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Online media coverage of this year’s Summer Olympic Games on MSN is shaping up to be a breakout event for Internet TV, as well as quite a big hit for NBC and its tech partners. The network reported 12 million hits and 70 million page views on its Olympics Web site — and that was before the opening ceremony. Things got even better from there.
The emergence of smaller, more powerful handheld devices and the spread of high-speed mobile networks have enterprise software developers scrambling to meet demand for portable versions of their flagship applications. Research in Motion got a jump on the market with the BlackBerry’s secure and reliable e-mail delivery capabilities.
The 2008 Summer Olympics kicked off in Beijing Friday, and this year’s Summer Games will serve up highlights outside of athletic prowess and national pride. China’s hosting of this year’s Games has made them a flash point for a wide range of issues having to do with China and international relations, from freedom of the press, human rights, Tibet and terrorism to pollution and climate change.
A troubling up-tick in the frequency of Internet fraud attempts and the growing use of more sophisticated botnets is leading a growing number of organizations to enlist the services of specialized Internet anti-fraud security services. Private companies and Internet security providers are increasingly joining in efforts that involve taking offensive action against Internet fraud in defense of themselves and their customers.
Good con artists make an art of preying on people’s fears, hopes, dreams and good intentions, and there’s probably no end to the list of con schemes being perpetrated via the Web. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and the Web’s openness is proving to be a seduction too strong to resist for ever-greater numbers of largely self-taught Web fraudsters around the world.