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Banks reluctant to reveal full extent of online fraud

Fearful of damaging their reputations and denting consumer confidence, online banks are hiding the true extent of online fraud, according to a senior police officer.

The Guardian reports that Detective Superintendent Russell Day told an all-party parliamentary group investigating online fraud that banks are failing to report instances of phishing and other forms of swinish behaviour.

by Graham Charlton 05 December 2006 17:43pm 0 comments

Chinese search engine moves into Japanese market

China’s biggest search engine, Baidu, has announced that it will launch in Japan early next year.

China has an estimated 125 million internet users, and Baidu.com currently has a 62% share of the Chinese search engine market, up 15% from 2005. Google has the second largest share on 25%, falling 8% since last year.

by Graham Charlton 05 December 2006 17:39pm 0 comments

Calacanis joins Sequoia as 'entrepreneur-in-action'

Congratulations to Jason Calacanis who is now entrepreneur-in-action for the mighty Sequoia Capital.

Calacanis looks all set to help Sequoia review, invest and develop new startups. He is also likely to be working on his own Next Big Thing over the coming months – watch this space.

by Chris Lake 05 December 2006 17:35pm 0 comments

Interview: Trulia co-founder Pete Flint

Pete Flint is the CEO of San Francisco-based Trulia - in our opinion, one of the best vertical search engines that we've seen.

Focusing on the US real estate market, the site indexes data from major brokers and agencies and displays it alongside other information such as area guides and heat maps.

We caught up with the ex-lastminute.com man when he was over in Oxford earlier this month….

by Richard Maven 05 December 2006 12:34pm 1 comment

UK leads way in online advertising

The internet will account for a fifth of all UK advertising revenue by 2009, and will almost match the amount spent on TV advertising, according to figures from ZenithOptimedia.

The group's Advertising Expenditure Forecast reveals that the UK has the world’s highest proportion of online ad revenues, at 13.5%. This is attributed to the strength of the BBC.

by Graham Charlton 05 December 2006 12:22pm 0 comments

Intelligent online video search site launched

A UK media company has launched what it calls the ‘first intelligent online video search site’.

Coull.tv allows users to search for specific moments within videos, click on and interact with moving objects while the video is playing, as well as adding tags and comments.

by Graham Charlton 05 December 2006 10:04am 0 comments

Yell.com launches food and drink directory

UK local search site Yell.com has announced the launch of a new channel to help its users find specialist independent food and drink suppliers.

by Graham Charlton 04 December 2006 14:50pm 0 comments

Yahoo and Reuters team up on user-generated video

In a bid to turn the general public into amateur reporters, Yahoo! and Reuters have teamed up allow users to upload their photos and videos for use on their news sites.

From tomorrow, user-generated photos and videos will be displayed alongside news items on Yahoo! News and Reuters.com.

by Graham Charlton 04 December 2006 14:10pm 0 comments

ValueClick buys Shopping.net

Online marketing outfit ValueClick has bought UK-based shopping comparison network Shopping.net in a £6.7m deal.

The move follows ValueClick’s acquisition of comparison shopping site PriceRunner.com two years ago and will see Shopping.net positioned alongside ValueClick Europe’s other online marketing services.

by Richard Maven 04 December 2006 14:01pm 0 comments