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Anonymity: To Outlaw, or Not to Outlaw?
Editor's Blog  
3/31/2008   11 comments
A recent Internet Evolution poll shows Web users nearly split down the middle on whether or not online anonymity should be outlawed
The Most Despicable Users of the Internet
Ira Winkler  
3/31/2008   34 comments
People who ignore basic computer security are truly the most despicable users of the Internet
Will Online Social Networks Replace Our Social Lives?
Leo Nederlof  
3/28/2008   8 comments
Third generation social-networking technology is giving us more ways to supplement our real-life interactions with virtual ones
Should Web Hosts Have the Right to Censor?
Editor's Blog  
3/28/2008   18 comments
Earlier this week, Network Solutions suspended a site that may have been in violation of its 'Acceptable Use Policy.' But should Web hosts have the right to censor users?
The Truth About Municipal WiFi’s Problems
Alan Reiter  
3/28/2008   49 comments
Municipal WiFi was hyped in the past to create unrealistic expectations, and now the press is having a field day writing about its failures
Sneak Peak: Lessons Learned From Cyber Storm II
Mary E. Shacklett  
3/27/2008   8 comments
Preliminary reactions from Cisco participants in Cyber Storm II reveal that international collaboration is critical to our nation’s cyber safety
Peer-to-Peer Filters: Not Worth the Hype?
Editor's Blog  
3/27/2008   1 comment
The first industry test of peer-to-peer filters, conducted on behalf of Internet Evolution, suggests these products may not be ready for prime time
The Pleasures of Uninterrupted Communication
Cory Doctorow  
3/27/2008   12 comments
You see, I love communicating too much to be interrupted
Armed With Mobile Capabilities
Editor's Blog  
3/26/2008   13 comments
Suddenly the idea that our cellphones are a part of us takes on a brand new meaning...
The Great Online Content Dilemma: Free or Fee?
Peter Bowman  
3/26/2008   10 comments
Businesses must be able to manage the fine line between free and fee online content to get the full potential of their Internet investment
Data Portability: A ThinkerNetter's Take
Editor's Blog  
3/25/2008   2 comments
Five social networking sites partner with Microsoft on data portability. Andrew Keen says it's all nonsense
Spring Cleaning: The Green Way to Remove Your E-Junk
Chris Minnick  
3/25/2008   4 comments
This spring, I’m going to find something more creative to do with my e-junk, and I’m not going to ship, truck, or trash anything
Welcome to the 'Syndicated Video Economy'
Will Richmond  
3/25/2008   4 comments
An emerging trend in the broadband video marketplace is pointing to the early formation of 'syndicated video economy'
Rising to the Challenge of Verizon's 'Open Development'
Alan Reiter  
3/24/2008   6 comments
Will device vendors and software developers rise to the challenge of Verizon's 'Open Development' call and create exciting, innovative products and services?
Poll: Internet Domination 3.0
Editor's Blog  
3/24/2008   4 comments
According to an Internet Evolution reader poll, the mobile Web will dominate the next phase of the Internet
Internet Governance Needs Greater Accountability
Robert Lloyd  
3/24/2008   8 comments
There needs to be greater accountability in global Internet governance among the transnational actors
Are LinkedIn's New 'Company Profiles' Reliable?
Editor's Blog  
3/21/2008   2 comments
LinkedIn launches the beta version of its business directory – company profiles – creating a research tool for company info. But is the data reliable?
‘Home-Run’ Architectures: Next-Gen FTTH Networks
Bill St. Arnaud  
3/21/2008   7 comments
A home-run fiber architecture for FTTH networks is the best option for creating a competitive broadband market
Can Internet Voting Bail Out Florida & Michigan?
William J. Kelleher  
3/21/2008   15 comments
The problems surrounding an Internet voting rescue for a Democratic primary do-over in Florida and Michigan far outweigh any possible benefits
Will Human-Powered Search Be the Google Killer?
Editor's Blog  
3/20/2008   16 comments
Google's search share declined globally in February, perhaps signaling that it's time to move past basic search
Dos & Don’ts of Virtual Events
Guy Piekarz  
3/20/2008   5 comments
With the growing popularity of virtual events, here are some pointers for hosting your own
Online Character Assassinations Raise New Challenges
Mary E. Shacklett  
3/20/2008   10 comments
The devastating consequences of posting online slurs raise new challenges for victims and content providers
Recession? What Recession?
Todd Watson  
3/19/2008   5 comments
Despite the looming economic rough patch, eMarketer predicts US online advertising will grow continue to grow the rest of this year by 23%
Is Internet Connectivity Our Real Sixth Sense?
Peter Bowman  
3/19/2008   11 comments
How could something like a lack of Web connectivity have such a huge impact on our lives?
Facebook Revamps Privacy Policy: Is It Enough?
Editor's Blog  
3/19/2008   3 comments
Facebook adjusts its privacy policy, putting more sharing options in the users' hands, but is it enough to secure our faltering trust?
Mobile Internet Tools for the Citizen Journalist
Alan Reiter  
3/19/2008   12 comments
Free and inexpensive software for cellphones and on the Internet is making it easy for just about anyone to report on everything
Wikipedia's Notability Policy: Consistently Inconsistent
Editor's Blog  
3/18/2008   3 comments
It's full of holes, often eliminating those worth reading about while letting non-notables slip through the cracks
Immersive Education: Introducing Game-Based Learning
Aaron E. Walsh  
3/18/2008   8 comments
Virtual worlds and game-based learning technology are stirring up the status quo and have academia talking about the future of online learning
Using More of Our Senses Online
Chris Minnick  
3/18/2008   8 comments
I’m wondering whether it’s possible to work on the Web and, at the same time, use more of the senses that make me human
Web Users Distrust Social Networking Sites
Editor's Blog  
3/17/2008   6 comments
In a poll, 36 percent of Internet Evolution readers claim to trust their social networking sites the least with their personal data
Internet Freedom Preservation Act: Right Bill. Right Now
Craig Aaron  
3/17/2008   12 comments
The Internet Freedom Preservation Act is the right bill for right now
In Teleconferencing, Looks Are Everything
Hal Bennett  
3/17/2008   4 comments
Advances in fiber optics promise to elevate the way we interact in a teleconference and the way we do business
Yahoo Beats Google to Semantic Web
Editor's Blog  
3/14/2008   4 comments
Yahoo announces it is taking the first steps toward Semantic search
Apple’s Amazing Mobile, Internet Sales Ecosystem
Alan Reiter  
3/14/2008   22 comments
Apple is revolutionizing the wireless Internet business with possibly the most powerful mobile and Internet consumer sales ecosystem in the world
Four (or Five) Big Changes Affect Online Video Ratings
Editor's Blog  
3/14/2008   Post a comment
At Digital Hollywood Media Summit, six digital media execs attribute recent success to positive changes in user-generated content and online video, but they leave out a key detail
FTTH: Coming From a Government Near You
Tom Nolle  
3/14/2008   46 comments
The only way to get universal fiber-to-the-home is to offer all those who are willing to deploy it a 100% investment tax credit
AOL Video Exec Quiet About Bebo Buy
Editor's Blog  
3/13/2008   Post a comment
AOL acquires Bebo, but AOL Video SVP does not want to talk about it
Expanding Time in the Digital Age
Kim Solez, MD  
3/13/2008   15 comments
The good news is that our concept of time is actually expandable in the digital age, and we can make more of it!
AOL Snaps Up Bebo, IBM Smashes Up Mashups
Todd Watson  
3/13/2008   2 comments
AOL snapped up UK-based social network Bebo, and IBM announced a new secure mashup technology that can pull information from multiple sources
To Blog or Not to Blog, Corporately
Mary E. Shacklett  
3/13/2008   17 comments
When blogging forums are business-sponsored, companies get sensitive to the potential hazards that may result from employees who blog
Digital Hollywood's Social Media Lovefest
Editor's Blog  
3/12/2008   3 comments
Highlights and lowlights from the 'Social Media & User Generated Media' panel at Digital Hollywood in NYC
A Religious War Is Taking Place Online
Peter Bowman  
3/12/2008   17 comments
The Web has become the new spiritual media battleground for recruiting, educating, and committing people to religious institutions
The Future of UGC: Moving on From YouTube
Editor's Blog  
3/12/2008   5 comments
Reality Digital's CEO, Cynthia Francis, talks about the user generated content of tomorrow, suggesting a move away from the entertainment-centric likes of YouTube
EC OKs Google Acquisition of DoubleClick
Todd Watson  
3/12/2008   Post a comment
The European Commission rules the two are not competitors and even if they were it's no big deal
The ‘Killer App’ to Stop Climate Change: It’s You
Scott Clavenna  
3/12/2008   8 comments
This may involve carbon credits... or, more simply, extinction
Social Network Meets Physical World
Editor's Blog  
3/11/2008   3 comments
Social networking site MetroFunk to open its doors to the flesh-and-blood types with an offline location
Internet Voting Is Coming!
William J. Kelleher  
3/11/2008   31 comments
One day, all voting for the President of the US will be done over the Internet
Monolithic Monster: Is Google Replacing Microsoft?
Mike Stopforth  
3/11/2008   5 comments
Microsoft is making a conscious effort to change its image, while Google battles the inevitable struggles of being an enormous corporation
Time to Think Differently About Plagiarism?
Chris Minnick  
3/10/2008   12 comments
With so much published work becoming available on the Internet, should we revise our ideas about online writing and plagiarism?
Politics 2.0: Not There Yet
Editor's Blog  
3/10/2008   12 comments
The Internet has not been as influential for providing non-mainstream political coverage as some might have thought or hoped
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The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   4 comments
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
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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.
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George Taylor   5/20/2013   9 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?
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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.
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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

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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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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
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