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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft issues phishing alert for Xbox Live]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Modern Warfare 2 is suffering phishing attacks, it seems.(Credit:Screenshot by GameSpot)For the past week, Sony's PlayStation Network has been offline with no timetable as to when it will return. An external attack has compromised users' personal information and has left more than 75 million users unable to connect. Now Microsoft is experiencing its own online problems.Modern Warfare 2 is suffering phishing attacks, it seems.While the problem is not as wide-ranging as Sony's takedown, Microsoft today issued a Service Alert forXbox Live to warn users of a security risk. The alert states that matchmaking has been affected by a phishing attempt inside Infinity Ward's shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.&quot;Users may receive potential phishing attempts via title specific messaging while playing Modern Warfare 2,&quot; reads the message posted on the Xbox Support Web site.Read more of &quot;Microsoft issues phishing alert for Xbox Live&quot; at GameSpot. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Developers show interest in Nokia-Microsoft tie-up]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rettymo</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A burst of activity inWindows Phone 7 projects may be a sign that developers see promise in a Nokia-Microsoft tie-up, according to analytics firm Flurry.Even before Nokia and Microsoft revealed late last week their proposed deal for Windows Phone 7 on Nokia phones, speculation about it apparently led to a surge in developer interest. Tracking the mobile platforms based on new projects started by developers, Flurry said it had seen relatively flat numbers for Windows Phone 7 for the month or so prior to last week.But with speculation making the rounds early last week about a possible Microsoft and Nokia deal, Flurry saw a 66 percent jump in Windows Phone 7 project starts ahead of the actual announcement.For comparison, Flurry noted how developer interest in Android has grown.When Android first started grabbing customers, there were still doubts among developers over whether Android apps could be lucrative. But over time, developers took to Google's OS and saw that they could make money, which has helped the Android market expand, according to Flurry. The same may now hold true for Windows Phone 7.The &quot;spike in Windows Phone 7 developer activity shows that developers not only believe Nokia has given Microsoft Windows Phone7 a shot in the arm, but also that Nokia and Microsoft together can build a viable ecosystem,&quot; Flurry said Friday in a blog post.Looking at other mobile platforms, developer interest in Android has remained relatively steady and risen a bit over the past several weeks, but RIM's BlackBerry OS has seen a marked downturn recently, according to Flurry's data.Flurry provides analytics tools that developers build into their apps to monitor how they're being used. The company can analyze interest in mobile platforms by tracking project starts, which occur when a developer adds Flurry's software development kit to a new app before it's released. Flurry says that 38,000 developers have so far created projects using its SDK.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[China crackdown on porn shutters 60,000 sites]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rettymo</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[China claims to be making progress in its fight against Internet pornography.More than 60,000 Web sites were shut down and about 350 million pieces of pornographic and indecent content were eliminated from the Internet in 2010, the country's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Thursday. Police investigated 2,197 cases involving 4,965 people suspected of disseminating pornography via the Internet or cell phone in violation of China law, according to the report. Of those suspects, 58 received jail sentences of five or more years, according to the report.Wang Chen, head of the State Council Information Office, heralded the campaign as successful and necessary. &quot;Our campaign has been a great success and this has not been achieved easily,&quot; Wang said at a news conference, according to a  Reuters report . &quot;We have made the Internet environment much cleaner than before as there was a lot of pornography available.&quot;As long as there are people with bad motives who want to spread violent or pornographic information, we will have to continue our campaign to resolutely crack down on the spread of such information,&quot; he said.Police also confiscated more than 37 million pirated items, including DVDs and books, Xinhua reported.China, which boasts the world's largest Internet base with 450 million users, implemented new regulations in 2010 regarding cell phone users and Web site operators that were designed to aid police in their investigations. In September, China began requiring cell phone users (including foreign tourists) to provide identification when they set up a new account. And in February, the government announced that Web site operators will need to submit photographs of themselves and meet Internet service providers in person.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nielsen kicks off IPO season with $1.6B raised and 8% jump in trading]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rettymo</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Who says the IPO market is anemicTelevision-and-Internet audience measurer Nielsen Holdings raised $1.6 billion Tuesday during its initial public offering, close to 10 percent more than analysts had a projected, and boosting the company&amp;'s shares nearly 8 percent to $23 in Wednesday trading, a hefty leap from all prior predictions.Nielsen said it would use the money from its IPO to pay down debt. Its private-equity shareholders, who bought the firm in 2006 for around $10 billion, will continue to hold all their Nielsen shares, which they can then sell over time. The Carlyle Group, Blackstone Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp;amp' Co., Thomas H. Lee Partners, AlpInvest Partners and Hellman &amp;amp' Friedman were all part of the consortium that took Nielsen private and are now reaping the gains of its turnaround.The interest in media- and tech-related IPOs is clearly turning the heads of investors.Online news aggregator Demand Media also went public on Tuesday, raising $151.3 million &amp;8212' again, greatly above its target range by garnering more than a third of what it had expected.That booming public coming out shot Demand&amp;'s shares up more than 30 percent in trading today.The worst news on the IPO market That Internet phone service Skype may delay its IPO until later this year. That would still make 2011 the year of the IPO, as many have hoped. Currently, 44 companies are registered to go public, up from 25 at this time last year, according to a study released byDow Jones VentureSource during the first week of January, with more likely to come.[Homepage photo: bfishadow]Previous Story: Why you need to attend Vator Splash: Get your discounted tickets herePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: IPOCompanies: AlpInvest Partners, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Demand Media, Hellman &amp;amp' Friedman, KKR, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Nielsen, Thomas H. Lee Partners          Tags: IPOCompanies: AlpInvest Partners, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Demand Media, Hellman &amp;amp' Friedman, KKR, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Nielsen, Thomas H. Lee PartnersRiley McDermid is a contributing reporter to VentureBeat. She was previously the online editor at institutional investing and trading forum Markets Media, which she joined in 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, the Associated Press, Portfolio Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Barrona4a4s. She has won awards from the American Society of Business Publishers and Editors, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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