DIY Anonymity on the Internet Steven C. Bennett 2/27/2013 44 comments People are taking proactive steps to guard their online privacy. This protects them from advertisers, exes, and bill collectors -- but also gives criminals and terrorists more tools to safeguard their criminal intents.
FTC Takes Aim at Mobile Apps Steven C. Bennett 12/14/2012 26 comments The FTC is scrutinizing mobile app developers, especially how these firms gather, use, and disseminate data about the many children who buy and use their products.
Senators Seek to Limit Employer Scouting on Facebook Steven C. Bennett 4/10/2012 29 comments A pair of Senators has approached Mark Zuckerberg and federal leaders, calling for an end to employers scouting Facebook for information on prospective employees.
SCOTUS GPS Decision Stirs Privacy Questions Steven C. Bennett 1/27/2012 79 comments A recent Supreme Court decision on the admisability of GPS evidence may have farther-reaching consequences than may be initially apparent.
The Case for Online Law Schools Steven C. Bennett 11/3/2011 53 comments The time has come to consider the potential benefits of extending legal education to Internet users.
US Supreme Court Addresses Data Mining Steven C. Bennett 7/12/2011 34 comments In a recent judgment, Vermont law was declared unconstitutional in its attempt to hinder the sale of data mined online.
When Lawyers Troll for 'Friends' Online Steven C. Bennett 10/19/2010 22 comments Courts are frowning on lawyers masquerading as 'friends' on Facebook and other sites in order to obtain information on legal opponents
Texting Jurors Pose Problem for Courts Steven C. Bennett 2/16/2010 42 comments Jurors may find texting, tweeting, and messaging a vital link to their normal lives, but courts say limitations are in order
Supreme Court Takes 'Texting' Case Steven C. Bennett 12/18/2009 47 comments The US Supreme Court will hear a California case in which workers sued their employer for reading messages from a company-owned pager
How to Keep Your Website out of Court Steven C. Bennett 11/9/2009 9 comments Some attention to these key potholes on the information highway could protect your Website from litigation and fines
Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
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.
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.
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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. CLICK FOR MORE
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. CLICK FOR MORE
