It hasn't been a particularly good year for Phorm, the snoopvertising (adversnooping?) agency that began life as a spyware company dedicated to rootkits. UK ISPs British Telecom and Carphone Warehouse recently confirmed they wouldn't be proceeding with Phorm's Webwise platform, and now both Phorm's Chief Technical Officer and Director of Corporate Communications have left the company. Phorm has also shut down a website they were using to smear critics. Phorm, who hopes to partner with ISPs to sniff your time spent on various sites to send you more "tailored" adverts, has global expansion ambitions that may not succeed if they can't find a source of actual revenue.