US Open Tennis, Anyone? Todd Watson 8/31/2009 1 comment Lest anyone accuse me of being biased towards golf, I wanted to quickly get this post out to remind everyone that the United States Open tennis championships kick off today
Web Insecurities Todd Watson 8/28/2009 2 comments Earlier this week, IBM released results from its X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk report
Iowa Caucuses With IBM Todd Watson 8/25/2009 2 comments Following up on yesterday's post, I watched one of those flicks I had mentioned that was referred to me from my 'Toddsourcing' episode on Netflix
Toddsourcing Todd Watson 8/25/2009 3 comments I've long been a big proponent of collaborative filtering and what's since come to be known as 'crowd sourcing'
Lotus Wants to Know What You Know Todd Watson 8/19/2009 1 comment For a number of years, IBM has held numerous 'jams' to elicit input and ideas across a garden variety of initiatives
Hacking in the Heartland Todd Watson 8/18/2009 2 comments Two dudes have been charged in the latest and greatest hacker scam, whereby they stole 130 million credit card numbers via the Internet
Clone That Chip Todd Watson 8/17/2009 1 comment Just back from Silicon Valley and still trying to process all the data I consumed at the Search Engine Strategies conference last week
Making New Friends Todd Watson 8/11/2009 Post a comment No sooner did I land at SFO yesterday than I started getting the pings about Facebook Friending FriendFeed in a really big way
Search Marketing My Way to San Jose Todd Watson 8/10/2009 Post a comment I'm on another series of Tubes this fine Monday morning, the kind that transport me from one part of the country to another
Outliers on the Beach Todd Watson 8/6/2009 Post a comment I'm taking the next couple of days off to go sit on the Redneck Riviera and contemplate the oil rigs out in the Texas Gulf
NFL on Twitter: Down & Out Todd Watson 8/4/2009 2 comments The NFL doesn't currently have a social media policy, but is apparently working on one that would apply to the use of social media sites on game day
The South Texas No-Rain Blues Todd Watson 8/3/2009 Post a comment It's a good thing Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, and Willie Nelson will be paying a visit to Corpus Christi this week for their minor league ballpark tour across the country
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?
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
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.
Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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