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Comment: Clear - ferodynamics - 12/31/2009
Comment: 2010 Predictions - aweinroth - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: Privacy, eh? - Alan Reiter - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: AI on avatars - Alan Reiter - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: AI on avatars - Alan Reiter - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: Can only hope - Jart Armin - 12/31/2009
Comment: Ultra local blogs - RamonAntonio - 12/31/2009
Comment: now it's time to worry - jwallace - 12/31/2009
Comment: Privacy, eh? - jnieusma - 12/31/2009
China Gets Tough on Porn & Cyber Bad Guys
Jart Armin  
12/31/2009   18 comments
Aiming at gambling and porn as much as malware, China is enforcing stringent new requirements for users of .cn domains
Comment: Ride the Wave - mathemagician - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: 5 trends - dlavie - 12/31/2009
Comment: Search Engine Usage - gowriraman - 12/31/2009
Comment: 5 Tech Trends - gowriraman - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: AI on avatars - EliteC - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: 5 trends - ChrisTOP - 12/30/2009
Comment: 5 trends - EliteC - 12/30/2009
Comment: AI on avatars - RamonAntonio - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: The Death of Print? - cbrown - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: Avatars what? - Alan Reiter - 12/30/2009
Comment: Virtual Goods - chayes - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: that didn't last long - DHCIR - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: More, but different - Leland - 12/30/2009
Comment: Biometric Avatars - Drowlord - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: The Death of Print? - sbondy - 12/30/2009
Comment: The Death of Print? - KMT568 - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: Avatars what? - RamonAntonio - 12/30/2009
Five Tech Trends to Watch in 2010
Rob Salkowitz  
12/30/2009   18 comments
Here are a handful of crystal-gazings worth considering for 2010
2010 Security Forecast: More of the Same
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
12/30/2009   11 comments
And that's not going to surprise anyone whose job it is to track security risks and vulnerabilities
Comment: 2010 - viboons - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: Last chance? - jwallace - 12/29/2009
Comment: Real Virtuality? - lpricci49 - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: Avatars what? - Alan Reiter - 12/29/2009
Comment: Avatars what? - RamonAntonio - 12/29/2009
Comment: Future Forecast: 2010 - DHagar - 12/29/2009
Comment: Last chance? - jwallace - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: Here We Go..again! - bauerb - 12/29/2009
Clear: Why Try 4G Hi-Fi WiFi?
Todd Watson  
12/29/2009   5 comments
Turbo Todd has been testing a new 4G WiMax technology called Clear. Could it change the way you access info?
Comment: Re: phew.... - Terry Sweeney - 12/29/2009
Comment: Top Five - rjacksix - 12/29/2009
Comment: Channelling Kreskin - jabailo - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: The end of privacy - cjon316 - 12/29/2009
Comment: The end of privacy - mnt.code - 12/29/2009
Comment: Very mixed feelings - Mary Jander - 12/29/2009
Last Chance to Cast Your 2010 Predictions
Editor's Blog  
12/29/2009   12 comments
Don't forget to cast your top five predictions for 2010 before it's too late
Microsoft Avatars Will Display Health, IQ, Religion & More
Alan Reiter  
12/29/2009   49 comments
Microsoft seeks to patent a technique for creating avatars based on realistic data about individuals, including physical and mental health
Comment: Re: Right Direction - Alan Reiter - 12/28/2009
Comment: Re: TSIL&HL - Todd Watson - 12/28/2009
Comment: Gadgets - EliteC - 12/28/2009
Comment: Re: How does he do it? - Kurtkeys - 12/28/2009
Comment: TSIL&HL - DHCIR - 12/28/2009
Comment: How does he do it? - Kurtkeys - 12/28/2009
Comment: Re: Too restrictive! - SeanFromIT - 12/28/2009
Comment: Wrong Guy! - jabailo - 12/28/2009
Comment: Wake me up in 2010 - jabailo - 12/28/2009
Comment: They'll be suprised... - jabailo - 12/28/2009
Turbo's 'Stuff I Like & Hate' List
Todd Watson  
12/28/2009   2 comments
IBM's resident technology blogger talks about the state of technology from a fresh perspective
Comment: Re: Right Direction - Mr. Roques - 12/28/2009
Comment: whitelist your inbox - Mike Acker - 12/28/2009
Comment: Great Post Mr Hansen! - aum007 - 12/28/2009
Comment: staggering number - javeriayounes - 12/28/2009
One Week Only: A Spam Reprieve
Jart Armin  
12/28/2009   34 comments
Spammers take a breather over the holidays, and apparently on most weekends, too, according to Project Honey Pot
Comment: online shopping - Asad - 12/28/2009
Comment: Re: Right Direction - pjpugliese - 12/27/2009
Comment: Re: Right Direction - Alan Reiter - 12/27/2009
Comment: Re: Can't believe #9 - robjvargas - 12/26/2009
Comment: Right Direction - pjpugliese - 12/26/2009
Comment: Re: Touche - ChrisTOP - 12/26/2009
Comment: Re: Touche - Princess_dascho - 12/26/2009
Comment: Re: online or bust - ivka - 12/26/2009
Comment: Re: Tuxedo - Alan Reiter - 12/26/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/26/2009
Comment: I want to Save Money. - aum007 - 12/26/2009
Comment: Touche - javeriayounes - 12/26/2009
Comment: vote for Nook - ivka - 12/26/2009
Comment: online or bust - ivka - 12/26/2009
Comment: e Readers in 2010 - readerkindle - 12/25/2009
Comment: Re: Can't believe #9 - cjon316 - 12/25/2009
Comment: Re: Can't believe #9 - Paul Whyte - 12/25/2009
Comment: Re: phew.... - modza - 12/25/2009
Comment: Re: Pressure building - cjon316 - 12/25/2009
Comment: Can't believe #9 - cjon316 - 12/25/2009
Comment: Tuxedo - cjon316 - 12/25/2009
Comment: Pressure building - cjon316 - 12/25/2009
Gadgets We Want for the Holidays
Editor's Blog  
12/25/2009   25 comments
Our readers rank which gadgets they want most for the holidays. Find out what came in first place
Comment: more money to come? - ivka - 12/25/2009
An Open (But Grateful) Letter to Santa
Robert J. Hansen  
12/25/2009   17 comments
The ability to live down mistakes is a part of privacy that Google's CEO doesn't believe we should need
Comment: Hot Air And Dead Air - kq4ym - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - hrcohen - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: phew.... - Terry Sweeney - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - hrcohen - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - hrcohen - 12/24/2009
Profitable or Not, Twitter Girds for 2010
Editor's Blog  
12/24/2009   6 comments
Twitter reportedly made a small profit in 2009, but the site has a lot to prove in the year ahead
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: Online groceries? - torriatte - 12/24/2009
Comment: ROI on Goals - smkinoshita - 12/24/2009
Pressure Builds to Prove Website ROI
Mary E. Shacklett  
12/24/2009   30 comments
Non-e-commerce sites face increasing pressure from management and directors to demonstrate what the brand gets for its spending
Ads in Augmented Reality Raise Warning Flags
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
12/24/2009   2 comments
Seeing ads in mobile phone augmented reality (AR) applications should raise warning flags for users
Comment: Re: great - ChrisTOP - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: lazy readers - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: lazy readers - Mashka - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: great - Mashka - 12/24/2009
Amazon Fosters Emergence of 'Digital+Physical' Sales
Alan Reiter  
12/24/2009   36 comments
Disc+ On Demand should spark companies to consider new ways to sell and distribute electronic and physical product combos
Comment: Our turn - Michael P. Kassner - 12/23/2009
Comment: Online groceries? - PaulJ - 12/23/2009
Storm-Struck Shoppers a Boon for Online Retailers
Rob Salkowitz  
12/23/2009   10 comments
Snow's not the only thing accumulating in the run-up to the end-of-year holidays
Comment: Great list(s) - ChrisTOP - 12/22/2009
Comment: Viral Apps - Brian Newby - 12/22/2009
Another Step Toward Multimedia Books
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
12/22/2009   2 comments
New iPhone apps from Mobile Roadie represent one small step toward 'smart' electronic books
Comment: phew.... - RIMMAN - 12/22/2009
Closing 2009 With Tears & Cheers
Editor's Blog  
12/22/2009   2 comments
Keeping in the holiday spirit of list-making, Internet Evolution gives a rundown of what was Fine and Over the Line in 2009
Fine/Over the Line in '09
The Big Report  
12/22/2009   11 comments
A highly subjective list of 2009's high points on the Web – and a few low ones, too
Future Forecast: 2010
Internet Evolution Poll  
12/21/2009   5 comments
Which of the following technologies would you vote "Most Likely to Succeed" in 2010?
Comment: Re: Online Privacy - mamaflynny - 12/21/2009
Comment: My humble list - dlavie - 12/21/2009
Comment: Re: sign me up! - pjpugliese - 12/20/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - pjpugliese - 12/20/2009
Comment: Re: Over time? - Fritz Nelson - 12/17/2009
Comment: HULU, HU-RAH! - Kurtkeys - 12/17/2009
Comment: Over time? - Mary Jander - 12/17/2009
Hulu Hoo-Ha
Full Nelson  
12/17/2009   4 comments
Saunders is wrong on Hulu, Fritz thinks. By most measures it's been a success, and there's no reason this model won't become even bigger in the next three years. Oh, and he hates Steve's hat.
Comment: Google next year - Mary Jander - 12/17/2009
If a Google Phone Arrives, Does It Even Matter?
Reiter's Block  
12/17/2009   13 comments
Techies are going crazy over the possibility that Google might design and sell its own Android phone. Some writers say it's a very big deal. Reiter questions whether it will happen and, if it does, whether it even matters.
Comment: Sorry for the late entry - RIMMAN - 12/16/2009
Security: A Stocking Stuffer for Microsoft
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
12/16/2009   11 comments
Time for Microsoft to recommit itself to secure products and greater vigilance where existing vulnerabilities are concerned
Comment: Hoping and fearing - Mary Jander - 12/16/2009
Comment: 6 predictions.. - nasimson - 12/16/2009
Comment: OK Nicole, here goes - Mike Acker - 12/16/2009
Comment: this is all wrong:))) - Mashka - 12/16/2009
Comment: don't want to be cynical - Mashka - 12/16/2009
Comment: My top 5 - GajaKannan - 12/16/2009
Comment: Top 5 for 2010 - kenton - 12/15/2009
Comment: ah...chew.. - DHCIR - 12/15/2009
Comment: just health - Chris Poley - 12/15/2009
Comment: 5 Predictions for 2010 - JShipps - 12/15/2009
Comment: My Top 5 - Allen_Falcon - 12/15/2009
Comment: Rob's 2010 predictions - robsalk - 12/15/2009
Comment: Re: Online Privacy - Kurtkeys - 12/15/2009
Comment: My 5 - Mary Jander - 12/15/2009
Comment: Here We Go..again! - jwallace - 12/15/2009
Cast Your Top 5 Predictions for 2010!
Editor's Blog  
12/15/2009   29 comments
Tis the season to be psychic, so let's make some predictions for 2010!
Comment: Re: Online Privacy - chayes - 12/15/2009
Comment: Re: Online Privacy - Kurtkeys - 12/14/2009
Comment: fess up - Chris Poley - 12/14/2009
Comment: argh. - jennwallace07 - 12/14/2009
Comment: Re: Online Privacy - chayes - 12/14/2009
Comment: Re: Online Privacy - Paul Whyte - 12/14/2009
Comment: Online Privacy - chayes - 12/14/2009
Comment: Majority speaks - nathanwosnack - 12/14/2009
The Subservient Marketer
Todd Watson  
12/14/2009   Post a comment
Thoughts about Tiger Woods and his relationship with consulting firm Accenture, which ended its six-year marketing relationship on Sunday
The Season of Getting
Internet Evolution Poll  
12/14/2009   7 comments
Which tech device do you want the most for the holidays this year?
Comment: lol - nathanwosnack - 12/14/2009
Comment: Re: Pantone's problem - Insultant - 12/14/2009
Why Eric Schmidt Missed the Mark on Privacy
Robert J. Hansen  
12/14/2009   38 comments
The ability to live down mistakes is a part of privacy that Google's CEO doesn't believe we should need
Comment: Re: local color - Alan Reiter - 12/12/2009
Comment: local color - M Hulot - 12/12/2009
Comment: Thank you, God!!! - magneticnorth - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Bing - magneticnorth - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Pantone's problem - Leland - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Great article! - mtechie - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Pantone's problem - M Hulot - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Pantone's problem - Insultant - 12/11/2009
Comment: Pantone's problem - Mary Jander - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Great article! - ginger coons - 12/11/2009
Comment: Great article! - nathanwosnack - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - Insultant - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - Insultant - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - M Hulot - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - Insultant - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Hex wins - tech_ed - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Hex wins - mtechie - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Hex wins - ginger coons - 12/11/2009
Comment: Hex wins - SeanFromIT - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - M Hulot - 12/11/2009
Comment: Freedom's Perils - M Hulot - 12/11/2009
Web Boosts the Cause of Free Color
Ginger Coons  
12/11/2009   42 comments
Open-source graphics apps have raised awareness that the colors used in online graphics are controlled by one firm
Comment: Hulu etc. - Nicole Ferraro - 12/10/2009
Comment: Re: Head up! - Nicole Ferraro - 12/10/2009
Comment: Head up! - Mary Jander - 12/10/2009
Comment: u need a new job when... - moop - 12/10/2009
Sneaky Facebook Fiddles With Privacy Defaults
Editor's Blog  
12/10/2009   15 comments
Facebook's new 'recommended' privacy settings suggest that users share their entire lives with the greater Web
Feds Clamp Down on Personal Web Use
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
12/9/2009   12 comments
An agency within the Department of Homeland Security will block access to personal email accounts starting in January
Comment: Re: Thanks - Alan Reiter - 12/9/2009
Comment: Re: great ideas - Alan Reiter - 12/9/2009
Comment: Re: Whacko - Alan Reiter - 12/9/2009
A Hulu Lulu
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
12/9/2009   7 comments
Hulu is spectacularly popular with users and a total disaster for its owners.
Comment: Thanks - PaulJ - 12/9/2009
Comment: it's terrible - Mashka - 12/9/2009
Comment: great ideas - Mashka - 12/9/2009
Comment: Whacko - nasimson - 12/9/2009
Internet Gift Ideas for the Geek Who Has Everything
Alan Reiter  
12/9/2009   36 comments
Here's what's hot for the geeks and geekesses on your holiday shopping list
Comment: Monetizing videos - marc scarpa - 12/8/2009
Publishers Partner Up for a Digital Future
Editor's Blog  
12/8/2009   6 comments
Five major publishing companies launch a digital content storefront for mobile devices
Tech I Don't Want, Part 2: Kindle
what.the.ferraro  
12/8/2009   11 comments
This holiday season, do not buy Nicole a Kindle.
Comment: Bing - nathanwosnack - 12/8/2009
2009: The Year the Internet Went Wireless
TeleGraham  
12/8/2009   1 comment
With the number of mobile broadband users more than doubling in 2009, the Internet saw a historic transition this year.
Comment: New Toy Syndrome - smkinoshita - 12/7/2009
Comment: Re: Not so sure - Insultant - 12/7/2009
Comment: Not so sure - Ryan Lawler - 12/7/2009
Comcast-NBC Deal May Spell End of Free Content
Editor's Blog  
12/7/2009   8 comments
If Comcast's acquisition of NBC Universal gets approved, we may soon bid farewell to the free days of Hulu
Comment: Re: Badda Bing - Mike Moran - 12/7/2009
Comment: Re: never say never! - neilboso - 12/7/2009
Comment: Re: Good advice - neilboso - 12/7/2009
Viva Web 2.0!
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
12/7/2009   2 comments
Saunders interviews Leo Prieto, the founder of one of the largest social networks in Latin America.
Comment: anytime - dbergman - 12/6/2009
Comment: Badda Bing - dbergman - 12/6/2009
Comment: Wow... - nathanwosnack - 12/6/2009
Comment: Wars are won - GajaKannan - 12/6/2009
Comment: The Grand Master Plan - DHCIR - 12/6/2009
Comment: never say never! - bugmenot - 12/5/2009
Square's Credit Card Reader for Everyone
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
12/4/2009   7 comments
Square's cool idea is mobile transactions that don't require a merchant account
Comment: Re: newsletter - Dan Cypra - 12/4/2009
Comment: newsletter - Terri Eberle - 12/4/2009
Comment: OCSD - KMT568 - 12/4/2009
Comment: sharing! - Terri Eberle - 12/4/2009
The Compulsion to Share
Editor's Blog  
12/4/2009   25 comments
The compulsion to share on social-networking sites has less to do with connectedness than it does with wanting to prove we still exist
Comment: more about tracking - modza - 12/4/2009
Comment: Good advice - chayes - 12/4/2009
Comment: Hooked Into Writers - jabailo - 12/4/2009
Comment: Never say never - sbondy - 12/4/2009
Why Google Doesn't Care About Bing
Mike Moran  
12/4/2009   33 comments
Google has nothing to fear from Bing: It's already won the search game, and it has its eyes on other prizes
Tips for Creating a Viral Newsletter
Dan Cypra  
12/4/2009   11 comments
Here are suggestions for ensuring that readers pass your newsletter along and garner more prospects
Comment: Is it so hard? - ivka - 12/4/2009
Comment: Blogger Beats Twitter - jabailo - 12/3/2009
Comment: Pandora is a victim! - jwallace - 12/3/2009
Comment: Re: Thanks! - Nicole Ferraro - 12/3/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - M Hulot - 12/3/2009
Comment: Saunderssism. - jwallace - 12/3/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - robjvargas - 12/3/2009
All Hail Rupert Murdoch!
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
12/3/2009   4 comments
Other media organizations can learn from his futile plan to use micropayments to charge for access to his network.
AT&T Launches Microprojector Revolution
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
12/3/2009   4 comments
This month, AT&T Mobility will offer a phone with an optional microprojector
Comment: Your Klout! - jwallace - 12/3/2009
Comment: a Symbian app? - nasimson - 12/3/2009
Talk Big, Walk Big
Eurotrash  
12/2/2009   Post a comment
In 2010, telecom executives should consider hiring a bunch of children.
Comment: Re: Thanks! - Nicole Ferraro - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: Thanks! - Paul Whyte - 12/2/2009
Comment: The Privacy Maze - KMT568 - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: ok, I'll bite - Insultant - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: Thanks! - Nicole Ferraro - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: ok, I'll bite - Paul Whyte - 12/2/2009
Facebook Fixes Privacy Five Years Too Late
Editor's Blog  
12/2/2009   5 comments
It is way too late for us to give Mark Zuckerberg credit for promising better privacy controls
Comment: The what now? - cbrown - 12/2/2009
Comment: Wrong wrong wrong - UntoldEnt - 12/2/2009
Comment: Auntie says HI - Auntie NoNo - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: Well said! - Mary Jander - 12/2/2009
Comment: Thanks! - daniellesamantha - 12/2/2009
Comment: Search engine usage - chayes - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: Well said! - Terry Sweeney - 12/2/2009
Comment: What smirk? - Terry Sweeney - 12/2/2009
A Bug in Pandora's Box
what.the.ferraro  
12/2/2009   10 comments
There's a loophole in Pandora's music service that lets users dodge the 40-free-hour limit.
Comment: Yahoo even worse - Mary Jander - 12/2/2009
Comment: ok, I'll bite - Insultant - 12/2/2009
Comment: Well said! - Mary Jander - 12/2/2009
Comment: A growing monster - Mary Jander - 12/2/2009
Comment: wondering.... - Chris Poley - 12/2/2009
Online Game Developers Cash In
Matthew Mikus  
12/2/2009   7 comments
Other kinds of businesses can learn from the revenue model adopted by makers of casual online games
List of Top Bing Searches Will Stir Twitter Tailwinds
David Vellante  
12/2/2009   15 comments
Microsoft has revealed the top search terms for Bing over the last year, showing the ongoing influence of Twitter
Comment: Re: sign me up! - KMT568 - 12/1/2009
IE Introduces Video Comments: Show Yourself!
Editor's Blog  
12/1/2009   14 comments
We're giving you the chance to talk to us, with your real voice, via video comments. Leave your first one today!
Comment: sign me up! - Auntie NoNo - 12/1/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - M Hulot - 12/1/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - Mike Moran - 12/1/2009
Better Web Video & the End of Net Neutrality
Sweeney Blog  
12/1/2009   8 comments
As long as all Internet traffic is treated identically, online video will remain sub-standard.
Comment: wait wait - M Hulot - 12/1/2009
Google's Plan for Mobile Domination
Mike Moran  
12/1/2009   16 comments
Google plans to disrupt the mobile ad sales market now dominated by iPhone and the mobile service suppliers




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Ron Miller   5/17/2013   15 comments
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.
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Alan Reiter   5/16/2013   30 comments
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.
Harry Hawk
Harry Hawk   5/15/2013   20 comments
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.
Rasheen A. Whidbee
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
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Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track

5|6|13   |   3:51   |   No comments


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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site

3|14|13   |   0:47   |   No comments


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.
Second Shooter
Locked Handsets Aren't the Problem – Subsidies Are the Problem

3|13|13   |   2:09   |   10 comments


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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Todd Watson   5/17/2013   1 comment
It's been 17 years since I've visited the city of Dublin, but I still have some very distinct impressions from my one and only visit.
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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
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.

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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
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.

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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
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.

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Websites Should Consider Tougher ID Verification Policies
Alan Reiter
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.

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