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English Under Attack!
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1/25/2010   12 comments
As the World Wide Web expands, Websites will become increasingly multilingual
Seven Questions Key to Social Networking Success
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1/16/2010   4 comments
What’s the ROI? Go public or private? What about a policy? It’s time to get serious
Fine/Over the Line in '09
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12/22/2009   11 comments
A highly subjective list of 2009's high points on the Web – and a few low ones, too
What Goes Mobile
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12/5/2009   5 comments
Companies are going far past standard smartphone apps, with tools to tackle specific business problems
Cloud Security
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11/7/2009   3 comments
Business users see cost savings from cloud computing, so they’re finding ways to get past this No. 1 concern
The Customer Web
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10/3/2009   4 comments
These organizations – in healthcare, banking, and government – are pushing customer engagement to new levels online
The Internet of Things
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9/5/2009   8 comments
The emerging Internet of Things promises to help businesses spot problems and make decisions. Getting there isn’t easy
Mal-Content: How Markey III Hurts the Internet
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8/21/2009   8 comments
While many of the bill's provisions are good or even commendable, the rest are harmful
Desktop Virtualization
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8/15/2009   1 comment
The ROI isn’t as clear-cut as it is for server virtualization; but deployed well, desktop virtualization can deliver the kind of high-performing, Web-centric PC experience that employees expect
Beyond Censorware: Teaching Web Literacy
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7/23/2009   5 comments
This lesson plan will teach youngsters to navigate the Web without the help or hindrance of censorware
The Right Place for Social Networking?
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7/18/2009   3 comments
IT leaders are wrestling with how to bring informal collaboration into rigorous processes such as global project management and product development
P2P Taste Test
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7/9/2009   11 comments
Three P2P filtering vendors step forward to have their Deep Packet Inspection capabilities tested side by side
Internet ©rapshoot: How Internet Gatekeepers Stifle Progress
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6/18/2009   15 comments
In the Internet age, copyright control is eliminating competition and forcing even big companies into self-defeating patterns
Social Aggregators: Web 2.0's New Trick
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6/3/2009   9 comments
Social aggregators like Friendfeed offer unprecedented convenience, but their future in the social media ecosystem is sketchy
Reputations at Risk
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5/30/2009   14 comments
What's a company to do when its brand takes a beating in online social media? Have a plan of action... but don't overreact
Digital Licensing: Do It Yourself
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5/12/2009   13 comments
Somewhere between Creative Commons and full-blown, lawyerly license negotiation is a rich, untapped source of income for creative people
Transparency 2.0
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The president says technology can deliver more open government. Watch the Recovery.gov site to see how that pledge plays out in the real world
Big Entertainment Wants to Party Like It's 1996
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4/21/2009   20 comments
But 1996 is gone, and good riddance; the world is populated now by people who no longer believe in big-company politics and secret dealing
Broadband Nation
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4/18/2009   9 comments
Distracted by the quest for universal broadband, the US may be missing out on more lucrative sources of payback on its Internet investment
Venture Funding: State of a Troubled Art
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3/25/2009   19 comments
Venture funding in these troubled times is limited, but key areas are getting an infusion, pointing to future trends in Internet use
Can Enterprise Social Networking Pay Off?
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3/21/2009   4 comments
With no hard ROI metrics, companies are looking for other ways to measure value
Top 10 Ways to Use the Web, Post-Bailout
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3/4/2009   13 comments
As the foundations of our economy shift, countless new ways to use the Web emerge, too
Media-Morphosis: How the Internet Will Devour, Transform, or Destroy Your Favorite Medium
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2/20/2009   31 comments
We may be attached to newspapers, music, books, and movies, but that doesn't make these media commercially viable in the Internet age
The Web 2.0 Balancing Act
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2/14/2009   2 comments
New collaboration tools are a boon in the workplace, but they're making it harder to manage and secure all the shared information. Here's how some companies are coping.
Cloud Control
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1/24/2009   2 comments
A storm is coming, one that pits security groups against business leaders desperate to contain costs. Can we find a middle ground?
Troubled Technologies: An '09 Watch List
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1/15/2009   23 comments
With dried-up VC funding and a lack of working business models, these technologies have cause to worry in 2009
Love/Hate in '08
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12/23/2008   8 comments
A retrospective of the online stuff that made us laugh, weep, cheer, and curse in the last 12 months
Governments' Biggest Online Screw-Ups
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12/18/2008   8 comments
From security breaches and lost emails to threats in cyberspace and plain bad policy decisions, governments around the globe have proven cyber-incompetent
The Web's New Traffic Cop
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12/13/2008   6 comments
Employees get a lot of freedom online, and productivity still often rises. But so do the threats. Better have the right tools to fend them off.
Internet2: Full Speed Ahead
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11/22/2008   6 comments
Internet2 members are heading toward a wide-open future. What’s in it for you?
Green IT Evolutionary Handbook
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11/15/2008   9 comments
Practical tips and formulas for enterprises to get serious about energy consumption controls, carbon footprint reduction, and recycling
Tech Firms Post-Bailout: Dozing or Dead?
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10/31/2008   9 comments
Current economic conditions expose the vulnerabilities of the companies that build and support the Internet and make their challenges more glaring
Patent Reform Pending
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10/24/2008   9 comments
With legislation stalled in Congress and the courts clogged with cases, reforming the patent process has become a grassroots effort
Web 2.0's Biggest $inkholes
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10/16/2008   9 comments
Web 2.0 has seen a lot of squandered investment dollars, with most money focused on targeted advertising, social networking, video, search, and social publishing
Cracking the Internet's Axis of Evil
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10/8/2008   9 comments
Highly organized global networks are hosting massive stores of malware, child porn, and illegal data. Here what is – and isn't – being done to stop them
The Right Search Tool
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9/27/2008   2 comments
It’s mostly a one-search-fits-all world today. Startup activity suggests that could be ready to change
Top 10 Security Blunders of Web 2.0
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9/15/2008   6 comments
It's not just new technology that creates security glitches – there's a human element at work as well
10 Worst Buzzwords of Web 2.0
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9/4/2008   10 comments
Our readers vote on the most overused, massively hyped, underperforming verbiage of the Web 2.0 realm
One Web, One Web ID
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8/30/2008   4 comments
Users want a single Web ID, but businesses are hesitant. So far, OpenID is closest to making this happen, and it's a long way from widespread use
Top 10 Web Politricks
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8/25/2008   10 comments
Through their weird online 'politricks,' the 2008 presidential contenders have proved that the Web can be a help and a hindrance
Top 10 Google Disappointments
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8/11/2008   25 comments
From an anti-social social network, to a ground-ridden partnership with NASA, Google comes up short when search, advertising aren't in play
Web 2.0 Gets Down to Business
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8/2/2008   4 comments
Look at global competition, regulatory pressures, workforce transformations, and greater customer expectations as a golden opportunity to get rich... rich Internet applications, that is

10 Most Gratuitous Celebrity Social Networks
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7/14/2008   19 comments
Lacking sufficient attention and self-gratification on the physical plane, celebrities are going virtual with their own social networking sites. We present the best of the worst
Top 10 Ways YouTube Has Ruined Life for Good
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6/9/2008   14 comments
The world's busiest video site encourages and rewards the compulsion to be seen and heard, not to mention some of the darker aspects of human nature
Top 10 Ways Web 2.0 Sites Are Changing Society
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5/14/2008   3 comments
Wikis, social networks, video portability, and broadband wireless collude to make today's online experience richer, faster, and more personalized
Peer-to-Peer Filters: Ready for Internet Prime Time?
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3/27/2008   9 comments
More than two dozen companies sell P2P filters, but only five entered our ground-breaking test, conducted by EANTC, and three then dropped out because of problems with their products
The Internet & the Developing World
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1/24/2008   7 comments
Web tools are revolutionizing philanthropy, giving fundraisers the opportunity to cut out the middlemen, harness social networking tools, and increase transparencies of NPOs
Can the Internet Save the Planet?
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1/8/2008   18 comments
Solar arrays and wind farms grab all the green technology kudos. But the Web is quietly providing other ways to reduce energy use – and cool the climate
Terror in Telco Town
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12/14/2007   5 comments
Telecom operators know they have to make big changes to keep their place as service providers in an all-IP world, but they're still trying to figure out how to make those changes happen
Close Ties
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11/23/2007   7 comments
Lessons from FedEx, Schwab, eBay, and others on the customer-driven Web economy
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Rob Salkowitz   2/9/2010   1 comment
A remarkable event in world affairs is taking place this week in London, as the first One Young World conference is set to convene.
Ira Winkler
Ira Winkler   2/8/2010   12 comments
In his recent Congressional testimony, Dennis Blair, the U.S. director of national intelligence, stated that the U.S. is "severely threatened" by cyber attacks and that the recent Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) attacks should serve as a wake-up call.
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Jart Armin   2/8/2010   13 comments
Fatal System Error, the book just released by West-coast-based journalist Joseph Menn, is really a public policy statement written as a thriller for a wider reading public. UPDATED 2:45 PM
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Just when you despair that mobile apps are drowning in triviality -- Sticker Jam Hearts, Cookie Doodle, and Love Jive are all top iPhone apps, incidentally, and Calm Candle isn’t far behind -- know that hardworking, serious apps now are clawing their way onto our phones.
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Everything New Is Old Again

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Research shows that the youth of today like Facebook – but not blogging or Twitter. Does that mean Facebook has won, or just that it's not yet out of favor? Will all the services we see today fade into Ovaltine-or-Wheaties status in just a few years?
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Email Marketing Gets Desperate

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Promotional emails will use just about anything timely to get people to buy things. Seriously, anything.
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America, Truck Yeah!

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Steve likes his new Dodge Ram 1500, but hates Chrysler's Web non-sales strategy. Rant on, li'l buddy.
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Twits Go Wild for Resignation Tweet

2|5|10   |   1:48   |   4 comments


Jonathan Schwartz is the first Fortune 200 CEO to resign via Tweet. Can he walk on water, too?
Full Nelson
Go With the FLO, Part 2

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Fritz and his sweater continue their review of Qualcomm's FLO TV.
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Goldilocks & the Data Center

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What kinds of companies are doing the most innovation in the data center? Turns out it's midtier enterprises that are taking the "Just Right" approach.
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Go With the FLO, Part 1

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Qualcomm's FLO TV gizmo streams live TV shows. Tragically, they include the O'Reilly Factor
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High & Dry in Barcelona

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Ray’s heading to Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, and he’s not happy about it, the miserable git.
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No Sex, Please... It's the Super Bowl

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The Super Bowl ads that CBS rejected are turning up online, generating lots of attention but zero revenue for the broadcaster.
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Books Come Alive

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Ray Kurzweil's Blio and Apple's iPad tablet will make it easier than ever to have books "read" to us, says Dr. Kim, who believes that talking tablets will become interwoven into our consciousness as we "merge" with the increasingly elegant machines we hold in our hands.