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Fox, Obama Feud Contradicts 'Open' Government
Editor's Blog  
10/30/2009   86 comments
Obama's refusal to appear on Fox News, contradicts his commitment to collaboration and communication online
'Boosting' Your Cellular Speed With Multiplexing
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
10/30/2009   2 comments
This software gives your laptop access to the speed of multiple cellular phones
Insurance Industry Ripe for BPM Shift
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
10/30/2009   Post a comment
Is the need for dynamic business process management being overshadowed by other factors? And what role will Generations X and Y play?
Web Streamlines the Reverse Supply Chain
Mary E. Shacklett  
10/30/2009   15 comments
Web-enabled returns systems offer a range of business benefits
A Birthday Card for the Internet
Editor's Blog  
10/29/2009   16 comments
On your fortieth birthday, Internet, here's why we're mad at you
LA Win Gives Clouds a Boost
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
10/29/2009   8 comments
The LA City Council has approved the move of its massive email system to Google's cloud; other organizations are watching
Applause for Latest Craigslist Ruling
Ira Winkler  
10/29/2009   29 comments
Craigslist isn't responsible for prostitution advertised on its site, a court rules
Q&A With Malcolm Gladwell
Todd Watson  
10/29/2009   1 comment
Gladwell's first book changed the way many of us think about the way information is shared and disseminated, and how individuals influence one another and, in turn, the crowd
Social Networks Upset Yet Another Group
Editor's Blog  
10/29/2009   5 comments
Financial regulators express concern that sites like Facebook are disrupting employee oversight and security on Wall Street
Social Media Must Grow Up to the Enterprise
David Silversmith  
10/29/2009   20 comments
New products can help make social sites more business-friendly, but long term, the sites themselves must adapt to enterprise use
Make Your Internet Contracts Airtight
Steven C. Bennett  
10/29/2009   22 comments
Here's how to ensure your Website user agreements will hold up in a court of law
Boingo's BlackBerry PR Needs VoIP Push
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
10/28/2009   Post a comment
Boingo's latest announcement of client software for BlackBerry is missing any mention of VoIP – a key omission
On the Eve of E-Destruction
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
10/28/2009   7 comments
Much of our thinking about cyberware and deterrence is out of date and maybe disastrously wrongheaded, according to a new RAND report
Social Power Is You
Todd Watson  
10/28/2009   Post a comment
Think of all the data out there available today that, if it were collected and analyzed in real-time, could prove extremely beneficial
Google 'Social Search' Is Completely Useless
Editor's Blog  
10/28/2009   13 comments
Now use Google to find out what your friends are saying! Hooray! How utterly pointless
N. American Internet Policy: Tough Choices Ahead
Tom Nolle  
10/28/2009   49 comments
In Canada and the US, regulators are finding it tougher than ever to expand Internet access fairly
Retail Goes Mobile From the Inside
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
10/28/2009   2 comments
Thousands of online businesses are connecting workers to the mobile network from within the corporate walls
Why Electric Cars Could Drive the Internet
Scott Clavenna  
10/28/2009   17 comments
Ford and your local power company may have more to do with the future of the Web than any ISP
ICANN's Tower of Babel Raises Questions
Rob Salkowitz  
10/28/2009   13 comments
ICANN's Internationalized Domain Names, which could be online next month, might hinder security and increase the costs of localization
New Intelligence for a Smarter Planet
Todd Watson  
10/27/2009   Post a comment
We live in a rapidly changing world, we have enormous inefficiencies, there are loads of opportunities to change things for the better
Slideshow: Web 2.0 Summit 2009
Editor's Blog  
10/27/2009   5 comments
Check out the Web 2.0 Summit in slides for photos of Tim Berners-Lee, Sergey Brin, Evan Williams, Jeff Immelt, Aneesh Chopra, and more!
Business Analytics Get Better at Reporting
Scott Koegler  
10/27/2009   8 comments
New tools offer ongoing data representation and visualizations to make data analytics more immediately usable
Mashing Pumpkins: New IBM Cognos Mashup Tool
Todd Watson  
10/27/2009   1 comment
IBM is announcing an expansion of its industry-leading enterprise mashup portfolio
Nook Launch, Apple Tablet Augur Writers' Revolution
Andrew Keen  
10/27/2009   23 comments
E-books, including Apple's imminent 'iTablet' will dramatically change the writer's craft
Manufacturers Tap Social Networks
Bob Violino  
10/27/2009   23 comments
Various manufacturing firms are finding social networking helps to improve their products and customer awareness
IOD Press Conference: A Trillion Networked Things (Including Cows)
Todd Watson  
10/26/2009   Post a comment
I'm in the IOD 2009 press conference. Frank Kern, VP of IBM's General Business Consulting group, is now speaking
Why Netflix Persists With DVDs
David Vellante  
10/26/2009   46 comments
It's in Netflix's best interest to keep pushing DVDs, despite the fact that the company's future lies online
10 Mobile Workforce Strategies
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
10/26/2009   11 comments
Mobile worker guidelines can prevent the whole herd from drifting off into someone else's green fields
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Editor's Blog  
10/26/2009   2 comments
We're live on IE Radio with Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Join us now!
The IM Software Future's So Bright
Todd Watson  
10/26/2009   Post a comment
IBM analyst Stacy Novack expects the IM market to be $237B next year, with software being about $63B of that
Agents Plan Disruption of RBN, Other Crime Groups
Jart Armin  
10/26/2009   12 comments
The FBI and SOCA call out European registry RIPE as they join forces to disrupt further activities of the Russian Business Network
IE Radio Welcomes Rosabeth Moss Kanter at 1 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
10/26/2009   1 comment
Join us today at 1 PM for IE Radio with Rosabeth Moss Kanter of the Harvard Business School
The Web Could Someday Read Your Thoughts
Kim Solez, MD  
10/26/2009   33 comments
Researchers are delving into the nature of consciousness. Private thoughts could eventually show up on the Internet
ShoZu Creates App Store to Counter Ovi Woes
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
10/23/2009   2 comments
Companies shouldn't rely on just one way to sell their applications. ShoZu learned this the hard way
New MySpace Strategy: More Music, Less Social
Editor's Blog  
10/23/2009   6 comments
In the wake of the Facebook era, MySpace moves away from a focus on social networking
Web 2.0 Infiltrates the Midmarket
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
10/23/2009   2 comments
Thanks to an infusion of Web 2.0-based customer-driven service models capitalized on by midmarket companies, enterprise doesn't have to be big to be efficient
CIA's Latest Web 2.0 Move Raises Questions
Rob Salkowitz  
10/23/2009   18 comments
In-Q-Tel's announced investment in Visible Technologies prompts questions about the 'intelligence' of such a public move
Theory Could Lead to Ultrafast, Secure Web for Space Travel
Brian Barritt  
10/23/2009   19 comments
This theory of quantum mechanics could point the way to an ultrafast Web that operates securely in outer space
Fear & Loathing at Information On Demand
Todd Watson  
10/22/2009   Post a comment
I'm getting desert fever
Sergey Brin Drops in at Web 2.0 Summit
Editor's Blog  
10/22/2009   9 comments
Google's Sergey Brin makes a surprise visit to the Web 2.0 Summit to talk about Twitter, Books, Chrome, and search
Disney's 'Keychest': Buy Once, Watch Everywhere
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
10/22/2009   14 comments
Walt Disney's new system enables consumers to purchase a video once and watch it on multiple devices
Is the Recession Over for IT? You Decide
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
10/22/2009   6 comments
Mixed messages indicate that IT spending will be subject to the whims of market fortune and misfortune for the near term
Enterprise Apps Meet Web Development; Clouds Emerge
Tom Nolle  
10/22/2009   10 comments
Four available platforms could take enterprise applications to a new level, and also change the way we use the Internet
Droid v. iPhone: The Battle Heats Up
David Vellante  
10/22/2009   30 comments
Verizon, Motorola, and Google are teaming up to attack Apple and AT&T. Their weapon: the Droid
Car Windows
Todd Watson  
10/22/2009   1 comment
Is anybody but me getting a sudden influx of Facebook spam?
Old, New Media Clash at Web 2.0 Summit
Editor's Blog  
10/22/2009   9 comments
After his boss called them parasites, Robert Thomson of The Wall Street Journal accuses Google of being promiscuous
Optimizing Interactive Content for Web Newsletters
Dan Cypra  
10/22/2009   8 comments
Using video and audio in your promotional online newsletters is great; but make sure you're getting the most for your effort
Twitter Teams With Google, Bing – & Google Gets Social
Editor's Blog  
10/21/2009   8 comments
Twitter teams with Google and Bing, giving both search engines access to its real-time Tweets; Google introduces 'Social Search'
Sorting Out the Authentication Credentials Mess
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
10/21/2009   5 comments
Government and industry are fine-tuning the ways to positively identify who you are and what you're doing here
'Nook' Heralds Rise of the Author-Developer
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
10/21/2009   4 comments
The arrival of a new kind of e-book from Barnes & Noble heralds a need for authors to engage in 'multimedia ecosystems'
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Joe Stanganelli   5/20/2013   8 comments
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
George Taylor
George Taylor   5/20/2013   8 comments
Has China stolen a march on the West, developing an Internet architecture that is not only based on IPv6, but is also inherently secure from both internal and external attack?
Ron Miller
Ron Miller   5/17/2013   19 comments
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.
Alan Reiter
Alan Reiter   5/16/2013   31 comments
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.
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

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Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track

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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.
Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future

4|23|13   |   2:29   |   20 comments


A look back at tech writing in the 90s makes us wonder where enterprise IT will be 20 years from now.
Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet

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Google's new Inactive Account Manager lets you control how Google disposes of your accounts when you die.
Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'

4|11|13   |   2:07   |   3 comments


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.
Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits

3|21|13   |   2:22   |   37 comments


ePad Femme is the world’s first tablet “made exclusively for women.”
Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream

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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.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract

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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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information

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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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site

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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.
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Todd Watson   5/17/2013   2 comments
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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to
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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
As
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