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  • ModSecurity 2.5 : a book by Magnus Mischel

    When I received ModSecurity 2.5 by Magnus Mischel through the post I was expecting a decent, thick and technically focused book on setting up and configuring obscure areas of ModSecurity. On reading it I was pleasantly surprised to find how practical, direct and friendly it was (it even has its own section explaining what “Regular…

  • wunderloop and United Internet Media merge targeting technologies

    wunderloop and United Internet Media announced today they have struck a deal to merge their targeting technologies into a single platform. This will create one of Europe’s leading online advertising targeting platforms and serving 7 of the top 10 German media players (AGOF Internet Facts 2009). wunderloop is to receive the TGP technology assets from…

  • Behavioural Targeting: The Future (a video by Audience Science)

    When a competitor does something interesting and it benefits the whole industry, it should be commended and shared. So here it is, “2020 The Future of Behavioural Targeting” by Audience Science, looking back at the evolution of the Internet as a media consumption platform and speculating where it will be in 11 years time: update:…

  • wunderloop connect exchange @ FarneyMedia.com

    Went to have a chat with Ciaran from FarneyMedia over a pint about the wunderloop connect exchange and ended up having a very interesting debate on the whole life and death and life of online advertising. Coming from the technology side of the fence myself, Ciaran strikes me as a one of those people who…

  • Interest-based behavioural targeting cookies: What do they know about you?

    Online privacy is now a hot a topic as it ever was since the introduction of cookies in the early 90s. Cookies enable a website to recall that your browser is the same browser that visited it on previous sessions, and over time this effectively lets the web sites build a list of interest topics…

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