links for 2005-11-17

The Center for Media Research reports via email today that: According to JupiterResearch, the number of online adults who prefer the Internet as their main source of news has grown over 35% in the last four years, at the expense of television and newspapers. Currently, over 26% of online adults prefer the Internet for national…

Thanks to all who shared their advice on the right bag to use for my laptop and D-SLR camera/lenses/accessories. I ended up selecting the Lowepro CompuDaypack. I took it with me to Washington, DC this week and it fit all my gear, if a bit snugly, and was able to be stowed under the seat…

MediaPost observes a growing trend for campaigns on the web: Democratic political consultant Michael Bassik adds that many political campaigns are purchasing variations of their candidates’ names. "It’s common for campaigns to not only purchase up every permutation of their own campaign’s name, but also negative URLs as well," said Democratic political consultant Michael Bassik….

One of the most intriguing new products unveiled at DEMOfall was a USB “smart drive” created by U3.  Here’s the idea: on a USB thumb drive (for you Luddites that’s a thing the size of your thumb – get it? – that you plug into your computer), you can hold not only your data, but…

SharedReviews Paid Opinions (tags: ugc) Weekend Poll: Will Google Universal Search Kill Vertical Search Engines? (tags: search VerticalSearch) GoogleBurner – A Bad Day for the Blogosphere? Matthew Hurst shares some of my concerns over the concept of GooBurner (tags: MandA acquisitions metrics) Internet Giants Vie to Snap Up Web Ad Firms (tags: web Advertising MandA…

The two regular readers of this blog may wonder where I’ve been the past month since I managed only one post in December.  Long story short, I was buried with tasks both at work and at home.  For some nutty reason, I decided to move my house and my office the week between Christmas and…