It’s three weeks since we exposed freeware developer FreeSmartSoft for including an uninstallable adware-serving back door in some of its products. The company had released some updated versions since then, so we checked out a copy of the popular FSS Google Book Downloader to see if any lessons had been learned. There have been changes, too -- but not what we expected. The package includes the same back door, which still isn’t uninstalled along with the application, but the developer has just modified the setup to make this harder to spot. The open source InnoUnp makes it easy to spot… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'
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Despite a spate of negative headlines dominating the higher education sector over the past few months, booksellers have reported buoyant sales as the Back to University season kicks off. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble chairman Len Riggio gave new company CEO Demos Parneros his firm support, calling Parneros "the perfect fit" to help the company grow its top line and improve profits. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Times Literary Supplement has become the official media partner of The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last year the New York Times CEO and ex-BBC boss published a book lamenting the decline in political discourse. With the advent of Brexit and Trump, he’s had to write a new chapter…Mark Thompson is the chief executive officer of the New York Times. He is also the former director general of the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The starting pistol for the race to Christmas number one has sounded and Jamie Oliver is out of the blocks early, with his 5 Ingredients: Quick and Easy Food (Michael Joseph) shifting just under 37,000 units through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market in its first two days on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press has back-pedaled on its decision to censor hundreds of articles from one of its flagship journals in China. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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That’s the heart of the question now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, after a lively hearing on Tuesday in the case of Capitol Records vs. ReDigi. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher will reinstate articles to which it blocked online access in China in the face of international protests by academicsCambridge University Press has backed down and will immediately re-post journal articles to which it blocked online access in China at the request of the Beijing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has acquired two more books from Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A lucky 13th week for The Handmaid’s Tale—it has rebounded back into the Weekly E-Book Ranking number one spot, after Helen Fields’ Perfect Prey briefly toppled it a week ago. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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School librarians and teachers weigh in on their must-have items for the new school year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After quietly rolling out a digital publication earlier this year, Grindr is making its push into digital media official today with the launch of lifestyle site Into, which it hopes will attract ad dollars from brands looking to advertise around LGBTQ content. Into launched in March as part of a... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For author Shari Lapena, entering into the crowded category known as the domestic thriller really paid off for her U.S. debut. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saqi Books' Elizabeth Briggs on how there is no such thing as a dangerous language, even if transport authorities disagree. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More details emerged Thursday on the subscription-based news product announced by Facebook head of news partnerships Campbell Brown earlier this month. Brown said at the Digital Publishing Innovation Summit in New York earlier this month that the social network would begin testing a... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has brought The Snowman brand “back in house” after more than 30 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A paywall is coming to Facebook, much to the delight of publishers. Head of news partnerships Campbell Brown made the announcement at the Digital Publishing Innovation Summit in New York Tuesday, as reported by Leon Lazaroff of TheStreet. Her announcement comes just over one week after several... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a one-two punch, the former 'Breitbart' editor self-published his book, 'Dangerous,' on July 4 and held a protest and rally outside the Simon & Schuster offices on July 7, where he announced a $10 million lawsuit against the publisher for "breach of contract." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Didion-esque, Didion-like, Didion-ish: the shorthand for anything insightful written by a white, female author is turning Joan Didion’s perspective into a prescription and stifling literature’s diversity“Writers are always selling someone out,” wrote the young Joan Didion in the preface of her... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Al Franken's humor is back at full strength in his new book, which is a memoir of the former 'Saturday Night Live' writer's journey to the NBC institution and his more recent time in politics. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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