Get Your New Web Browser Here!

Chrome was supposed to be released today by Google. But I don't see anything yet.

Opt-Out's Don't Work - Proof

NebuAd, Inc., provides monitoring of websurfing so that an ISP can provide targeted advertising to its clients. Six of the smaller ISPs reported the following results:

• Bresnan Communications - 18 people opted out of the trial out of 6000 participants
• Cable One - 14000 customers, no specific notice, no opt outs
• CenturyTel - 82 opt outs, 20000 affected subscribers
• Embarq Corp. - 15 out outs with 26000 participants
• Knology - unknown
• WideOpenWest - 330000 customers and 3,355 out-outs, though many from the same customer

All these companies did suspend the trial and testing because of privacy and related issues.

I think these numbers are quite telling on how effective the out-out strategy really is. With those number of opt-outs, I question how many people were really informed of the intrusion into their privacy they faced.

Political Bedfellows not Trademark Friendly

Living Liberally, LLC, is suing Blue State Coffee Inc. over the latter's use of the Drinking Liberally trademark. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, alleges that the trademark's use is deliberately similar to Living Liberally's Drink Liberally campagin, and in bad faith. It's seeking cancellation of the trademark as well.

Comcast's New Limits

According to Comcast, starting October 1, 2008, users will only be allowed to use 250 gigs of internet traffic per month. Normal users average 2 to 3 gigs per month. I'm wondering how this affects commercial and business users.