Symptoms In adCenter Reporting API V6/V5.1, some customers using the open-source SharpZipLib library (for .Net) to unzip the reports have reported issues when unzipping the file. Specifically, the method ZipInputStream.GetNextEntry() throws an exception with the error message NTFS Extra data invalid. Resolution While we are working to fix this in a later release,

Andrew emails in a surprise finding in Google Calendar (if by any chance you're able to reproduce this - I'm not - please comment): Opened up gcal today, to find an interesting new "Gadgets" link under the google logo. Clicking it opens a right side pane that introduces a gadgets menu and a selection of gadgets to choose from: Add Tasks Add Googler Search Add Jump to Date Add Next Meetings Add Time Zones Add Where Are My Friends?

Do you know how your website attracts traffic? There isn't just one thing. There are many things that can drive traffic to your website. But let's write off anything that isn't SEO related. What SEO tasks can you perform that actually drive traffic to your website? Content is the first and obvious response. But what exactly is content? Photos are content, right? Do photos deliver traffic? They can - if they are optimized. OK, let's move a little closer to the basics.

I've come full circle. Due to circumstances in my personal life, I took a 4.5 month break from covering technology. I didn't want to stop writing, the first time in 10 years of covering technology. Amazingly, I return this Monday to helm Google Watch and write for eWEEK.com. I didn't expect to to slide so easily back into my former role, but I'm ecstatic to be back and and blessed given the current economy. Ah, the economy. How rotten is it?

If the Internet didn't exist and you found a way to drive thousands of people to your brick and mortar store in one day without spending a dime and you knew that way would work every time you did it, would you take advantage of that opportunity? Who wouldn't, right? Well, that's essentially what SEO is. Do it yourself and it doesn't cost a dime. The only commitment is the time it takes to optimize your website properly. Otherwise, there's no expense.

by Mike Krumboltz Oh, the drama! A beauty queen was given the boot, and a talk show host took one for the team. A new iPhone got techies drooling, and a famous rocker fought some backstage scenery (and lost). Take a look back at those stories and more with the Buzz Week in Review. Carrie Prejean: Fired but not forgotten Controversial beauty queen Carrie Prejean was fired as Miss California by Donald Trump. The news sent searchers into a barely controlled tizzy.

You may have read our post last week where we talked about how Smart Motion Preview and SafeSearch work together. As we mentioned, Microsoft is never done when it comes to providing tools to help customers, whether they are large enterprises, local school districts or parents make sure they can provide a safe searching experience when using Bing. We made two changes that we think will help. First,