Security firm F-Secure discovered that Twitter has begun blocking links to malicious sites when users try to post them. Twitter has not acknowledged this with an announcement yet, but users (at least some) are getting the following message when trying to post a link to a known malware site: "Oops! Your tweet contained a URL to a known malware site!" Twitter and security are have certainly not been known to be synonymous.

Finally, Microsoft and Yahoo came to an agreement and this can literally change the landscape for us PPC advertisers (and SEO ). How will deal impact pay-per-click advertising you ask? For many years Google has dominated search market share with over 60% of all searches. Whenever a small business thinks of paid search, Google is where everyone wants to be, why? It's simple. It's called Market share.

In response to news that Radio Shack is re-branding itself as "The Shack," @glenngabe tweeted: "How about Digital Shack? Mobile Shack? Tech Shack?.. Just "The Shack"?? I wonder how Shaq (@THE_REAL_SHAQ) feels about that.

About an hour ago,  PayPal started experiencing site issues that affected the ability to send and receive money. We have all hands on deck to get this fixed. I'll update you here as soon as I have more information. We're really sorry for the inconvenience.

by Mike Krumboltz For years, Rush Limbaugh could be accurately described as "portly." Those days are over. The right-wing rabble-rouser has been on a mysterious diet, shedding a load of pounds. Searchers want to know the details. Unfortunately, they aren't really getting 'em from the cigar-chomping conservative. Mr. Limbaugh, while clearly pleased with his sleeker, more aerodynamic look, has kept mum on just how he went from supersized to borderline petite.

Google has purchased billboard advertising along highways in 4 major metropolitan areas. The billboards are part of the "Going Google" campaign , which encourages companies to switch from whatever applications they're currently using (eh hmmm, Microsoft) to Google Apps. Commuters in Boston, Chicago, New York and San Francisco will see a new billboard every day for four weeks. Google says the vinyl being used for each ad will be recycled. 1.

YouTube has yet another newor should I say news ?feature: News Near You. The New York Times reports that the biggest video site in the world is taking after it parent company (you know, Google?) in cornering the news marketor, if youre the CEO of Dow Jones, sucking the blood out of the newspaper industry . YouTube started promoting their news partnerships a month ago. Along with News Near You, which actually started in the spring,

As if there wasnt enough change on the Internet these days the Associated Press (AP) is now putting together a program that will cost anyone who uses anything that they publish a minimum of $12.50. While that may seem a bit much it gets even worse when you discover that that price is for using just 5 words or less of their material!

JetBlue and United have joined the ranks of companies like Pizza Hut and Dell that have successfully promoted things on Twitter. These airlines make extra-cheap tickets available through the site, thereby helping themselves fill planes and arguably doing consumers a favor. United's chosen to call its offerings "twares," and would-be travelers need to click through to the main United site in order to see how much things cost. JetBlue has labeled its deals "cheeps,

Amidst investigations from the FTC and FCC and with DOJ's antitrust head Christine Varney talking about how she wants to go after Google, Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple's board of directors. This has been inevitable. For awhile, the two companies didn't really compete. But now, with Google's Android mobile platform and plans for Chrome OS, Schmidt's place on the board was becoming questionable. (Schmidt did leave the room during the board's iPhone discussions,