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Earthlink Introduces Spyware Blocker

Earthlink Introduces Spyware Blocker 10/29/2003 01:14 AM
First major US ISP to take a stand against spyware.

EarthLink uncovers rampant spyware and
trojans

EarthLink uncovers rampant spyware and
trojans 04/16/2004 08:56 AM
Computer Weekly Apr 16 2004 1:05PM GMT

EarthLink finds rampant spyware, trojans

EarthLink finds rampant spyware, trojans 04/15/2004 06:33 PM
Internet service provider EarthLink and Webroot Software released a report on Thursday that said an average of almost 28 spyware programs are running on each computer. More serious, Trojan horse or system monitoring programs were found on more than 30 percent of all systems scanned, raising fears of identity theft.

EarthLink uncovers rampant spyware and
trojan

EarthLink uncovers rampant spyware and
trojan 04/19/2004 11:06 AM

EarthLink, Webroot Report Spyware
Doubling In Second Quarter

EarthLink, Webroot Report Spyware
Doubling In Second Quarter 08/04/2004 05:20 PM
TechWeb Aug 4 2004 9:06PM GMT

Spyware Assassin censured for 'bogus'
claims

Spyware Assassin censured for 'bogus'
claims 03/14/2005 04:39 PM
FTC sues 'snake-oil' firm

SK-Earthlink Links South Korean Mobile
Operator, Earthlink Networks

SK-Earthlink Links South Korean Mobile
Operator, Earthlink Networks 02/01/2005 09:13 PM
Mobile operator SK Telecom and Earthlink Networks launch 3G/Wi-Fi combo firm: Sky Dayton is the CEO of SK-Earthlink, a new MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) that will sign up end users with the promise of integrated Wi-Fi and third-generation cellular data networks for voice and data through a single handset. Dayton founded Earthlink and Boingo Wireless. SK Telecom provides service to 18 million customers in South Korea, and their sister company in the SK Group, SK Teletech, makes advanced handsets for domestic use and internationally to China, Israel, Kazakhstan, and Taiwan. Dayton said in an interview today that SK Telecom offers a remarkable array of handsets including units with hard drives, five megapixel cameras, and satellite television broadcast receivers. "Not all those things are going to be applicable in a US market," Dayton said. The service will attempt to leverage the growing availability of 3G networks with the increased ubiquity of Wi-Fi hotspots. Dayton says that although handsets and service plans won't be available until as late as the end of 2005, that generally SK-Earthlink would focus on allowing its customers to make voice calls from home Wi-Fi networks, Wi-Fi hotspots, and 3G cellular networks. They would also leverage Wi-Fi alongside 3G in offering advanced data and entertainment services, although he did not mention specifics. "We think there's a big group of Internet savvy early adopter" consumers in the US who want this but can't get it, he said. SK-Earthlink may use Boingo's platform as the base on which they develop hotspot relationships--Dayton will have an arm's length involvement in that decision--but Boingo will certainly also continue to sell to other carriers regardless. Other reports note that SK-Earthlink will use CDMA technology, SK Telecom's flavor, which ties them closely in the U.S. to Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS, the only two remaining CDMA carriers here. Verizon has already deployed a significant portion of their ambitious EVDO network offering speeds of hundreds of kilobits per second, and Sprint PCS is committed to higher-speed offerings than its current 1xRTT rate that compares to modem speeds. At the same time, Verizon Wireless said recently that 3G will trump Wi-Fi, a sentiment that baffles Dayton. "Wi-Fi is an unstoppable force," he said. "It's like trying to deny there's a big elephant in the room." Both technologies "are great individually, but if you put them together" they allow the best connection wherever a user...

Overblown, overrated, overhyped

Overblown, overrated, overhyped 04/26/2004 01:01 PM
Too many open source advocates complain about Microsoft writing terrible buggy software and think that open source developers do it better. The truth is Microsoft is innovative, has vision, and executes well. If open source developers can do as well as Microsoft, it's a big compliment. Smart people like Miguel de Icaza and Brendan Eich have known this for a long time. Miguel has a reality check for these innocent virgins, giving his assessment of the potential of XAML and Avalon.

Brendan (one of the Mozilla leads) has a frank assessment of Mozilla too. Not too positive. I talked about this last year.

However i think that Miguel and Brendan are just hyping things up. XAML and Avalon may be great technology but no one is waiting for Longhorn to implement web based apps - everyone is implementing them NOW!

An introduction to Avalon by Charles Petzold.

Social Tech: Were Webl0gs and RSS
overhyped in Iowa?

Social Tech: Were Webl0gs and RSS
overhyped in Iowa? 01/22/2004 06:47 AM
Michael Gartenberg, quoting Scoble, concurs that weblogs didn't play a big role in influencing the electorate in Iowa.  That is true -- not enough people read weblogs (only 4% according to Michael) to have it matter in a general election.  However, I am fairly sure that it wasn't supposed to be a mass communications vehicle at all.

Political parties, from the communist party in the old Soviet Union to the US's Republican and Democratic parties are composed of only ~4% of the voting population.  Republicans and Democrats have about 2 m people each (2% each of the ~105 m people that vote.  Those are the people that make it happen.  This is much different than registered Republicans and Democrats.  These are party activists.  The rest of us are only here to be influenced. 

This is why Trippi and others want to get 2 m people to contribute (its the 2% that makes a party).  By contributing, they are effectively signing a pledge to vote and work for the Dean campaign. The idea that it would be possible to get a significant portion of that funding number via online sources was and is radical.  Even more radical was the idea that this online group could be formed into a more cohesive and operationally active "party" that would drive Dean to victory.

However, these radical ideas haven't played out as scripted due to the critique I posted below.Social technology is great at building insurgencies and not grabbing mainstream political power.

Experts: Wireless Network Risk Overhyped

Experts: Wireless Network Risk Overhyped 11/11/2003 01:13 AM
In reality, computer security experts say that the security risks of wireless networks are no greater than those of regular networks -- provided that the wireless networks are properly configured, their users are authenticated and the data they carry is encrypted. By Elise Ackerman (San Jose Mercury News via MyAppleMenu)

UK Military Buys Overhyped Gartner
Report, Bans iPods

UK Military Buys Overhyped Gartner
Report, Bans iPods 07/13/2004 12:12 PM
Last week someone at Gartner woke up and realized that the iPod, which has been around for years is actually (oh no!) a hard drive, and came out with a scary report about how they should be completely banned from the workplace, because (just like the telephone, the internet and a photocopying machine before it) it can be misused. Well, someone over in the UK military apparently believed all the hype and has decided to ban the iPod. Thank goodness, the world is now safe from military staff listening to MP3s.

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware 08/05/2004 03:50 AM
It appears that Yahoo heard the backlash loud and clear a few months back when they released an anti-spyware tool that just so happened to skip over adware from Yahoo partners. The latest version, built on PestPatrol's technology will now default to notifying users of both "spyware" and what they consider to be "adware" and then give the user the choice of what to do. I haven't tested the product yet, but it sounds like they're moving in the right direction. It still makes you wonder what they were thinking in offering a purposely crippled offering. People know what spyware is, and telling them that spyware isn't spyware doesn't change how people feel about it. It also doesn't make them look kindly back at the company that provided them with the bogus anti-spyware tool in the first place.

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners 06/02/2004 10:10 AM
We didn't write about Yahoo's new "anti-spyware" toolbar that they announced last week, because it seemed to receive plenty of hype, and there were no real reviews of how it worked. There are so many so-called anti-spyware applications out there that don't actually stop spyware and adware for fear of upsetting marketing companies or out of worries that actually stopping spyware may make some applications stop working (upsetting the user), that we figured Yahoo's anti-spyware app (hype and all) probably wouldn't be much to bother with. It certainly looks like that may be the case. eWeek is now reporting that Yahoo tries to dance the careful dance of not upsetting certain companies who threate n to sue people who call their application spyware. Of course, the situation is even more complex because Claria (who you probably know as Gator - despite their attempt to change their name to shake that spyware label) is also a partner of Yahoo. So, it's really not surprising that the default setting for Yahoo's anti-spyware app won't actually remove services like Gator or WhenU. Instead, Yahoo's spyware remover claims these programs are "adware" and will only remove them if you click and extra check box each time you run the program. In other words, once again, you can't trust a provider of anti-spyware software, because they're playing both sides of the fence: partnering with providers on the one hand, and then offering weak removal products on the other. If Yahoo were serious about removing spyware from the computers of users they would refuse to partner with companies that used surreptitious tactics to be installed on computers. Instead, they want to look good to users in the front, while letting in spyware/adware from partners through the backdoor.

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware 04/22/2004 02:36 AM
Just a few weeks after saying that they're going to start bundling spyware/adware with their instant messenger product, AOL announces their latest anti-spyware application. While we've been complaining about anti-spyware from ISPs that just points out the spyware, AOL claims that this version will disable (though not delete) the spyware. I wonder if it will catch the spyware that AOL installs themselves.

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law 04/13/2004 03:42 PM

UPDATE: 'Trampled' Wal-Mart Shopper Has
History Of Injury Claims; Report: Woman
Has Filed 16 Previous Claims, 9 At
Wal-Mart Stores

UPDATE: 'Trampled' Wal-Mart Shopper Has
History Of Injury Claims; Report: Woman
Has Filed 16 Previous Claims, 9 At
Wal-Mart Stores 12/05/2003 06:40 AM
a very unlucky shopper as this is the 16th time .. frequent faller .. Read article .. Dec. 4

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"UPDATE: 'Trampled' Wal-Mart Shopper Has
History Of Injury Claims; Report: Woman
Has Filed 16 Previous Claims, 9 At
Wal-Mart Stores.."

"UPDATE: 'Trampled' Wal-Mart Shopper Has
History Of Injury Claims; Report: Woman
Has Filed 16 Previous Claims, 9 At
Wal-Mart Stores.." 12/05/2003 10:14 AM

Insurance Payors Cut Offshore Processing
Risk of HCFA-1500 and UB-92 Paper Claims
By Utilizing MedValue Workflow
Management System for Claims
Processing™.

Insurance Payors Cut Offshore Processing
Risk of HCFA-1500 and UB-92 Paper Claims
By Utilizing MedValue Workflow
Management System for Claims
Processing™. 08/27/2004 01:27 PM
MedValue, the leading provider of Claims Processing solutions and offshore talent to America’s leading Insurance Payors announced the rollout of its groundbreaking MedValue Workflow Management System for Claims Processing™(WMS), a proprietary web-based management and collaboration tool designed to eliminate risk of processing claims offshore by providing seamless Communication, Knowledge Management, Management Reporting and Issues Tracking between its Customers’ US-based Staff and MedValue’s India operations. [PRWEB Aug 25, 2004]

EarthLink broadens its Wi-Fi net

EarthLink broadens its Wi-Fi net 07/12/2004 02:19 PM
Deal will give 5 million of the ISP's subscribers access to Boingo's worldwide network.

Earthlink Says Keep the Net Open

Earthlink Says Keep the Net Open 09/17/2004 10:25 AM
Earthlink, the big Internet service provider, has released Sipshare, which it calls

"a simple, SIP-based proof-of-concept content sharing application, demonstrates the viability of SIP as a protocol over which peer-to-peer (P2P) applications other than the well-known voice and video cases may be implemented."

.Interesting all by itself, but the important part of this is the following statement under the "Motivations" heading on the same page:

"EarthLink believes an open Internet is a good Internet. An open IEarthlink, the big Internet service provider, has released Sipshare, which it calls

"a simple, SIP-based proof-of-concept content sharing application, demonstrates the viability of SIP as a protocol over which peer-to-peer (P2P) applications other than the well-known voice and video cases may be implemented."

.Interesting all by itself, but the important part of this is the following statement under the "Motivations" heading on the same page:

"Ea rthLink believes an open Internet is a good Internet. An open Internet means users have full end-to-end connectivity to say to each other whatever it is they say, be that voice, video, or other data exchanges, without the help of mediating servers in the middle whenever possible. We believe that if peer-to-peer flourishes, the Internet flourishes."

I've been an Earthlink DSL customer for some time, and this kind of attitude is one reason why.nternet means users have full end-to-end connectivity to say to each other whatever it is they say, be that voice, video, or other data exchanges, without the help of mediating servers in the middle whenever possible. We believe that if peer-to-peer flourishes, the Internet flourishes."

I've been an Earthlink DSL customer for some time, and this kind of attitude is one reason why.

EarthLink CEO gets big bonus

EarthLink CEO gets big bonus 04/20/2004 12:34 PM
During the same year the ISP lays off 25 per cent of its work force, Chief Executive Garry Betty takes home a bonus of $346,790--up 76 percent from the year before.

Earthlink Offering Not WiMax

Earthlink Offering Not WiMax 05/19/2004 06:12 AM
Earthlink is no stranger to experimenting with alternative forms of broadband. Last year they started experimenting with letting their customers connect wirelessly over a 1xRTT network (the data network Sprint and most of Verizon Wireless offer for dataspeeds that usually are slightly better than dialup). Earlier this year they started trials with broadband over powerlines, and now they're announcing that they're going to offer wireless broadband in a few northern California cities - offering speeds from 384 kilobits per second or up to 1 megabit per second with pricing between $21.95 a month or $29.95 a month. Seems like a pretty good deal, though, depending on the specific technology, wireless broadband has had a spotty history so far. Of course, the reporter on the article claims that this is WiMax - which is impossible, since WiMax doesn't actually exist yet (it's amazing how confused the press is about WiMax). In this case, the reporter mistakenly believes that all wireless broadband is "WiMax" and it's not a specific standard that still hasn't been approved. Either way, it should be interesting to see how far these trials go, as most major broadband providers haven't done much publicly concerning wireless broadband offerings.

Introducing EarthLink SIPshare

Introducing EarthLink SIPshare 09/18/2004 12:11 AM

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“EarthLink SIPshare, a simple, SIP-based proof-of-concept content sharing application, demonstrates the viability of SIP as a protocol over which peer-to-peer (P2P) applications other than the well-known voice and video cases may be implemented.”…

Earthlink Launches VPN Service

Earthlink Launches VPN Service 03/22/2005 03:15 PM
Earthlink has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. But this latest move to get into the VPN market; well, I guess they figured that it could be something which could prove to be really profitable. Hey, you just never known……

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EarthLink Surges Into Orbit

EarthLink Surges Into Orbit 04/20/2004 11:19 AM
TheStreet.com Apr 20 2004 3:19PM GMT

EarthLink Debuts P2P App Running On SIP

EarthLink Debuts P2P App Running On SIP 09/17/2004 03:51 PM
TechWeb Sep 17 2004 7:46PM GMT

Earthlink Pitches Municipalities

Earthlink Pitches Municipalities 06/17/2005 03:19 PM
EarthLink knows its dial-up market is eroding and DSL is competitive as all heck: Building municipal networks for Philadelphia and others may be part of the evolution of the company. The Wall Street Journal reports that EarthLink has bid on Philadelphia's network as one of 12 firms; Verizon and Comcast decided not to. Esme Vos at Muniwireless.com has the additional intelligence that EarthLink has been negotiating with New York City to drop their pole fee in order to bid on that potential city-wide network. The WSJ article has a Comcast spokesperson ridiculing the idea of a lack of competition because prices are falling. But that's not the only reasonable way to measure it. Outside of some major cities, there are monopoly or duopoly DSL and cable offerings. Even in those areas, competitors must pay for access to DSL lines; cable companies have continued to fight any wholesale resale requirement to their competitors. EarthLink will be put in the position in Philadelphia, at least, of offering wholesale access to the network on behalf of Philadelphia's non-profit that will operate the network. This will make EarthLink a more beneficent (but closely watched) partner to many companies that currently deny them wholesale access to their own networks....

EarthLink TotalAccess 2004 2.0

EarthLink TotalAccess 2004 2.0 12/18/2003 09:48 PM
Want to block spam, surf the Web up to five times faster, and get the latest EarthLink tools for Mac users?

EarthLink honeymoon ends for some

EarthLink honeymoon ends for some 04/13/2004 03:33 PM
No longer eagerly courted, longtime customers fume as the ISP locks them out of a 3mbps DSL upgrade offered to new subscribers.

EarthLink hooks onto Staples

EarthLink hooks onto Staples 12/10/2003 12:40 PM
The ISP is partnering with the office store chain to market its Internet services. Customers in certain stores can use kiosks to sign up for high-speed Web access.

EarthLink TotalAccess 2005.1

EarthLink TotalAccess 2005.1 09/23/2004 11:57 PM
Want to block spam, surf the Web up to five times faster, and get the latest EarthLink tools for Mac users?

AOL, Earthlink sue alleged spammers

AOL, Earthlink sue alleged spammers 02/19/2004 12:04 AM
Two major Internet service providers, EarthLink Inc. and America Online (AOL), have filed civil complaints against two alleged spam rings this week in an attempt to save their subscribers from unwanted commercial e-mail.

Review: Earthlink MailStation

Review: Earthlink MailStation 09/03/2004 09:43 PM
G4 Tech TV Sep 4 2004 1:12AM GMT

Earthlink posts P2P app, manifesto

Earthlink posts P2P app, manifesto 09/16/2004 01:40 AM
Cory Doctorow: Earthlink has released a new file-sharing tool based on SIP, the protocol underlying Voice Over IP and other systems for peer-to-peer connectivity. What's coolest about this is the manifesto they posted along with it:

EarthLink believes an open Internet is a good Internet. An open Internet means users have full end-to-end connectivity to say to each other whatever it is they say, be that voice, video, or other data exchanges, without the help of mediating servers in the middle whenever possible. We believe that if peer-to-peer flourishes, the Internet flourishes. SIPshare helps spread the word that SIP is more than a powerful voice over IP enabler --- much more. SIP is a protocol that enables peer-to-peer in a standards-based way.

Link (Thanks, Clay!)

Earthlink Integrates Boingo Software

Earthlink Integrates Boingo Software 07/12/2004 02:24 PM
EarthLink will build Boingo's Wi-Fi software into its TotalAccess package: TotalAccess has been EarthLink's key to user happiness from its introduction about a decade ago. Originally, it handled the nasty bits of finding the latest phone numbers and then dialing and connecting. Now, it's broadened to include anti-spam, anti-popup, and anti-scam software--and Wi-Fi. EarthLink's founder and chairman, Sky Dayton, also founded and runs Boingo Wireless, and the two companies have had a partnership for some time. The integration of Boingo's Wi-Fi management software into TotalAccess makes it that much easier for EarthLink's five million subscribers to choose to use Wi-Fi. Boingo, by the way, used to note over 6,000 access points under contract with about 3,300 live; in this press release they say 9,000 under contract. We're on the verge of seeing a large bump in network sizes from aggregators to judge by this number and details provided recently by GoRemote and iPass....

EarthLink to integrate Wi-Fi in
TotalAccess software

EarthLink to integrate Wi-Fi in
TotalAccess software 07/12/2004 10:47 AM
Internet Service Provider (ISP) EarthLink Inc. offers TotalAccess Internet software to its Windows and Mac users to help simplify dialup connectivity. On Monday, EarthLink announced an expansion of its partnership with high-speed service provider Boingo Wireless Inc. to make Wi-Fi-based Internet connectivity available using the TotalAccess Internet software as well.

EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary

EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary 05/13/2004 12:46 AM
Internet.com May 13 2004 4:55AM GMT

EarthLink Intros SIP-Based P2P Prototype

EarthLink Intros SIP-Based P2P Prototype 09/16/2004 02:59 PM
Internet News Sep 16 2004 6:30PM GMT

EarthLink Posts Narrower Net Loss

EarthLink Posts Narrower Net Loss 04/20/2004 02:14 PM
Boston Globe Apr 20 2004 6:29PM GMT
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