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Richard MacManus, founder and editor of the blog ReadWriteWeb, had a disturbing correspondence with a (seemingly) Russian "brand squatter," a person MacManus describes as one trying to piggyback on his blog brand name for financial game.

There are dozens of YouTube competitors, and most people would be hard-pressed to name four of them - they’re often (comparatively) itty-bitty sites with equally small user bases and budgets.  Yahoo’s got some heft to it, however, and the company is preparing to strengthen the service that’s known as Yahoo Video.

People will see a nine-figure advertising campaign emerge from IAC as they spend $100 million of Barry Diller's money to try and make Ask.com a search habit on the Internet

To understand and then combat a brute force attack, also known as a dictionary attack, we must start by understanding why it might be an appealing tool for a hacker.

She, that is, not Amanda Congdon, plopped herself down in the anchor chair in a catchers mask and pads. Let the tomato throwing begin. Andrew Baron sits in the corner, a frazzled and twitchy mess with nothing to say about the matter. Joanne Colan informs Amanda fans of where she can be found. Rocketboom 2.0, sans foam insulation concerns, launches.

The summary - a young lawyer applies for a position with a firm, which extends an offer, then cuts the offered salary; the young lawyer fires off an email declining the position, after which the fun really began.

Michael Arrington is being raked over the coals because he does not like Tello. Well, he does not like the marketing of the service thus far.

Earlier this month I reported about an editorial in the Contra Costa Times that took the fire department and board of supervisors to task for spending money on PR agencies during difficult financial times.