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Comment: Re: What about numbers? - ivka - 4/30/2011
Comment: Loosing your iPhone? - SecTech - 4/30/2011
Comment: good branding - magneticnorth - 4/30/2011
Comment: Internal App stores - SecTech - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: Market = consumers - KMT568 - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: focus shift - KMT568 - 4/30/2011
Comment: Interesting follow up - cvargas - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - srfernando - 4/30/2011
Comment: What about numbers? - ivka - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - antonis - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: focus shift - Kicheko - 4/30/2011
Comment: focus shift - KMT568 - 4/29/2011
Apple's 'iCloud' Possible Harbinger of New Services
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/29/2011   7 comments
Apple's purchase of the domain name, iCloud, could mean it's turning MobileMe into a more advanced service.
Comment: Re: R&D is key - Michael Singer - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - KMT568 - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: Market = consumers - KMT568 - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - Michael Singer - 4/29/2011
Comment: Interesting stuff - KMT568 - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - Kim Davis - 4/29/2011
Comment: R&D is key - KMT568 - 4/29/2011
Executives Call for More R&D
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/29/2011   25 comments
Budgets are tight, but CEOs and CIOs are not willing to compromise on innovation
Comcast, Look Out for Netflix
Scott Koegler  
4/29/2011   2 comments
It may be time Netflix buys or creates its own cable company.
Directors Enraged Over Video to the Home
Kim Davis  
4/29/2011   16 comments
Hollywood directors are outraged at a deal between major studios and DirecTV.
Comment: If only one - dbergman - 4/28/2011
Comment: A strange week - Kim Davis - 4/28/2011
Comment: Sony's Betamax? - kq4ym - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: Cry me a tear - Mary Jander - 4/28/2011
The Name Game Moves to the Web
David Manheim  
4/28/2011   23 comments
We're running out of names for technology, tech startups... even rock bands
Comment: Re: Cry me a tear - Mr. Roques - 4/27/2011
Comment: fool me once.... - dlavie - 4/27/2011
Comment: where's the beef - dbergman - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: PSN -- pshaw! - taimur_tz - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: PSN -- pshaw! - hounhosp - 4/27/2011
CIOs Benefit From Mobile Enterprise App Stores
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/27/2011   22 comments
Bringing app stores in-house helps handle the ever-increasing number of mobile devices coming to the market
Comment: Re: PSN -- pshaw! - JulianaT - 4/27/2011
Zero Privacy, Big Data, Oxygen-Deprived Birthers
Todd Watson  
4/27/2011   5 comments
We say pry-vacy, the Brits say priv-acy, you say tomato, I say tomotto
Comment: Re: PSN -- pshaw! - Mary Jander - 4/27/2011
Comment: PSN -- pshaw! - Mary Jander - 4/27/2011
Playstation Gamers Face Extended Outage
Alexander Wolfe  
4/27/2011   38 comments
The PSN outage is affecting millions of users, yet it continues unabated, creating a "cloudpocalypse" that exceeds the scope of Amazon's
Comment: Re: Big Is Scary - hounhosp - 4/27/2011
What’s the Big Deal?
Todd Watson  
4/27/2011   6 comments
I'm no shopping guru, but I do spend money, and I don't mind being offered a good deal
Comment: Big Is Scary - kq4ym - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: The Big Chill - Ron_Miller - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: They Got Me - jabailo - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: Another Mommy. - cbernard - 4/26/2011
Comment: advocate for community - scucci - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: The Big Chill - jabailo - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: They Got Me - Awilliams - 4/26/2011
Comment: They Got Me - jabailo - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: The Big Chill - Ron_Miller - 4/26/2011
Comment: The Big Chill - jabailo - 4/26/2011
Comment: I don't know - lek1981 - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: Another Mommy. - cvargas - 4/26/2011
Comment: This is the Future - Kim Davis - 4/26/2011
Netflix Shifting From DVD Rentals to Media Powerhouse
Ron Miller  
4/26/2011   29 comments
Netflix seems on its way to dominating the streaming media market. That may not be the best thing for consumers
Comment: When Are Games Not Fun? - kq4ym - 4/26/2011
The New Internet World of 'Gamification'
Adam Williams  
4/26/2011   32 comments
Gamification will soon extend social networking as a socioeconomic force, with a range of possibilities still undreamed of
Comment: Re: one man company? - Mashka - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: Finally.... - Chris Poley - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Another Mommy. - Kim Davis - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Another Mommy. - knoxzoo - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Finally.... - Bolingbroke - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: branding - Michael Singer - 4/25/2011
Comment: Finally.... - Chris Poley - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Jinx - Michael Singer - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Another Mommy. - Dan Cypra - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Another Mommy. - Dan Cypra - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Surprised ?! - Dan Cypra - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Another Mommy. - knoxzoo - 4/25/2011
Comment: Another Mommy. - knoxzoo - 4/25/2011
Comment: Surprised ?! - Bolingbroke - 4/25/2011
Comment: Money in the Cloud? - Kim Davis - 4/25/2011
Poker Players Take to Social Media After Indictments
Dan Cypra  
4/25/2011   57 comments
With the three largest US poker sites taken offline, players have taken action on the Web
Comment: one man company? - Mashka - 4/24/2011
Comment: Re: branding - Bolingbroke - 4/22/2011
Comment: branding - Michael Bennett Cohn - 4/22/2011
Comment: Perceptions - Kim Davis - 4/22/2011
Comment: Jinx - Bolingbroke - 4/22/2011
Is Apple Getting Too Big to Fail?
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/22/2011   26 comments
Apple is not immune from the problems of the world, and investors and customers are ignoring some serious pitfalls
Pictures of War
Todd Watson  
4/21/2011   Post a comment
Hondros was a Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer whose work has graced the front pages of many newspapers and magazines
Comment: Re: Highly useful - Kim Davis - 4/20/2011
Comment: Highly useful - taimur_tz - 4/20/2011
Location Is Where IT's at for CIOs
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/20/2011   4 comments
The challenge is moving beyond the simple act of 'checking in'
Comment: Stifles Criminals - Bolingbroke - 4/20/2011
Online Poker Ban Stifles Free Enterprise
Michael Bennett Cohn  
4/20/2011   18 comments
The entrepreneurial spirit of the Web could be hindered by the recent ban on online poker, this writer maintains
Comment: The inevitable lawsuit - sbondy - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Choices - Michael Singer - 4/19/2011
Comment: Hindsight is so 20/20 - cjon316 - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Flip side - Ron_Miller - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Flip side - Ron_Miller - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Flip side - Mary Jander - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Flip side - Mary Jander - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Flip side - Ron_Miller - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Flip side - SteveGNYC - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Flip side - Ron_Miller - 4/19/2011
Comment: Flip side - Michael P. Kassner - 4/19/2011
Tasini Takes On New Age Publishing Giant
Ron Miller  
4/19/2011   27 comments
Jonathan Tasini has filed a suit against Arianna Huffington for building her publication on the backs of writers who weren't paid
Comment: Choices - sbewley - 4/18/2011
Comment: Books on Shelves - Kim Davis - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: Still holds - Mary Jander - 4/18/2011
Comment: The new thing... - Mary Jander - 4/18/2011
Social CRM Puts Midmarket in the Zone
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/18/2011   13 comments
Being aware of what their customers are saying can help midmarket companies strengthen their businesses and prevent negative talk about their brands
Comment: Still holds - Mary Jander - 4/18/2011
Comment: Telco talk - javeriayounes - 4/18/2011
Comment: RIP Google Video. - Paul Whyte - 4/17/2011
Comment: Re: Where are we - robjvargas - 4/16/2011
Comment: My understanding - slfisher - 4/16/2011
Comment: Where are we - dbergman - 4/16/2011
Comment: Re: Want one now - Alan Reiter - 4/15/2011
Comment: Re: Want one now - Kim Davis - 4/15/2011
Comment: Re: Want one now - Alan Reiter - 4/15/2011
Comment: Re: Bound to happen - Kim Davis - 4/15/2011
Comment: Re: Bound to happen - Kim Davis - 4/15/2011
Comment: Re: Bound to happen - pcharles - 4/14/2011
Comment: Re: Want one now - Alan Reiter - 4/14/2011
Comment: Re: Bound to happen - Kim Davis - 4/14/2011
Comment: Re: Bound to happen - cjon316 - 4/14/2011
Comment: Re: Want one now - Mary Jander - 4/14/2011
Comment: Re: Want one now - Alan Reiter - 4/14/2011
Hulu May Be Doomed By Success
Robert McGarvey  
4/14/2011   23 comments
Unless its old-media parents recognize their future in its success, Hulu could meet its demise this year
Comment: Want one now - Mary Jander - 4/14/2011
Thumbs Up for Amazon's Cloud Player
Reiter's Block  
4/14/2011   8 comments
If you use multiple computers and/or Android phones, it could be a great service.
It's 'Game On' for Enterprise Execs
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/13/2011   2 comments
Gamification is used by social networking and location-based services to help retailers connect with customers. Here are some tips for extending it into the enterprise
Comment: Six, or Half Dozen - knoxzoo - 4/12/2011
Comment: Licensing - Joe Stanganelli - 4/12/2011
Viacom Turns on Time Warner as Customers Cut the Cord
Robert McGarvey  
4/12/2011   7 comments
Viacom sees the future in the hands of content providers and is ditching cable firms in an effort at dominance in this new market
Live From Impact 2011: Jon Iwata on 100 Years of Innovation at IBM
Todd Watson  
4/11/2011   Post a comment
What's past is prologue when it comes to solving problems for IBM customers
Comment: Cloud issues - dbergman - 4/10/2011
Comment: Re : Google Dance - Anand Y - 4/9/2011
Amazon Cloud Drive Leaves Readers Torn
Editor's Blog  
4/8/2011   4 comments
Internet Evolution users can't seem to agree on whether to store their music libraries with Amazon in the cloud
Comment: Re: Why - SteveGNYC - 4/8/2011
Comment: Why - Nicole Ferraro - 4/8/2011
Comment: SHUT 'ER DOWN! - DHCIR - 4/8/2011
Having an Impact
Todd Watson  
4/8/2011   Post a comment
IBM's Impact 2011 starts this weekend and kicks into high gear on Monday
What a Government Shutdown Would Mean to Tech
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/8/2011   22 comments
The impending shutdown would have a large impact on tech, as the government relies far more on contractors now than in the past
Google Dance
Todd Watson  
4/8/2011   1 comment
Ah, Larry, welcome to the world of complex organizations rife with competing interests, internal cooperation and 'coopetition,' and massive complexity
Comment: what should we do? - Mashka - 4/8/2011
Comment: Re: Out - dcuperus - 4/7/2011
Comment: Re: Out - Insultant - 4/7/2011
Comment: Re: Out - Insultant - 4/7/2011
 Cristina Videira Lopes, PhD
IE Radio  
4/7/2011   125 comments
A former research scientist at Xerox PARC, Crista Lopes was instrumental in developing interserver teleporting for OpenSim virtual worlds. As an associate professor of informatics at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Dr. Lopes continues to explore "ubiquitous computing," focused on methods of human communication that are "pervasive, secure and intuitive for humans to perceive and interact with."
Dish Network's 'Blockbuster' Buyout Could Be a Bust
Alan Reiter  
4/7/2011   28 comments
Dish's purchase of Blockbuster could disappoint Dish and its customers, thanks to Blockbuster's late-to-the-party track record
Comment: Re: Out - nasimson - 4/7/2011
Comment: Re: Out - Susan Fourtané - 4/7/2011
Comment: Out - nasimson - 4/6/2011
The Online Kids Are Not Alright
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
4/6/2011   16 comments
Online games and consoles are providing a pathway to malware, ID theft, and worse for many children with Internet connectivity
Japanese Supply Chain Woes Hit iPad2
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/6/2011   14 comments
In the wake of Japan's tragedy, the global electronic industry will have to learn how to manage disruptions in various regions
Comment: Re: E-book readers - Tom Nolle - 4/6/2011
Corporate Community – In or Out?
Stephen Saunders  
4/6/2011   21 comments
Thinking of jettisoning your own online community in favor of piggybacking on Twitter or Facebook? Don't do it
Comment: re: Libraries - nasimson - 4/5/2011
Comment: Using Both FF's - knoxzoo - 4/5/2011
Comment: Re: Cry me a tear - Mr. Roques - 4/5/2011
Comment: What a relief! - Mary Jander - 4/5/2011
Tales of a Bibliophile Egomaniac
Reiter's Block  
4/5/2011   14 comments
The Internet will make bookshelves bare. How can bibliophiles survive?
Comment: Re: Silver lining - antonis - 4/5/2011
Comment: Cricket fever - javeriayounes - 4/5/2011
Comment: Why Not DIY ? - Bolingbroke - 4/4/2011
Comment: Silver lining - Nicole Ferraro - 4/4/2011
Data Breach Cautions Midmarket
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/4/2011   13 comments
Quick action is critical for protecting your reputation and your customers
Comment: A No from me tooo... - aum007 - 4/4/2011
Comment: Re: No. - Ariella - 4/4/2011
Comment: It works both ways... - aum007 - 4/3/2011
Comment: Cry me a tear - dbergman - 4/2/2011
Comment: Re: Nonsense - Chris Poley - 4/2/2011
Comment: Re: No. - dcuperus - 4/1/2011
Comment: Interesting... - Jason Mick - 4/1/2011
Extracting Emotions in Web 2.0
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/1/2011   17 comments
Even a well-crafted email, text message, or social media post can be misinterpreted by the reader
Comment: Re: luddite - Ron_Miller - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: luddite - slfisher - 4/1/2011
Comment: Not sure. - KMT568 - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: luddite - Ron_Miller - 4/1/2011
Mobile Website Displays Stink!
Reiter's Block  
4/1/2011   7 comments
Reiter's going crazy about Web pages that don’t display the way he wants them to.
Comment: luddite - slfisher - 4/1/2011




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Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   4 comments


Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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