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    Telstra probably knew its Next G advertising campaign was misleading and expected to write it off as the "costs of doing business", according to an IBRS Analyst.

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    Google announced a tool called Ad Planner on Tuesday that lets advertisers find websites whose visitors match various demographic attributes.

  • Alleged IT jobs scam lands in court

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken IT services and consulting firm Zanok Technologies to the Federal Court for allegedly taking advantage of people seeking jobs in the IT industry.

  • Yahoo, Adobe to put adverts in PDF documents

    Yahoo and Adobe are set to launch a free service to help publishers make money on their Adobe PDF content by automatically inserting advertisements into the PDFs from Yahoo's network of online advertisers.

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    "If you own an .australian Web site you need to know who we are," screamed an orange and grey advertisement the nation's domain regulator placed in several newspapers.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Is telco advertising out of control?

    Dodo has been taken to task for misleading advertising. But is telco advertising in Australia misleading in general? What can be done to make it easier for consumers to understand?

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    In the game for a casual $5 million

    Sydney-based casual computer gaming start-up 3RD sense is about to embark on capital raising to hire staff and management expertise to capitalise on its potential to captivate people's attention. And the odds are good it will succeed.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    What do you want to sell me today?

    In light of Intel's latest celebrity-infused Centrino Duo ads, here is a look back at five great tech ad campaigns.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

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    What's next for AAPT? Australia's number three telco refused to join Twisted Wire this week, so we decided to cover them anyway, guerrilla-style.

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    How feasible is it that you could escape paying hefty licensing fees by using software subsidised by advertisements?

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    A DoubleClick executive landed in hot soup recently after suggesting browser makers should toe the line when it came to online advertising.

  • FAQ: Yahoo-Google ad deal's antitrust scrutiny

    Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.

  • How will Microsoft and Yahoo look next year?

    By now, the regulatory, cultural, practical and financial problems in Microsoft's Yahoo acquisition have been well aired. Let's skip forward to 2009, when they've all been solved and Yahoo is now a Microsoft brand.

  • Yahoo turns to Google after Microsoft deal ends

    On Saturday, Microsoft formally withdrew its offer to acquire the search pioneer, at least for now. So what happens next for Yahoo? A deal with Google looks likely.

Videos (3)

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    BigPond, iiNet and Internode discuss whether Australian ISPs will in the future use advertising to make money.

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    At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks to Gartner research analysts, Yvonne Genovese and David Mitchell Smith about the company's strategy regarding software as a service, or SaaS, as well as its competition with Google in the office productivity and advertising markets.

Reviews (288)

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    A DoubleClick executive landed in hot soup recently after suggesting browser makers should toe the line when it came to online advertising.

  • Spyware cures may cause more harm

    Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: So-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase.

  • Your friendly local monopolist

    Does that annoying Intel noise we keep hearing on TV signify something more sinister than just an irritating jingle?

  • Samsung NC10

    The NC10 betters previous Samsung netbooks with a built-in HSDPA SIM card reader and the portability this provides. Optus wireless broadband bundles seem like excellent value.

  • The best endpoint security suite is...

    Wondering which endpoint security suite keeps your clients the most protected? Enex TestLab racks them all up and puts them through their paces.

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