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Comment: Gotta love it - scucci - 1/31/2012
Comment: Re: 'Yes' - Kim Davis - 1/31/2012
Comment: Re: 'Yes' - nathanwosnack - 1/31/2012
The Virtual World 'Hypergrid' at Three
Maria Korolov  
1/31/2012   18 comments
The emerging Hypergrid is as important a development for virtual worlds as the World Wide Web was for Internet sites.
Comment: Re: Yes ofcourse - KMT568 - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Yes ofcourse - Mr. Roques - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - cvargas - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Well stated - dcuperus - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - Nicole Ferraro - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - Nicole Ferraro - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - Nicole Ferraro - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Yes ofcourse - antonis - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: 'Yes' - antonis - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Yes ofcourse - Kicheko - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - cvargas - 1/29/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - cvargas - 1/29/2012
Comment: Re: 'Yes' - Ron_Miller - 1/29/2012
Comment: tell you what I want - slfisher - 1/28/2012
Comment: I'll get back to you - slfisher - 1/28/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - Joe Stanganelli - 1/28/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - Joe Stanganelli - 1/28/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - Joe Stanganelli - 1/28/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - Joe Stanganelli - 1/28/2012
Comment: Re: Well stated - nasimson - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - cvargas - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - jabailo - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - The Dream Chaser - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - cvargas - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: Netflix - Nicole Ferraro - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: 'Yes' - Kim Davis - 1/27/2012
Comment: Netflix - Joe Stanganelli - 1/27/2012
Users, Market Regain Some Faith in Netflix
Editor's Blog  
1/27/2012   56 comments
Netflix is making a comeback, but challenges persist.
Comment: Change Can Be Good - cvargas - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: Well stated - Kim Davis - 1/27/2012
Comment: Well stated - Mary Jander - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: Getting Paid - kq4ym - 1/27/2012
Comment: What? Me Worry? - kq4ym - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: 'Yes' - Nicole Ferraro - 1/27/2012
SOPA: Forget Technical, Think Constitutional
Second Shooter  
1/27/2012   5 comments
The problem is that the basic concept is a violation of due process.
Comment: Can I opt out please? - antonis - 1/27/2012
Comment: Yes ofcourse - nasimson - 1/27/2012
Comment: What is Google upto? - nasimson - 1/27/2012
What to Know About Google's Policy Changes
Editor's Blog  
1/26/2012   28 comments
Google is making major alterations to its privacy policy and terms of service. Here's what you should know.
Comment: 'Yes' - nathanwosnack - 1/26/2012
Comment: initial thoughts... - dcuperus - 1/26/2012
The Web, on Google's Terms
Internet Evolution Poll  
1/26/2012   31 comments
Does Google's coming TOS makeover worry you?
Comment: Reality 101 - The Dream Chaser - 1/26/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - q5sys - 1/25/2012
Comment: Re: just wondering.... - kq4ym - 1/25/2012
Comment: Re: 10 Web Tools - Brian Newby - 1/25/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/24/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - pcharles - 1/24/2012
Comment: Music 2.0 - The Dream Chaser - 1/24/2012
Comment: Re: 10 Web Tools - Brian Newby - 1/24/2012
Comment: Re: Tough lesson - Kim Davis - 1/24/2012
10 Web Tools for Following the 2012 Election
Editor's Blog  
1/24/2012   18 comments
We've rounded up 10 digital tools for following the 2012 battle for the United States presidency.
Comment: Re: Tough lesson - cjon316 - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - Brian Newby - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Who Won? - The Dream Chaser - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Post Blackout - cjon316 - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: playing hardball - Ariella - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - Brian Newby - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: playing hardball - Kicheko - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: playing hardball - Kicheko - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - Kicheko - 1/23/2012
Comment: Tough lesson - cjon316 - 1/22/2012
Comment: Piracy defined - cjon316 - 1/22/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - Brian Newby - 1/22/2012
Comment: what surprises me - slfisher - 1/22/2012
Comment: Re: True that!!! - abdlah - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: True that!!! - Ron_Miller - 1/21/2012
Comment: True that!!! - abdlah - 1/21/2012
Comment: playing hardball - Chris Poley - 1/21/2012
Comment: Who Won? - The Dream Chaser - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Effect on Sites - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Effect on Sites - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Effect on Sites - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - The Dream Chaser - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - Mary Jander - 1/20/2012
Comment: Effect on Sites - Kim Davis - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - The Dream Chaser - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - hounhosp - 1/20/2012
Comment: Too true - Nicole Ferraro - 1/20/2012
Of SOPA, the DOJ, & Anonymous
Karla Marciszewski  
1/20/2012   56 comments
The hacker group moves aggressively as the Department of Justice takes down an infamous Asia/Pacific site.
Comment: 2 Questions - dcuperus - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: MegaUpload - Ron_Miller - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: Post Blackout - Kim Davis - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: defining piracy - Kim Davis - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: MegaUpload - dcuperus - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: Can o' Worms - Ron_Miller - 1/20/2012
Comment: Let's Define Piracy - DHagar - 1/19/2012
Comment: MegaUpload - The Dream Chaser - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - pcharles - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: defining piracy - pcharles - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: Can o' Worms - Kim Davis - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: defining piracy - Kim Davis - 1/19/2012
Comment: defining piracy - Ariella - 1/19/2012
Let's Define Piracy
Ron Miller  
1/19/2012   78 comments
Content piracy isn't what the big media companies would have you believe. It's time to take a look at what it really means.
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Christopher Barnatt!
Editor's Blog  
1/19/2012   Post a comment
We're live on IE Radio with author Christopher Barnatt. Join us!
Comment: Re: Post Blackout - Kim Davis - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/19/2012
Comment: Feeling OK? - Nicole Ferraro - 1/19/2012
Comment: Post Blackout - Chris.Browne - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Kim Davis - 1/19/2012
January 18: A Day of Action
Kim Davis  
1/19/2012   8 comments
An update on the day Wikipedia, Reddit, and BoingBoing went dark to protest SOPA.
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Getting Paid - ScreenWriter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Getting Paid - The Dream Chaser - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Can o' Worms - Ron_Miller - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Kim Davis - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Can o' Worms - Kim Davis - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Well said - Nicole Ferraro - 1/18/2012
Eliminating Congressional Cockroaches
Reiter's Block  
1/18/2012   24 comments
We must consider anti-Internet politicians and lobbyists the same way we all do cockroaches.
Comment: Shumer supports it? - Kim Davis - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Wikipedia - dmcnish - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Can o' Worms - Ron_Miller - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Can o' Worms - Ron_Miller - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Can o' Worms - Kim Davis - 1/18/2012
Comment: Can o' Worms - smkinoshita - 1/18/2012
Comment: The point - Michael P. Kassner - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: How this works - Paul Whyte - 1/18/2012
Comment: Passed Out - The Dream Chaser - 1/18/2012
Comment: How this works - Nicole Ferraro - 1/18/2012
Comment: Wikipedia - Nicole Ferraro - 1/18/2012
Comment: This is good.... - Chris Poley - 1/18/2012
NewsRight Takes Aim at Content Usage Rights & Wrongs
Michelle Manafy  
1/18/2012   15 comments
A new industry organization plans to manage licensing fees from news aggregators, while monitoring the use of the content on their sites.
Comment: safety vs... - Mashka - 1/17/2012
Comment: Re: SOPA Opera - knoxzoo - 1/17/2012
Comment: Dan Gillmore - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: SOPA Opera - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: Re: Twitter - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: Re: Twitter - Mary Jander - 1/17/2012
Comment: Heads Up - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: Re: Twitter - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: Twitter - Joe Stanganelli - 1/17/2012
Comment: Blackout - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
SOPA Blackouts Continue Despite White House Pushback
Editor's Blog  
1/17/2012   54 comments
Some sites will go dark tomorrow in protest of SOPA.
Comment: No love for AOL - dcuperus - 1/17/2012
Comment: Re: Tough Choices - dcuperus - 1/17/2012
DOJ's 'Clarification' of Wire Act Adds to Confusion
Dan Cypra  
1/17/2012   4 comments
A recent opinion letter from the Department of Justice has confused the status of online gambling, rather than clarifying it.
Smarter Commerce ROI
Tutorial Q&A  
1/17/2012   Post a comment
What are some of the ways an enterprise might construct a smarter commerce ROI plan?
Comment: How Can You Tell... - knoxzoo - 1/16/2012
Comment: Pondering - The Dream Chaser - 1/16/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Ron_Miller - 1/15/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - robjvargas - 1/15/2012
Comment: Menlo Park - The Dream Chaser - 1/15/2012
Comment: Re: no touchpad? :) - taimur_tz - 1/15/2012
Comment: no touchpad? :) - slfisher - 1/14/2012
Comment: Holiday Gift - The Dream Chaser - 1/14/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Ron_Miller - 1/14/2012
Comment: Re: Apptastic! - mtechie - 1/14/2012
Comment: Re: Apptastic! - mtechie - 1/14/2012
Comment: Re: Apptastic! - hounhosp - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Apptastic! - hounhosp - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Apptastic! - Nicole Ferraro - 1/13/2012
Comment: Apptastic! - mtechie - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Mary Jander - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Mary Jander - 1/13/2012
Get Internet Evolution on Your iPad
Editor's Blog  
1/13/2012   26 comments
iPad owners: Download us!
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Ron_Miller - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Ron_Miller - 1/13/2012
Comment: Speak Softly - The Dream Chaser - 1/13/2012
To the MPAA, All Critics Are Pro-Piracy
Ron Miller  
1/13/2012   60 comments
The Motion Picture Association of America aggressively seeks out content pirates -- perhaps too aggressively.
Comment: Re: Here they come - Kim Davis - 1/12/2012
Comment: RIM on the mend? - Mary Jander - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Tough Choices - Mary Jander - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Tough Choices - Kim Davis - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Tough Choices - Paul Whyte - 1/11/2012
Comment: Great topic - Nicole Ferraro - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Curious, Jerry - antonis - 1/11/2012
Comment: Let the people decide. - aum007 - 1/11/2012
Comment: Power to the user - antonis - 1/11/2012
It's Time to Choose Sides in Battle for the Internet
Jerry Bishop  
1/11/2012   30 comments
The Internet is the focus of a battle for control by governments and commercial interests. It's time for users to choose sides.
Comment: Reminds Me Of A Quote - knoxzoo - 1/10/2012
Comment: I have to say - slfisher - 1/10/2012
Comment: Re: Tough Choices - Paul Whyte - 1/10/2012
Comment: Re: Tough Choices - dcuperus - 1/10/2012
Comment: Re: Tough Choices - jwallace - 1/10/2012
Comment: Re: Tough Choices - jwallace - 1/10/2012
Comment: Re: Tough Choices - Mr. Roques - 1/10/2012
Comment: Tough Choices - dcuperus - 1/10/2012
Poised for a Comeback?
Internet Evolution Poll  
1/10/2012   27 comments
Which company do you think will make a comeback in 2012?
Steve Stricker, Mr. Comeback
Todd Watson  
1/10/2012   Post a comment
Steve Stricker is one of Todd Watson's favorite golfers.
Comment: more RAMNIT info - Mike Acker - 1/10/2012
Comment: Re: The Package - Kim Davis - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The Package - Mary Jander - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The Package - Mary Jander - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The Package - Mary Jander - 1/9/2012
Comment: Poke Me Facebook! - kq4ym - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The Package - Mary Jander - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The Package - Mary Jander - 1/9/2012
Comment: just so you know - slfisher - 1/7/2012
Comment: new timeline - Mike Acker - 1/7/2012
Comment: Page 3 link - Nikola - 1/7/2012
Comment: The Package - The Dream Chaser - 1/6/2012
YouTube Set to Explode With Channels
Editor's Blog  
1/6/2012   14 comments
Robert Kyncl's vision for YouTube is at once conservative and radical.
If I Die... Please Leave a Message
Todd Watson  
1/6/2012   Post a comment
A new Facebook app allows you to leave messages – after you're dead.
7 Facebook Timeline Features: A How-To Guide
Chelsea Hejny  
1/6/2012   51 comments
Tips on how to handle the new Facebook profile format, Timeline.
Kicking Off the 2012 PGA Tour
Todd Watson  
1/6/2012   Post a comment
Todd Watson greets the new golf season.
Just a Random Friday
Todd Watson  
1/6/2012   Post a comment
A New Year's roundup by Todd Watson.
Ad Site Crimes: Shutdown Isn't the Solution
Robert McGarvey  
1/6/2012   13 comments
A string of murders in Detroit tied to ads on Backpage.com shouldn't lead to shuttering of the site, this author says.
Comment: Re: Sigh - Nicole Ferraro - 1/5/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Kim Davis - 1/5/2012
Comment: Happy New Year - GaryY - 1/5/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Kicheko - 1/5/2012
Comment: Re: A tarnished brand - modza - 1/4/2012
Comment: Teflon PayPal - Bolingbroke - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: *meh* - Joe Stanganelli - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Joe Stanganelli - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Joe Stanganelli - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Nicole Ferraro - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Joe Stanganelli - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Kim Davis - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Reputation - Mary Jander - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Joe Stanganelli - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Nicole Ferraro - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Joe Stanganelli - 1/4/2012
Comment: Wish Yahoo Well - abdlah - 1/4/2012
Comment: Reputation - The Dream Chaser - 1/4/2012
Comment: They Flipped Again - Kim Davis - 1/4/2012
Yahoo Gets New CEO Scott Thompson from PayPal
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
1/4/2012   48 comments
The former CTO and CEO of PayPal faces a wealth of challenges as he takes the helm at Yahoo.
Comment: Re: An example - aum007 - 1/4/2012
Comment: *meh* - tech_ed - 1/4/2012
Comment: Congratulations! - Awilliams - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - SteveGNYC - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - SteveGNYC - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Alan Reiter - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Kim Davis - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Alan Reiter - 1/3/2012
Comment: Original Content - Kim Davis - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Kim Davis - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Kim Davis - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Mary Jander - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Kim Davis - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Nicole Ferraro - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - Kicheko - 1/3/2012
Comment: I never plugged in - SecTech - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Alan Reiter - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Soap~Opera - Alan Reiter - 1/3/2012
Comment: TV - The Dream Chaser - 1/3/2012
Pondering a Quieter Web in 2012
Editor's Blog  
1/3/2012   28 comments
Quiet may become trendy again this year.
Resurrecting Old Show Could Save Netflix, Too
Michael Bennett Cohn  
1/3/2012   23 comments
By resurrecting and streaming a cult TV show, Netflix just might reverse some of its bad judgment calls.
Comment: Premium - The Dream Chaser - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Sigh - The Dream Chaser - 1/3/2012
Comment: Sigh - Nicole Ferraro - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Customers - aum007 - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Customers - knoxzoo - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: photoshop - knoxzoo - 1/2/2012
Comment: Re: Slogans - The Dream Chaser - 1/2/2012
Comment: Re: Slogans - Ariella - 1/2/2012
Comment: Customers - The Dream Chaser - 1/2/2012
Comment: photoshop - Mike Acker - 1/2/2012
Adobe Upgrade Policy Prompts Outrage
John Myers  
1/2/2012   49 comments
A recent decision by the software company behind so many Website images has some users taking to their blogs in rebellion.




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Harry Hawk   6/20/2013   Post a comment
Social networking sites and search engines continue to hone the tools they use to help advertisers spread their messages, measure results, and avoid fraud.
Jason Mick
Jason Mick   6/19/2013   7 comments
The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
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How Big-Data Is Changing Marketing

6|13|13   |   1:07   |   1 comment


Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   10 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

5|6|13   |   3:51   |   1 comment


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.
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