Abolish the FCC! Editor's Blog 11/30/2007 1 comment The FCC is overreaching on its usefulness. Time to reconsider its existence
Poles Apart: Finally, a Web 2.0 Portal That Actually Matters Stephen Saunders 11/30/2007 9 comments A tiny self-funded Polish news organization has succeeded where massively backed US companies have failed – developing a Web 2.0 service with content that really matters. And it comes from Poland. Yes, that Poland. No, really: Poland!
YouTube, Politics & YOU Editor's Blog 11/29/2007 3 comments YouTubers took the helm at last night's GOP debate, with questions guided by CNN and Mitt Romney's detestation for snowmen
Viral Distribution’s Coming of Age Simeon Simeonov 11/29/2007 2 comments Businesses that develop the capability to truly leverage their brands through viral distribution to millions of consumers on the Internet will have a formidable advantage
Whose Phone Is It Anyway? Editor's Blog 11/28/2007 3 comments The Verizon 'open access' plan for its wireless networks brings up an interesting point: Do US subscribers really own their own phones?
Traditional Media: Not Dead Yet Editor's Blog 11/27/2007 7 comments The traditional media industry is not dead; it is starting to benefit from what Web 2.0 has to offer
Taking Responsibility for Poor Security Ira Winkler 11/27/2007 3 comments The British government's acceptance of responsibility for a significant data leak is extremely refreshing. The US can learn a thing or two from the Brits
Cyber Monday: Who Cares? Editor's Blog 11/26/2007 2 comments Fifty-four percent of employees have come to work today fully prepared to do nothing but score some online shopping deals
A Meshing of Minds Editor's Blog 11/20/2007 5 comments My experience with meshminds.com, a new social networking site for creative types
Mobile Malware: The Coming Crisis Alan Reiter 11/20/2007 34 comments The threat of spyware, hybrids, and phishing attacks targeting wireless mobile devices looms on the horizon
The Future of Internet Immune Systems Cory Doctorow 11/19/2007 5 comments We need an immune system for the Internet, but like all immune systems, a little bit goes a long way, and too much makes you break out in hives
Optical's Great Leap Forward Sterling Perrin 11/16/2007 5 comments Our surveys of network operators around the world show that they are clamoring for more speed, and specifically for 100G
In Social Networks We Trust Editor's Blog 11/15/2007 7 comments Most Web users trust social network recommendations over traditional advertisements. Somewhere in the distance, Facebook yelps, 'Whooopie!'
One Web, Many Worlds Mike Stopforth 11/15/2007 5 comments It doesn’t make sense that geography should have such an impact on the Web—a medium that is supposed to be geographically agnostic—but it does
Why Vinod Khosla Stopped Loving the Internet Scott Clavenna 11/14/2007 8 comments The venture capitalist rarely mentions the Internet these days. Instead, he talks about greentech issues – like climate change, biofuels, solar power, and clean coal
Cable's Secret Revenue Stream Michael Harris 11/9/2007 2 comments Comcast positions itself to tap into a secret revenue source. Hint: It pertains to everyone's patriotic duties
Did Facebook Do Its Legal Homework? Editor's Blog 11/9/2007 3 comments Asking Facebook users for their permission to 'get noticed' in a social ad is one thing. Having the user 'get paid' for appearing in the ad is another thing
Internet Eats Island Stephen Saunders 11/8/2007 19 comments With the click of a mouse an ancient (if tiny) culture is wiped off the face of the planet by the all powerful Internet. What hath Vint Cerf wrought?!
Facebook's Sociable Sales Plan Editor's Blog 11/7/2007 2 comments Facebook unveils its new advertising plan and turns its users into a band of marketing monkeys
Security Knowledge Is Power Howard Schmidt 11/7/2007 7 comments Everyone who touches information technology should understand security threats and solutions
Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M.
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.
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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
