McColo was shut down last week. If that makes no sense to you, you’re probably not alone, though you’ve probably benefited from its meaning.

The holidays have arrived! There’s that crisp chill in the air, the fresh smell of Christmas trees, the burning candles of the menorah, and of course the snowmen and hot cocoa.

Verizon Wireless is offering its customers downloads of tracks from Beyonce’s new album through its V Cast music service in advance of the album’s release later this week.

Retailer Target has begun promoting its exclusive new CD from singer Christina Aguilera, “Keeps Getting’ Better,” on a new mobile blog Web portal from Snakk Media.

Globalizer, LLC, an online marketing agency announced the official launch of its new affiliate marketing network, www.GlobalizerNetwork.com

New, Advanced Platform Emerges from Beta Program to Maximize Publisher Revenue from Networks and Exchanges
Gets $7 Million Backing from Spark Capital and the Foundry Group

Trancos, Inc, a leading online marketing company is announcing the launch of a new division: www.leadcast.com. This new self-serve platform allows businesses to bid on leads in real-time and sell leads. Leadcast is to leads what Google Adsense is to clicks.

Half of the 10 countries followed each month by Nielsen Online saw their active Internet home user populations drop in September compared to August. The U.S. lost the most users, while Switzerland lost the largest percentage of its users.

The dust from Google Chrome’s arrival has long since settled, so it’s time to refocus for a bit on the two current big boys in the browser wars: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox.

A team of seven researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Diego got into the Storm botnet to get a closer look at how much money spammers might be making.