platform available, and IPOWER, Inc. (www.ipower.com), a leading web-site hosting provider for small businesses, today announced a new partnership that will give IPOWER customers access to the RatePoint platform and consumer approval program.

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Mozilla patches critical Thunderbird flaw

The US Computer Emergency Response Team recommended that users update to the latest versions of both applications.

Saban acknowledges Alabama needs to address off-field issues

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Off-the-field problems have been piling up for Alabama's football team.

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Smirnoff Launches Music Series With Signature Reinterpretations of ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beginning this month, the makers of Smirnoff vodka are launching an exciting new Smirnoff Signature Mix Series, a campaign pairing three acclaimed rappers with contemporary beat- maestros to create new versions of iconic hip-hop songs. Nationally renowned artists Common, Q-Tip, and KRS-One are joining musical forces with Just Blaze, Cool & Dre, and DJ Premier to remix Common's "The Light," A Tribe Called Quest's "Midnight," and Boogie Down Productions' seminal "Criminal Minded."

Each artist/producer pairing represents a Smirnoff mixed drink made by blending one of the best-selling Smirnoff flavored vodka products with a popular mixer.

A weekend of voting - and shopping

You do not query the inequity of disenfranchising the hundreds of thousands of her supporters. A previous BBC article opined that if, by the time the convention is held, neither of the candidates has a clear majority, these delegates might well resolve any potential problem. This weekend's results were hardly unexpected and are not necessarily indicative of future voting patterns. If you saw "Sixty Minutes" on CBS, you will know that Mr Obama smiled a lot but said very little about what he would do as president, whereas Mrs Clinton was far more specific; there's none so blind as those who will not see! With regard to the Frank Rich column, a pity you did not link to Tad Devine's article in the same publication (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/opinion/10devine.html) in which he supports the notion of using super delegates, saying "Democratic leaders need to let the voters sort out which one of these two remarkable people will lead our party .

E-waiter, where's my food?

Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology that allows diners to order food directly off screens at their tables, instead of depending on fellow human beings to note their choices, sometimes grumpily or erroneously.

In Israel, Conceptic, a privately owned start-up company, has already installed the technology in sushi bars, pubs and family restaurants.

New Podcasting Model Disrupts the Conference Calling Industry and ...

While hundreds of conference calls take place every day, hardly any are convenient to the participant's schedule, attention span or can easily be reviewed if missed. Pioneer internet marketers are taking advantage of the growing trend of user convenience via podcasted audios.

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