Posts Tagged ‘Consumers’

Uptimes For Phishing Websites Down 25%

Friday, October 23rd, 2009
The amount of time phishing websites remain online has dropped 25 percent over the last year, according to a new survey by the Anti-Phishing Work Group (APWG). The APWG says uptimes are a critical measure of how damaging phishing attacks are and the longer a phishing attack remains active, the more harm it causes consumers. The decrease signals collective progress is being made by the parties that fight phishing, and may be due to improved polices at Internet service providers, brand holders

False Advertising of Essay Writing Websites: A Case of the Insatiable Avarice for Profit at the Expense of the Consumers and Established Businesses

Saturday, September 12th, 2009
In general, unfair competition refers to the economic injury that a business may sustain by reason of the deceptive business practices of others. This may consist in acts which confuse the public as to the origin of the product or in “unfair trade practices” which includes among others, false advertising, trade libel and false representation of products and services.False advertising is clearly defined by the Lanham Act as “any advertising or promotion that misrepresents the nature, characterist

Don’t Get Fooled by Phony Domain Renewal Notices

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
An unscrupulous company or companies, going by several names like Domain Renewal Group, Domain Registry of America, and Liberty Names of America, has been sending out “notices” to unwary domain customers, trying to gain control of their domains. The mailings are labeled “Domain Name Expiration Notices”, yet they have no affiliation with the domain name holder or the actual registrar of record. Many consumers are confused by the notices thinking that they are legitimate renewal notices fr

UN warns on new web domains (Financial Times)

Sunday, March 15th, 2009
The planned introduction of multiple new web domains – adding to the likes of .com and .net – will spark trademark rows, confuse consumers and undermine public trust without tough new rules to curb abusive practices by “cybersquatters” and domain registrars, the United Nations warns.

Google Enables Offline Access for Gmail

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Google Enables Offline Access for Gmail Yesterday, Google announced in its corporate blog that it will introduce the long-awaited offline access feature for Gmail, which the company is slowly rolling out to both consumers and Google Apps Standard Edition users in the U.S. and U.K. Share and Enjoy: Tags: blog, google, PRRSS: Click on a tag, then click here for the RSS Feed Latest PostsBlack Hat SEO Is Too Risky by admin on November 16th, 2008Black Hat SEO Is Too Risky Here'