RFID Chips Track What Happens in Vegas Joe Grimm 1/31/2011 25 comments Poker gear outfitted with RFID ensures that chips don't get cashed outside the casino, and winning hands are recorded on video
A Lucky Year for China & Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 1/31/2011 5 comments New opportunities in the region are emerging as the second largest economy in the world has developed a blossoming middle class
Pondering Egypt & Net Activism Ron Miller 1/28/2011 80 comments With Egypt's Internet shut down, it's timely to consider a new book about misconceptions of Internet freedom
Enterprise Confidence Is Back! Executive Clan Editor's Blog 1/28/2011 4 comments Spending on technology projects for cloud computing, data analytics, mobile devices, and social media is expected to increase
Tablets: IT's Quiet Revolution IT Clan Editor's Blog 1/27/2011 24 comments While many IT pros aren't committing to tablets as a way of digital life, signs indicate these devices are replacing PCs on a massive scale
FEMA Wants Your Online Ideas Joe Grimm 1/27/2011 55 comments The federal agency is holding a contest for apps to provide an online boost to its emergency response efforts
The Myth of Browser-Based 'Do Not Track' Robert McGarvey 1/27/2011 43 comments Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft all claim to have ways of protecting browsing consumers from online marketers. But they won't work
Carbon Trading Market Hacked for $40 Million Security Clan Editor's Blog 1/26/2011 18 comments A wave of cyber-attacks in the EU carbon trading market has resulted in suspension of trading – and a warning to national registries everywhere
C-Suite to Drive New Tablet Apps Executive Clan Editor's Blog 1/26/2011 Post a comment Companies need to be on the fast track to developing tablet apps for executives because their employees are bringing these devices into work
Unions Labor to Embrace Social Media Rob Salkowitz 1/26/2011 26 comments The mass collaboration of the labor movement has not extended to the Internet space, though there are some signs of change
IBM’s Virtual Desktop Todd Watson 1/25/2011 2 comments The software can be installed on a customer's own infrastructure or through an IBM Business Partner's 'private cloud' hosted environment
Truth: The Latest Online Marketing Vehicle CMO Clan Editor's Blog 1/25/2011 10 comments The GoodGuide site is leading a potential trend toward using objective data as input for ranking and marketing a range of products
Google Launches Cloud Print for Smartphones Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 1/24/2011 2 comments Google's new Cloud Print beta application could be helpful to consumers and small enterprises that lack sophisticated printing capabilities
RFID + VoIP = Midmarket Benefits Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 1/24/2011 Post a comment Enterprises can combine mobile and integrated communications components to help solve market-specific business problems
Sony Cries 'Fraud' to PS3 Jailbreakers Jart Armin 1/24/2011 13 comments By going after hackers who've managed to circumvent some Playstation functions, Sony is challenging definitions of device ownership
VC Funding Falls Short of IT IT Clan Editor's Blog 1/20/2011 7 comments Research firm CB Insights reports that Internet-related VC funding is going more to social sites, deal sites, and gaming than to IT
Join Us for IE Radio With William J. White Editor's Blog 1/20/2011 Post a comment Tune in for IE Radio starring William J. White, professor in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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