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Attention! We're listening! Seeking competitive advantage and profitability through good relations with the social media, the B2B world has energetically embraced the grand online colloquy known as the two-way talk-back "conversation." Online social media platforms are now in play in the B2B relationships that organizations have with their vendors, suppliers, partners and contractors.

A new type of Trojan horse malware application is hiding inside fake MP3 media files, infecting approximately 500,000 consumer PCs, McAfee Avert Labs reported. The nefarious files have been delivered primarily on peer-to-peer networks during the last several days. The trojan, known as "Downloader-UA.h," was added to McAfee's DAT files about a week ago.

If you could clone your best agent hundreds or thousands of times over, you could ensure that each and every customer calling your contact center receives the same high-quality, friendly and informed response. In reality, natural language speech self-service is probably the closest and best alternative to delivering cost-effective and customer-friendly service.

Using Google AdWords, you can buy text, image (banner), and video ads on search engines, websites around the world, and mobile phones. You can also get local business ads...

VANCOUVER, BC (MARKET WIRE) PayChest, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PYCT), a strategic global marketing company and developer of technology solutions, today announced the release of its new website, anticipated changes to its current lines of business and also the release of its year end financial results. The new website www.flushaway.com, integrates the company's recent major acquisition of the sales, marketing, manufacturing patent and trademark rights of Flushaway(TM), a developer of a uniquely patented range of absorbent biodegradable and flushable products. On the heels of this acquisition announcement, the www.paychest.com

New e-commerce security requirements for payment processing are vague enough to leave everyone wondering what to do, as the June 30 deadline approaches. We offer compliance strategies for different budgets.

Are social networking sites ever going to reap big sales for e-tailers? Media executives discuss the topic as the phenom goes from fad to trend to mainstream.

The long list of companies Microsoft might acquire post-Microhoo includes such outré possibilities as Netflix, Cisco and Salesforce.com. Facebook is also on that list -- but its potential as a Microsoft acquisition target is beginning to look less unlikely. In fact, it's looking downright plausible. Rumor has it Microsoft has already approached the social networking site about a possible sale.

The long-running debate over net neutrality took another turn Thursday when two lawmakers introduced a bill that would make it a violation of antitrust law for broadband providers to discriminate against different types of content in routing traffic on their networks.

Electronics retailer Circuit City Stores will allow Blockbuster and its largest shareholder, Carl Icahn, to look into the company's finances in connection with the video rental company's proposed buyout offer. Circuit City also revealed that it has hired Goldman Sachs to help the company look into strategic alternatives to build its shareholder value.