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REYKJAVIK, ICELAND--(Marketwire -03/01/12)- Attendees of the upcoming Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference (RIMC) will discover the 'darker side' of internet marketing during this year's unique 'dark sessions' -- a first for the conference.

The 'dark sessions' are set to explore the 'darker side' of internet marketing and how the internet is being used as a marketing tool not always for good. This session is useful for all those who want to understand the depths of internet marketing, the possibilities that it holds, how to stray away from mistakes, and also how to utilise the strengths.

This one-of-a-kind session will feature Ralph "Fantomeister" Tegtmeier, Pleromatrix; Peter van der Graaf, SearchSpecialist.nl; and Mikkel DeMib, DeMib.com.

The Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference (RIMC) is an essential networking tool for marketing and advertising people, web editors, sales and marketing managers, as well as directors of small and large businesses. The event is the result of an ambitious partnership between Nordic eMarketing, MBL.is, and others.

Now in its 9th year, the 2012 internet marketing event will be focusing on two tracks, mixing various topics in internet communication and marketing, best practice tips, and Social Media over one day.

Past RIMC events have received overwhelmingly positive feedback, with an average of 250 attendees in attendance per event.

Speakers confirmed for RIMC 2012 include: Bill Hunt, Back Azimuth; Ben Chapman, BBC; Barbara Coll, WebMama; Charles Dowd, Facebook; Brent D. Payne, Tribune/BaldSEO; Motoko Hunt, Adobe; Phil Greenwood, Microsoft; Ludvik Hegh-Krohn, OMG; and Matt Neal, BrightSparx.

For further information regarding the 2012 Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference, visit http://www.rimc.is/en.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Internet voting systems are inherently insecure and should not be allowed in the upcoming general elections, a noted security researcher said at the RSA Conference 2012 being held here this week.

David Jefferson, a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and chairman of the election watchdog group Verified Voting, called on election officials around the country to drop plans to allow an estimated 3.5 million voters to cast their ballots over the Internet in this year's general elections.

In an interview with Computerworld on Wednesday, Jefferson warned that the systems that enable such voting are far too insecure to be trusted and should be jettisoned altogether.

Jefferson is scheduled to participate in a panel discussion on the topic at RSA on Thursday. Also on the panel are noted cryptographer and security guru Ron Rivest, who is the "R" in RSA, and Alex Halderman, an academic whose research on security vulnerabilities in e-voting systems prompted elections officials in Washington to drop plans to use an e-voting system in 2010.

"There's a wave of interest across the country, mostly among election officials and one agency of the [Department of Defense] to offer Internet voting," to overseas citizens and members of the military, Jefferson said. "From a security point of view, it is an insane thing to do."

A total of 33 states allow citizens to use the Internet to cast their ballots. In a majority of cases, those eligible to vote over the Internet receive their blank ballots over the Web, fill them in and submit their ballots via email as a PDF attachment. Some states, such as Arizona, have begun piloting projects that allow eligible voters to log into a web portal, authenticate themselves and submit their ballots via the portal.

The insecurity and the inability to audit such voting practices is unacceptable, Jefferson said.

Ballots sent via email for instance, are transmitted in the clear without encryption. That means any entity, such as an ISP or a malicious hacker that sits between the voter and the county where the vote is being cast, can view, filter, substitute or modify the ballot, he said.

Meanwhile, the e-voting Web portals that have been proposed for use in Arizona and are being tested in other states, are prone to all the security vulnerabilities and attacks that other sites face, he said.

As one example, he pointed to an attack crafted by Halderman , an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, in 2010 against a Digital Vote by Mail System that was proposed for use in Washington. The system was designed to be used by overseas voters and military personnel based in other countries.

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NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Global Internet Services Industry

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The global outlook series on Internet Services provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers a rudimentary overview of the industry with an on-the-fly focus on broadband services, and details trends such as, increased broadband penetration and growth in e-Commerce applications and online advertising. Additionally, issues such as, impact of the ongoing recession, commercialization, threat to user choice and increased user monitoring are also covered. The report identifies and discusses key regional markets, such as, the US, China, Japan, India, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, the UK, China, India, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, and Brazil among others. The reader stands to gain macro-level insights into recent industry developments such as service introductions, mergers & acquisitions and other noteworthy strategic corporate developments. Also included is an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of 159 companies worldwide.

1. GLOBAL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 1

The Importance of Internet Services 1

Recession Fails to Suppress ISP Market 1

Asia Strengthens its Lead in Global Internet Subscriptions 2

Table 1: World Internet Usage (2010): Percentage Share

Breakdown by Top 10 Countries -China, US, Japan, India,

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Highly regarded SEO Services provided, MelbourneSEO Services, has announced an expanded suite of services as new strategies, tools and techniques evolve in the internet marketing world.

Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) February 28, 2012

Melbourne SEO Services has just launched impressive new packages for the search engine optimization (SEO) arm of its business, and augmented this with a new range of related services.

Well known in internet marketing circles as one of the premium providers of SEO to online businesses, Melbourne SEO Services has stormed into 2012 by refining and expanding its product offerings.

We have redesigned our SEO packages, which now, we believe, offer unbeatable value explained Melbourne SEO Services Director, David Jenyns. We are not in the market of cut-priced SEO, but instead respect the faith that our clients place in us to deliver a premium service at a value-for-money price.

At the same time, the company has expanded its product offerings to include article distribution and online press release creation and distribution.

Our expansion of services will continue as internet marketing strategies, tools and techniques evolve said Mr Jenyns.

Details of the new packages are at: http://www.melbourneseoservices.com/seo-services-australia/seo-company/ About Melbourne SEO

MelbourneSEOServices.com is a full service search engine optimization (SEO) consultancy, based in Australia, but with a worldwide client base.

Known for being at the cutting edge of strategic SEO practices, the company delivers a growing suite of services including: on-page and off-page search engine optimization, article distribution, Google Places listing, SEO press release service, web video production and one-on-one consulting.

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TORONTO - Telefilm Canada says it wants to offer big money to small projects.

The federal agency says it's introducing a pilot program that would give emerging filmmakers as much as $120,000 to make so-called "micro-budget" movies.

The fund targets low-budget ventures that cost less than $250,000 and are designed for various digital platforms. It would launch this summer.

Executive director Carolle Brabant revealed the plan today at the Prime Time in Ottawa conference, a national networking event for film, television, broadcasting and telecommunications industries.

She also announced a second fund that would support both emerging and established filmmakers and give tax-receipts to individual and corporate donors who want to back Canuck filmmakers.

Documentary maker Peter Raymont says it's something many producers have wanted to see for a long time.

"There's a lot of people in Canada who care about art and culture and filmmaking and would like to be able to support it and receive a tax receipt," said Raymont, one of Telefilm's consultants on the plan.

Still, the director had qualms about the fund, noting he'd prefer it if donors could put their money into a particular film rather than donate to a slate of Telefilm titles.

He suggested that allowing for targeted donations would elicit greater private investment, pointing to the experience he had recently completing a feature-length documentary about painter Tom Thomson.

Raymont says private donors provided almost one third of the $1 million budget for "West Wind."

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