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Britannica Takes a Small Dose of Wiki
Editor's Blog  
6/30/2008   5 comments
In an effort to emerge from Web 1.0, Encyclopedia Britannica has apportioned some of its pages to editing... just not the ones that count
Every Company Is a Media Company
Tom Wilde  
6/30/2008   7 comments
A company’s ability to embrace video and make it a core competence can give it a distinct marketing advantage
Web Development Dos & Don'ts
David Vellante  
6/30/2008   17 comments
Here are the top 10 business questions I get about Web software development
Post du Jour, Starring You!
Editor's Blog  
6/30/2008   4 comments
We've added a new feature to the site to commend your message board performance and turn your words into objects of rotating stardom
Survey: Bloggers Should Have Standards
Editor's Blog  
6/28/2008   20 comments
Over 75 percent of our readers cast a vote to hold bloggers to the same legal and ethical standards as journalists
Nokia Takes Symbian Open-Source: Not Good Enough
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/27/2008   Post a comment
Nokia needs to do more than add developers and apps to the Symbian platform
Now ICANN Must Live With Its Mess
Editor's Blog  
6/27/2008   7 comments
Newly hatched domain names won't serve users but will enrich some business interests
Internet Apps Could Suffocate in Cloud, Author Warns
Editor's Blog  
6/27/2008   3 comments
Too-tight security could strangle Internet innovation, according to Jonathan Zittrain
Enterprise 2.0 Needs to Be Un-Friendly
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
6/26/2008   5 comments
Enterprises do themselves no favors trying to emulate Facebook-like models for social networking and other Web 2.0 apps
How the Internet Promotes Storage Demand
Tom Coughlin  
6/26/2008   18 comments
On the Internet, data ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. It's best to plan accordingly
Future of GPS Is Wireless Internet Services
Alan Reiter  
6/26/2008   38 comments
The future of location technology lies in wireless Internet services
How Your Small Business Can Achieve a High Google PageRank
Richard Banfield  
6/25/2008   15 comments
Here are some pretty simple steps to manipulating Google PageRank and increasing your small business site's performance
'Internet for Everyone' Attempts to Close Digital Divide
Editor's Blog  
6/25/2008   8 comments
A new national initiative, InternetforEveryone.org, will attempt to close the digital divide and provide cheap, fast, and open Internet access for every citizen in the United States
Outside.in to Mix Hyperlocal News, Mobility
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/25/2008   2 comments
New 'Radar' Website and its hyperlocal news feeds (think: within a few blocks) will go mobile sometime this summer
SharePoint Best Practices Start to Emerge
Russ Edelman  
6/24/2008   16 comments
New and existing users of the popular enterprise content management tool will need to balance business and technical issues
Travel Channel's Wireless Site in Beta
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/24/2008   Post a comment
Though it isn't perfect, the cable channel's new wireless site offers useful info for tourists and locals alike
Twittering the Presidency
Editor's Blog  
6/24/2008   34 comments
Does the next president need to be fluent in Twitterology in order to run the country?
Huffington Shows Old Media the Door
Editor's Blog  
6/23/2008   18 comments
At the Personal Democracy Forum, Arianna Huffington made a plea for new media to abandon the old adage that there's 'two sides to every story'
Internet Politics: Two Types of Innovation
Editor's Blog  
6/23/2008   10 comments
Two types of innovation are on the rise in Internet politics: industrialized and democratic
Open Season on Bugging Cellphones
Alan Reiter  
6/23/2008   56 comments
Be careful what you say: You may be talking on a bugged cellular phone
Next Up for Silicon Valley: Gas Prices 2.0
Editor's Blog  
6/20/2008   11 comments
In the spirit of enjoying failure, some in Silicon Valley have shifted their efforts from Web 2.0 to Oil 2.0
Data Mining in the Age of Web 2.0
Oded Noy  
6/20/2008   6 comments
In order to solve the Web 2.0 problem of 'noise overload,' and begin to achieve search results that are contextual and accurate, we need to come together as a technology community to work on a solution
The Internet & ICT: Cutting CO2 Emissions
Bill St. Arnaud  
6/20/2008   17 comments
The combination of the Internet and information and communication technology (ICT) can have a significant impact on CO2 emissions
3G iPhone’s Disappointing Capabilities
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/19/2008   22 comments
Apple's 3G iPhone is a letdown because it lacks popular wireless Internet features
Twitter: Can It Stay Afloat?
Editor's Blog  
6/19/2008   15 comments
After a few outages and some assails from the blogosphere, Twitter is making moves to repair its architecture... but will it survive?
Cyber Warfare: Strategy & Tactics
Kenneth Geers  
6/19/2008   15 comments
With cyber warfare on the rise, national security planners need a better understanding of strategies and tactics
Backup, Virtualization That Evoke the 80s
Mike Karp  
6/19/2008   2 comments
Symantec's new emphasis on endpoint virtualization calls to mind the centralized approach of the pre-PC era
The Dangers of Disruptive Technologies
Mary E. Shacklett  
6/19/2008   12 comments
Face recognition is a disruptive technology that offers search benefits and challenges privacy at the same time
Of All the Nerve: A World Without Voice
Todd Barrish  
6/18/2008   11 comments
A new technology called 'nerve tapping' could enable voiceless communications, broadening the potential of things like social networking and GPS
Poll: Banning YouTerrorism
Editor's Blog  
6/18/2008   9 comments
47 percent of our readers are calling on YouTube to take down and ban all terrorism-related content
What 'Out-of-the-Box' Really Means
Russ Edelman  
6/18/2008   6 comments
Out-of-the-box (OOTB) products for enterprises and data centers are a very different animal from OOTB desktop and workstation software
Broadcast TV's Demise Is Premature
Bryon Evje  
6/18/2008   6 comments
Although some media experts predict otherwise, I don't believe online video will lead to the end of broadcast television
Associated Press vs the Internet
Editor's Blog  
6/17/2008   5 comments
The Associated Press wants to restrict the ease with which people link to and quote its stories, essentially going against the grain of the Internet
Identifying a Targeted Attack
Alex Shipp  
6/17/2008   7 comments
Despite millions of phishing attacks and malware links that appear in email every day, a very small percentage involves targeted attacks. Should we still be concerned?
Web 2.0: New Rules
David Vellante  
6/17/2008   10 comments
Or, how to spot the difference between those actively advancing the Internet and those trying to put a 2.0 façade on a 1.0 service
'Golden Rules' for Online Etiquette
Editor's Blog  
6/16/2008   10 comments
Debrett has published the five 'Golden Rules' to help you fight SNAD and mind your manners on the Internet
The State of Selling Surplus Items on eBay
Chris Minnick  
6/16/2008   11 comments
State governments are becoming eBay PowerSellers by auctioning off assorted items confiscated at airport security check points
Mining the Wisdom of Wireless Crowds
Alan Reiter  
6/16/2008   19 comments
Groups of cellphone users can collaboratively monitor a variety of things and make the data available on the Internet
Enterprise 2.0 Wrap: Best Quotes
Editor's Blog  
6/14/2008   12 comments
Here are six of the best/worst/funniest/scariest things I heard people say all week at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference
MicroHoo: Well, It's Over
Editor's Blog  
6/13/2008   20 comments
In the aftermath of the official Microsoft/Yahoo split, Google sweeps Yahoo off its feet, changing the face of competition in the online ad space
Microsoft’s Dangerous ‘Device Manners’ Patent
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/13/2008   6 comments
Microsoft's patented 'device manners' technology has some potentially dangerous consequences
What’s Keeping Our Money Offline?
Murali Subbarao  
6/13/2008   16 comments
Innovative online bill payment options will lead to greater consumer adoption over the next two years
The Return of Client/Server Architecture
Richard Monson-Haefel  
6/13/2008   4 comments
Rich Internet application solutions are giving client/server architecture end users a richer experience and more responsiveness
Inside IBM's Intranet
Editor's Blog  
6/13/2008   6 comments
IBM gave the paying public a peek into its W3 intranet
The Changing Role of the CIO
Steven J. Bandrowczak  
6/12/2008   8 comments
In a mobile workforce environment, CIOs must embrace connectivity challenges in order to stay competitive
Our Little Facebook Experiment
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
6/12/2008   2 comments
Can social networking sites really find their place among business applications? We intend to find out
Server Costs & Miles per Gallon
Warren Shiau  
6/12/2008   7 comments
The soaring price of energy is poised to bite IT departments and the IT industry in the back side
Through the Looking Glassdoor
Todd Watson  
6/12/2008   15 comments
Glassdoor, a new career and workplace community, could help bring more transparency to HR departments
Online Advertisers vs Ad-Blockers: Who Will Win?
Marc Osofsky  
6/12/2008   11 comments
Consumers are paying less attention to online ads, so marketers need to find better ways to engage them
Still Spry Enough to Get the Internet
Editor's Blog  
6/11/2008   13 comments
You can teach old dogs new tricks, at least with the Internet, according to speakers at the Enterprise 2.0 conference
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David Weldon   5/22/2013   9 comments
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.
Paul Korzeniowski
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   15 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.
Joe Stanganelli
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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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   3 comments


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

5|6|13   |   3:51   |   No comments


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

4|15|13   |   2:59   |   10 comments


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

3|20|13   |   2:16   |   No comments


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

3|19|13   |   3:35   |   No comments


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

3|18|13   |   1:15   |   No comments


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

3|14|13   |   0:47   |   No comments


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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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