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Startups to Showcase Their Social Skills at Web 2.0
Editor's Blog  
8/31/2010   18 comments
Social bicycles, privacy-aware networks, and social dating get set to showcase their skills at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York
Startup to Offer Angry FB Users an Alternative
Ron Miller  
8/31/2010   81 comments
A startup founded by NYU students just might stand a chance against the mighty Facebook. Then again, Facebook's proving to be unstoppable
Paying With Our Lives for Web Service
Mark Andrejevic  
8/31/2010   30 comments
Companies provide information services in exchange for detailed data collection about an increasingly broad swath of our lives
Risk Mitigation for Mobile Phones
Mary E. Shacklett  
8/31/2010   39 comments
Here are some tips for mitigating the risk of exposure to electro-magnetic radiation that comes from cellphones and smartphones
Clearwire Offers Prepaid Daily, Weekly, Monthly 4G
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/30/2010   6 comments
Clearwire's new plan is economical for road warriors, but its coverage area is limited
Study Shows Most Web Users Will 'Friend' Strangers
Editor's Blog  
8/30/2010   25 comments
A new study suggests we're way too willing to talk to digital strangers
Analytics Forecasting: Midmarket's Crystal Ball
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
8/30/2010   Post a comment
In addition to a more complete view of the enterprise, analytics tools provide midtier sales teams with information to make them more efficient
'Back to School' Calls Attention to Online Dangers for Students
Joe Grimm  
8/30/2010   44 comments
Cyber-bullying and sexual exploitation await many young people online
Visualizing the US Open
Todd Watson  
8/30/2010   1 comment
US Open PointStream, powered by IBM, will help tennis fans better follow the action online
Why Web TV May Not Be Apple's Niche
Robert McGarvey  
8/30/2010   25 comments
Apple's mum on the details of a San Francisco event called for Wednesday, but rumor has Cupertino announcing a Hulu competitor
When a Country's Spam Stirs National Attention
Jart Armin  
8/30/2010   31 comments
Sometimes it's necessary to confront governments about the spam and cybersecurity issues of local hosts
Broadcasters Want FM Radios in All Cellphones
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/27/2010   14 comments
The National Association of Broadcasters is flexing its considerable political muscle again
Bloggers' New BFF: A Defense Attorney
Editor's Blog  
8/27/2010   46 comments
Bloggers getting sued for libel and defamation is nothing new
Five Things That Keep CIOs Up Nights
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
8/27/2010   4 comments
Veteran CIO Cliff Bell shares his list of enterprise pressures
Virtual Apologies Don't Cut It
Chris Poley  
8/27/2010   83 comments
New 'apology sites' offer tips and techniques for saying 'I'm sorry.' But nothing beats good old face-to-face apologies
Legal Wrangling Over Hyperlink 'Libel' Continues
James Lambie  
8/27/2010   16 comments
Depending on where you live, hyperlinking libelous material can result in unexpected – and nasty – legal consequences
The US May/May Not Bug Your Car With GPS
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/26/2010   6 comments
A legal war continues over whether the US can install covert GPS tracking devices on vehicles without a court order
Germany May Forego Facebook as Hiring Tool
Editor's Blog  
8/26/2010   19 comments
Germany drafts a law that would forbid employers from using Facebook to screen job candidates
Gmail Calling: Google's Bid to Rule Your Communications
Alan Reiter  
8/26/2010   62 comments
With its new VoIP for Gmail, Google is looking to compete with Skype and offer users a one-stop communications shop
Report: Enterprise Vulnerabilities on the Web 'Incredible'
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
8/26/2010   7 comments
IBM's X-Force says that Web applications accounted for more than half of all potential IT vulnerabilities during the first half of 2010
New Survey Says IBM Business Partners Expect Social Media to Drive Sales
Todd Watson  
8/26/2010   9 comments
Three out of four companies interviewed by IBM say they are still uncertain how to apply social media as an effective sales tool
IBM X-Force Midyear Risk & Trend Report
Todd Watson  
8/26/2010   1 comment
IBM found 4,396 new vulnerabilities were documented by the X-Force R&D team in the first half of 2010, a 36 percent increase over the same time period last year
Advertisers 'Like' New Hybrid Ads
Michael Bennett Cohn  
8/26/2010   18 comments
Facebook 'Likes' typify a new kind of ad that exceeds the traditional online paradigm
Philly's Blogger Tax Hits the Fan
Robert McGarvey  
8/26/2010   26 comments
A tax that's hit bloggers in Philadelphia is really a money-making scheme by a desperate local government
Stop Me If You've Heard This One: CollegeOnly.com
Editor's Blog  
8/25/2010   14 comments
CollegeOnly aims to do what Facebook did before it became successful
Toolbar Brawl Goes to Court in China
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
8/25/2010   4 comments
Baidu takes software company Qihoo 360 to court over toolbars being labeled as malware
What’s Wrong With Microsoft’s Tablet/Slate Strategy
Daniel W. Rasmus  
8/25/2010   17 comments
Microsoft needs to step back and adjust its view of tablet/slate PCs, learning from its past mistakes
Risk Assessment Tutorial Tackles CIO Fears
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
8/25/2010   Post a comment
There are ways for CIOs to identify, quantify, and manage threats that pose a risk, and still come out ahead
Why IT Jobs Aren't Bouncing Back
Mary E. Shacklett  
8/25/2010   27 comments
Jobs in IT aren't coming back in the same way they might in other post-recession industries
Tracking Facebook's Evolution as a One-Stop Social Shop
Don Reisinger  
8/25/2010   11 comments
Video, gaming, geo-location, and third-party apps boost Facebook's 'do-all' status, but could attract scrutiny about user privacy
Virgin Mobile Has Best Prepaid Cellular Modem Plan
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/24/2010   9 comments
Virgin Mobile now offers an unlimited prepaid cellular plan that bests the competition
Within Cooee
Todd Watson  
8/24/2010   2 comments
IBM's latest executive study reveals 98 percent of CEOs say they need to restructure the way their organizations work
North Korea Gives Social the Cold Shoulder
Editor's Blog  
8/24/2010   7 comments
North Korean government claims Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts are not connected with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, despite numerous reports
How Developing Nations Could Revolutionize Cloud IT
Rob Salkowitz  
8/24/2010   11 comments
Clouds not only consolidate IT infrastructure across a fragmented market: They can potentially consolidate business relationships
Why Google's Collaboration Plan Failed
Daniel W. Rasmus  
8/24/2010   25 comments
Google's strategy for most product introductions works, but its approach to enterprise collaboration needs an overhaul
China's Xinhua Expands With Mobile TV Search Venture
Xuefei (Michael) Peng  
8/24/2010   3 comments
China's state press agency is going global, adding financial media, and offering mobile TV channels; and a mobile search venture is underway
57 Channels & Nothin’ On
Todd Watson  
8/23/2010   Post a comment
I just want to watch TV. On demand. When I want to watch
Geo-Tags Tell Quite a Tale on You
Editor's Blog  
8/23/2010   27 comments
Posting photos online is fun... but accidentally giving away location data? Not so much
Midmarket Wrestles With Mobility Management
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
8/23/2010   Post a comment
Getting a handle on smartphones means breaking down the enterprise mobility management lifecycle into separate parts
Your Fave Celeb May Be a Malware Magnet
Joe Grimm  
8/23/2010   31 comments
McAfee draws traffic to its latest malware report – and product – citing celebrity searches that top the list of online risks
Social Networks Tackle Monetization Head-On
Don Reisinger  
8/23/2010   6 comments
Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Gowalla, and others must try new ways to earn their keep as users glom onto their services
Website Branding: Top Tips for Success
Dan Cypra  
8/23/2010   14 comments
Branding your Website is best achieved by taking a few design steps at once
Rumored RIM Tablet With QNX OS
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/20/2010   2 comments
RIM's rumored tablet computer with QNX software could be geared to enterprise use
'Do Not Track' Idea Excites Web Users, Vendors
Editor's Blog  
8/20/2010   13 comments
Nearly 70 percent of poll takers want a 'do not track' list for the Web
SaaS Transition Is Incremental, Not Revolutionary
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
8/20/2010   Post a comment
Forrester predicts upheaval from cloud computing and SaaS, where the future of the $450 billion IT services market's concerned
Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Todd Watson  
8/20/2010   8 comments
Is it my imagination, or is Google starting to get way out-innovated by Facebook?
Supercomputing on a Cellphone
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/20/2010   11 comments
Researchers have developed a mobile phone application that mimics simulations done on supercomputers
Media Firms Accused of Using Spyware on Children & Adults
Jart Armin  
8/20/2010   12 comments
Some of the media firms most restrictive about user downloading are reconstructing deleted cookies in an effort to track user behavior
Linden Lab Supports Cancer Survivors on Second Life
Susan Fourtané  
8/20/2010   30 comments
Virtual Relay for Life wins real dollars for cancer research, while drawing communities in Second Life together to celebrate survivors
Facebook's Going 'Places'
Editor's Blog  
8/19/2010   9 comments
Facebook lets users 'check in' with Friends, find local highlights... and get tracked by more advertisers
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David Weldon   5/22/2013   7 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   9 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

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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

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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