It's Time to Abandon This Online Marketing Tactic Robert McGarvey 9/12/2012 33 comments Online reviews have gotten a bad name and are losing credibility, thanks in part to a spate of publicity surrounding fake endorsements in the publishing industry.
Louisiana Sex Offender Ban Could Backfire Robert McGarvey 6/22/2012 29 comments In Louisiana, sex offenders will have to give out a ton of information in order to join a social network. But the disincentive could hinder police from finding these criminals.
Twitter Heats Up on the Russian Front Robert McGarvey 5/30/2012 19 comments Twitter became the weapon of choice in a recent war of words between US Ambassador Michale McFaul and Russia's foreign ministry.
Others Likely to Follow MySpace Into FTC Crosshairs Robert McGarvey 5/15/2012 11 comments While MySpace isn't the center of social media attention these days, its settlement with the FTC could be a bellwether for other actions the agency may take against Websites of all kinds.
Boycott Hits Sex Site Where It Hurts Robert McGarvey 5/7/2012 19 comments Who needs the government? Village Voice Media is getting intense pressure from advertisers to shut down its sex-trafficking section, Backpage.com.
Rape Victim Betrayed on Twitter Robert McGarvey 4/30/2012 24 comments Ethical issues have surfaced in the case of a UK rape victim whose name surfaced on Twitter after appearing in a Sky News video feed.
A Tally of RIM's Biggest Mistakes Robert McGarvey 4/16/2012 34 comments Research In Motion's fall hasn't been an overnight development; it can be traced through a series of bad decisions and poorly thought-out actions. Here's a list.
Twitter's Clever Censorship Policy Robert McGarvey 1/31/2012 23 comments Far from damaging free speech, Twitter's latest policy on tweets is likely to enable users to outsmart totalitarian government censors.
The Great Chinese Blogger Mystery Robert McGarvey 1/12/2012 14 comments A new book by a Chinese blogger doesn't portend any loosening of China's Great Firewall -- or its government's cultural attitude.
Of Twitter Bots, Putin, & US Elections Robert McGarvey 12/19/2011 13 comments A threeway collision of Twitter bots, Vladimir Putin, and the US elections may determine how leaders get chosen in the future.
US Fears Chinese Malware Hidden in Imports Robert McGarvey 12/9/2011 21 comments The US government fears that China has been selectively delivering contaminated computer and network hardware to targeted companies.
Smart Meters Raise Privacy Outcry Robert McGarvey 12/6/2011 17 comments Who'd have thought that the white, affluent, liberal supporters of reduced electrical use would resist smart meters? Yes, it's true.
China Bans Internet News Sources Robert McGarvey 11/17/2011 22 comments China's censorship machine has issued an edict against reporters referencing, among other things, Internet postings on social sites.
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.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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.
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.
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
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
