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Web Hackers Targeting Social Networking Sites

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According to the company's Web Hacking Incidents Database (WHID) 2009 Bi-Annual Report, hackers are taking advantage of user generated content, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 web sites to launch their hacking attempts.

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Curating The Web Using PublishThis, with Matt Kumin

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If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? I ran that between 2001 and 2008, and then left to start what has become PublishThis.

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Could you be the next Ford, Jobs or Musk?

Berkonomics

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation does not always equal invention. And innovation is what creates value.

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Lynda.com Gets Award For Job Creation

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The company said it filled nearly 200 jobs from 2008 to 2011, tops in the Education industry. Lynda.com now has operations in Carpinteria and Calabasas, and according to the firm's web site has over 400 employees in total. Lynda.com said the award will appears in Inc's December/January issue. READ MORE>>.

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Swagbucks Tops $27M In Rewards

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Who knew surfing the web could be so rewarding? Los Angeles-based Swagbucks says that so far, it has awarded $27 million worth of gift cards, physical items, and payments via PayPal to its users, just for searching the web, watching videos, doing market research surveys, and other activities. READ MORE>>.

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Could you be the next Ford, Jobs or Musk?

Berkonomics

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation is valued by our society, by investors and certainly by consumers.

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Jason Calacanis & John Suh at VentureNet 2008

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Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com will be presenting &# New Challenges and Innovative Solutions for Publishers in a Web 2.0 John Suh, CEO of Legalzoom.com will present &# Successful Launch Strategies for Online Businesses&#. Following Jason’s presentation he will [.]