February 5, 2001
Upside: Will super-sized ads protect CNET from slowdown?
When Jai Singh, editor in chief of CNET's News.com site, showed his reporters a prototype of the new oversized ad format he was introducing, they were more than a little shocked. "Their reaction was like anyone else's reaction: 'God, this is pretty big,'" said Singh.
Adweek: CNET Combats Banner Blight With New Ad Units.
After months of research and creative work, San Francisco-based CNET Networks today introduced three new online ad units designed to change the way marketers and users approach Internet advertising. Several blue-chip advertisers have already signed on for the ad program...
News.Com: Consumers combat pop-ups with software, tricks.
To combat this, Anderson and others are fighting back with software and self-styled tricks to keep pop-ups from their screens. Software including Pop-Up Stopper and Banner Catcher has emerged to help consumers fight the advertisements.
Useit.Com: Are Users Stupid?
Opponents of the usability movement claim that it focuses on stupid users and that most users can easily overcome complexity. In reality, even smart users prefer pursuing their own goals to navigating idiosyncratic designs. As Web use grows, the price of ignoring usability will only increase.
NY Times: A Cyberlab for Internet Behavior.
Vanderbilt is helping underwrite a new "eLab," a center proposed by Ms. Hoffman and Mr. Novak that will give researchers a chance to study the way people interact with Web sites as they surf. If it works, the eLab could be the first research tool to really get at what makes people tick online.
NY Times: A New Trick Gives Snoops Easy Access to E-Mail.
The maneuver does not take advantage of any security flaw in e-mail software. It is simply one feature of a fancier and increasingly common form of e-mail known as HTML mail, which enables users to send and receive e-mail messages that look and act like a Web page.
Interactive Week: Intel Protects High-Definition Video.
A little-known Intel invention called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection - becoming widely adopted among consumer electronics makers and PC vendors - will make it virtually impossible to make unauthorized copies of high-definition video programming.
LA Times: A Virtual World Is Taking Shape in Research Labs.
The goal is to create realistic digital worlds where computer-generated avatars will become realistic stand-ins for actual people, surround-sound audio systems will emulate real-life noises and force-feedback technology will reveal the shape and texture of physical objects from across a computer network.
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