NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing

July 8, 2008 By JOELLE TESSLER , AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Executives from major Internet players - Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. - are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.



Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:


Xbox Live boots pirate videogame players; will link to Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clicker.com aims to become Internet video usher

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug industry presses FDA to allow more online ads

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google snaps up mobile ad startup for $750 million (Update)

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


print this article email this article download pdf blog this article bookmark this article     Stumble it Digg this share on Facebook retweet share on Reddit add to delicious
Rate this story - not rated yet


July 8, 2008 all stories

Comments: 0

not rated yet
  • Stumble this up

  • Digg this

  • share this

  • hide
  • Related Stories

  • BT shelves Phorm's Web usage monitoring for ads
    created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0
  • NebuAd closing doors after Internet privacy woes
    created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0



  • hide
  • Relevant PhysicsForums posts

  • Ducted fan intake
    created 3 hours ago
  • why are you an engineer?
    created 13 hours ago
  • Variable Pitch Propeller mechanism?
    created 16 hours ago
  • Bread Board
    created Nov 14, 2009
  • More from Physics Forums - General Engineering

Other News

All eyes on Murdoch as newspapers ponder digital future

Technology / Internet

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure?


Road trains may be coming soon to Europe

Road trains may be coming soon to Europe (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 22

(PhysOrg.com) -- Road trains linking vehicles together in a traveling convoy are planned for Europe. With only the lead vehicle being actively driven, the road trains would allow commuters to sleep, read a ...


A system of space solar power system (SSPS)

Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source

Technology / Energy

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 31

It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.


Cars sit in traffic on a highway

Netherlands to levy 'green' road tax by the kilometre

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 8

The Dutch government said Friday it wants to introduce a "green" road tax by the kilometre from 2012 aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent and halving congestion.


Hydrogen milestone moves energy independence one step forward

Hydrogen milestone moves energy independence one step forward

Technology / Energy

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Big things often come in small packages. That's certainly the case with the potential created by recent successes in hydrogen research at Idaho National Laboratory.