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Comment: Boston to New York - EJHarnois - 7/31/2010
Comment: borderlinesite - Chunk4546 - 7/31/2010
Comment: i love new york - Chunk4546 - 7/31/2010
Comment: Re: Empathy - Natalies_mommy - 7/31/2010
Comment: The food, definitely - bri77 - 7/31/2010
Comment: FML - bri77 - 7/31/2010
Comment: Re: Empathy - bri77 - 7/31/2010
Comment: one thing I do know... - bri77 - 7/31/2010
Comment: Green Giant Promotion - lek1981 - 7/31/2010
Comment: Wikileaks - JoeFoster - 7/31/2010
Missing New York
Todd Watson  
7/31/2010   14 comments
I left the Big Apple almost a decade ago for the wide-open pastures of my native Texas, and it's been an entire year since my last visit
Comment: Re: ads on cable - lek1981 - 7/30/2010
Comment: Re: Hulu Hula - lek1981 - 7/30/2010
Comment: Re: Empathy - smkinoshita - 7/30/2010
Comment: Social Graph - jwallace - 7/30/2010
Comment: Re: Multitasking? - hrcohen - 7/29/2010
Comment: Re: Not. - lek1981 - 7/29/2010
 Naomi Baron, Linguistics Professor, American University
IE Radio  
7/29/2010   276 comments
As author of the book, "Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World," and a professor of linguistics and language at American University in Washington, D.C., Naomi Baron is uniquely qualified to parse the layers of meaning in emoticons and other Net-speak. She'll also assess the quantity vs. quality of communication in our highly mobile and always-on lives
Comment: I called it! - jwallace - 7/29/2010
Comment: Re: Not at All! - AGreen - 7/29/2010
Comment: bandwidth is key... - Carol - 7/29/2010
Join Us for IE Radio With Naomi Baron at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
7/29/2010   Post a comment
Author Naomi Baron joins us for IE Radio at 2 PM ET. Tune in!
Let’s Make Up Our Minds on Copyright
Second Shooter  
7/29/2010   3 comments
There's a public-policy war on copyright that nobody is winning. Time to step back.
Comment: re: WikiLeaks - Brian Newby - 7/28/2010
Comment: Not at All! - hounhosp - 7/28/2010
WikiLeaks & the End of Secrecy
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
7/28/2010   10 comments
It was only a matter of time before there was some counterweight to the government's penchant for classifying everything
Comment: Making me stupider? - chayes - 7/28/2010
Comment: Stupid Internet? - Chris.Browne - 7/28/2010
Comment: Re: Multitasking? - smkinoshita - 7/28/2010
Comment: Multitasking? - mnt.code - 7/28/2010
Comment: two way process - ivka - 7/28/2010
Comment: A Fuzzy Logic - hounhosp - 7/27/2010
Goodbye, Contemplation... Hello, New Digital Mind
Editor's Blog  
7/27/2010   37 comments
Over 75 percent of Internet Evolution poll takers say that the Internet has changed the way they think
Mad Men (and Women)
Todd Watson  
7/27/2010   2 comments
What strikes me about that show is how much it's not really about the world of advertising
Comment: Re: Question, Jart - Jart Armin - 7/26/2010
Comment: Re: Pleasant Surprise - abdlah - 7/26/2010
Shiver Me Timbers
The Sole Man  
7/26/2010   1 comment
Digital pirates find easy pickings in the open waters of the Internet.
Comment: Deja Vu - sbondy - 7/26/2010
Comment: Re: Great idea - Alan Reiter - 7/26/2010
Comment: Great idea - jnieusma - 7/26/2010
Security Lessons From the 'Adult' Web
Jart Armin  
7/26/2010   23 comments
Enterprises can learn important security lessons from what's happening in the massive online porn industry
Comment: Pleasant Surprise - abdlah - 7/26/2010
Cloud Takes on Image Editing
Scott Koegler  
7/26/2010   11 comments
A couple of applications showed this author that there may be hope that graphic editing can move from desktop to cloud sooner rather than later
Comment: Re: A great reminder - Ariella - 7/25/2010
Comment: A double edge sword - hounhosp - 7/24/2010
Comment: Definitely Useful - abdlah - 7/24/2010
Comment: Re: A great reminder - KimSolez - 7/24/2010
Comment: Can be great but ... - abdlah - 7/23/2010
Comment: Re: Brilliant!!! - Alan Reiter - 7/23/2010
Comment: Brilliant!!! - Michael Singer - 7/23/2010
Enterprise Lessons From the Old Spice Man
Alan Reiter  
7/23/2010   34 comments
Old Spice's viral Internet ad campaign featuring Isaiah Mustafa is a beacon for enterprise online video
Comment: Re: A great reminder - Ariella - 7/23/2010
Comment: Re: A great reminder - KimSolez - 7/22/2010
Comment: Thank you - nathanwosnack - 7/22/2010
Comment: Re: I so agree - Mary Jander - 7/22/2010
Comment: Re: True, but - Phavanhna - 7/21/2010
Comment: Alternatives - chuckgregory - 7/21/2010
Comment: A question of comfort - chayes - 7/21/2010
Comment: Re: just curious - Mr. Roques - 7/21/2010
Comment: Re: True, but - kmchong - 7/21/2010
Why Open-Source Rules the Web
Mary E. Shacklett  
7/21/2010   18 comments
Open-source software has had a long and fruitful relationship with the Web, and all signs point to continuance
Comment: Re: this is very sad - Priam - 7/21/2010
Comment: this is very sad - Mashka - 7/21/2010
Comment: True, but - Michael P. Kassner - 7/21/2010
Comment: Mobile commerce - Mary Jander - 7/21/2010
Flipping Out Over Flipboard
Todd Watson  
7/21/2010   Post a comment
There's already a crazy amount of buzz around the product and talk of the onslaught already having brought down Flipboard's servers
Comment: Re: HTML5 - Imad Mouline - 7/21/2010
Comment: Re: let them eat cake.. - Priam - 7/21/2010
Comment: Shameful - sbondy - 7/21/2010
Comment: HTML5 - Michael P. Kassner - 7/21/2010
Comment: A great reminder - Mary Jander - 7/21/2010
Comment: Drawing the line - Mary Jander - 7/21/2010
Six Steps Toward Mobile Commerce That Works
Imad Mouline  
7/21/2010   13 comments
Here are steps you can take to make mobile commerce on the Web work for your enterprise
Comment: Re: I so agree - Joe Grimm - 7/21/2010
Comment: Re: I so agree - Joe Grimm - 7/21/2010
Comment: Re: Wonderful idea - Joe Grimm - 7/21/2010
Book Culture Trumps Web Culture? Not So!
Cirque Du Solez  
7/21/2010   6 comments
The old media debate whether book culture is better than Web culture.
Facebook Draws Ire Over Murderer's Memorial
George Taylor  
7/21/2010   33 comments
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is among the critics of Facebook for its refusal to take down pages devoted to Raoul Moat
Comment: Thanks for the link - cjon316 - 7/20/2010
Comment: Re: At last! - cjon316 - 7/20/2010
Comment: Re: Twiver? - SteveGNYC - 7/20/2010
Comment: Re: Wonderful idea - SteveGNYC - 7/20/2010
Comment: Re: I so agree - Mary Jander - 7/20/2010
Comment: I so agree - Michael P. Kassner - 7/20/2010
Comment: Wonderful idea - KMT568 - 7/20/2010
Group Uses Web to Create Modern 'Rosetta Stone'
Joe Grimm  
7/20/2010   35 comments
The Rosetta Project hopes to preserve the world's languages, at least on record, for millennia
Comment: Re: tweet out - Nicole Ferraro - 7/19/2010
Comment: Guilty! - Amy Rogers Nazarov - 7/19/2010
Content Management Migration, the Midmarket Way
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
7/19/2010   6 comments
Many midmarket companies find themselves at a crossroads when considering moving from a legacy system or a proprietary CMS to a commercial or open-source platform
Comment: Re: Other languages - chayes - 7/19/2010
Comment: Re: Redefining words - Ariella - 7/19/2010
Comment: Other languages - jnieusma - 7/19/2010
Comment: Rumors resurface - Mary Jander - 7/19/2010
Why the UK's 'Digital Champion' Isn't
George Taylor  
7/19/2010   7 comments
A so-called Manifesto for extending broadband reach in the UK is sadly out of touch with the realities of today's Internet
Comment: Re: Twiver? - AGreen - 7/19/2010
Comment: Redefining words - taimur_tz - 7/17/2010
Comment: Twiver? - Rich Adler - 7/17/2010
Comment: Re: ads on cable - pjpugliese - 7/17/2010
Comment: Thank you - Leland - 7/17/2010
Comment: Re: Loopt - pcharles - 7/16/2010
Comment: Re: Loopt - Chris Poley - 7/16/2010
Comment: Re: Loopt - pcharles - 7/16/2010
Comment: Re: more dreck - Nicole Ferraro - 7/16/2010
Comment: more dreck - Chris Poley - 7/16/2010
Comment: Re: Loopt - Chris Poley - 7/16/2010
Comment: Re: Loopt - Chris Poley - 7/16/2010
Comment: Re: Loopt - pcharles - 7/16/2010
Comment: Loopt - Nicole Ferraro - 7/16/2010
Comment: Social capital - Mary Jander - 7/16/2010
The Return of the Bad Buzzwords
Editor's Blog  
7/16/2010   17 comments
We're back with 10 more of the worst Web 2.0 buzzwords
China's Giant Tencent Keeps on Growing
Xuefei (Michael) Peng  
7/16/2010   5 comments
Already an online success story of the first order, China-based Tencent continues its push into enterprise and overseas markets
Comment: Re: Reevaluating - Alan Reiter - 7/15/2010
Comment: Re: Reevaluating - Alan Reiter - 7/15/2010
Comment: Re: Reevaluating - Techmeister - 7/15/2010
Comment: Reevaluating - rjacksix - 7/15/2010
Ten Terrible Web 2.0 Buzzwords
The Big Report  
7/15/2010   53 comments
Marketers and Web users alike have armed themselves with a new suite of made-up buzzwords. We're calling out the 10 most despicable
Comment: Updates are optional - chayes - 7/15/2010
Comment: Re: Oh please no - Alan Reiter - 7/15/2010
Comment: Oh please no - smkinoshita - 7/15/2010
FarmVille on Gmail? Say It Ain't So!
Alan Reiter  
7/15/2010   68 comments
Google's rumored investment in Zynga spells trouble for enterprises.
Comment: Another site - Fiercesome - 7/15/2010
Comment: Re: Where will it end? - Leland - 7/15/2010
Foursquare's Future Open to Question
Chris Poley  
7/15/2010   36 comments
Despite significant new funding, Foursquare could face competition from big players like Twitter and Facebook
Comment: Re: Where will it end? - Leland - 7/14/2010
Comment: Statistics... - kenton - 7/14/2010
Another Spam Record, Another Shrug
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
7/14/2010   17 comments
Spammers apparently won't be content 'til they push the global email threshold closer to 100 percent
Comment: Re: BIG DEAL - Paul Whyte - 7/14/2010
Comment: BIG DEAL - nasimson - 7/14/2010
Comment: Re: just curious - voiceeciov - 7/14/2010
Comment: Re: just curious - Mashka - 7/14/2010
Comment: Re: just curious - Mashka - 7/14/2010
Comment: Re: just curious - Techmeister - 7/13/2010
Comment: A need of the time - taimur_tz - 7/13/2010
Comment: Re: just curious - Mr. Roques - 7/13/2010
Comment: where is Hulu? - Terri Eberle - 7/13/2010
Comment: Re: Very cool - Mr. Roques - 7/13/2010
Comment: Re: just curious - voiceeciov - 7/13/2010
Comment: My Music When I Want It - kq4ym - 7/13/2010
Reimagining Radio's Future
Editor's Blog  
7/13/2010   28 comments
Pandora hopes to be the future of radio, but it will take more than 13 million unique visitors to beat its predecessors
Muslim Matchmaking Takes Off on the Web
Marsha Weinstein  
7/13/2010   19 comments
The Internet provides a safe and workable alternative for many young Muslims seeking mates
Comment: just curious - Mashka - 7/13/2010
The Music Industry May Be Getting in Tune With the Web
Christopher Olson  
7/13/2010   16 comments
Despite ongoing lawsuits over P2P downloading, a spate of recent deals between music publishers and online purveyors may be a trend
Comment: Google vs. China - JoeFoster - 7/12/2010
Comment: Re: ads on cable - kerryf - 7/12/2010
Comment: Re: ads on cable - SeanFromIT - 7/12/2010
Hulu Plus Could Use More Plus
Editor's Blog  
7/12/2010   8 comments
Hulu Plus could work in the future but is lacking some essentials
Comment: Hulu Hula - javeriayounes - 7/12/2010
Hulu Haha
Full Nelson  
7/12/2010   2 comments
Fritz says Hulu Plus proves that Hulu could very well succeed.
Comment: won't work... - Techmeister - 7/11/2010
Comment: Re: agreed - Alan Reiter - 7/11/2010
Comment: Re: The real-time key - Ariella - 7/11/2010
Comment: agreed - dbergman - 7/11/2010
Comment: Subscribtion Packages - Mashka - 7/11/2010
Comment: Don't see the logic - Mashka - 7/11/2010
Comment: Re: The real-time key - Ariella - 7/10/2010
Comment: Can't blame - nathanwosnack - 7/10/2010
Comment: Google and China - JoeFoster - 7/10/2010
Comment: Re: Very restrictive - AGreen - 7/9/2010
Comment: A great band-aid - AGreen - 7/9/2010
'TaskLets' Retrieve Internet Data via SMS, Voice
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
7/9/2010   4 comments
HP has created 'TaskLets,' which automatically perform actions via SMS or voice, or by clicking a computer widget
Comment: Pre-Hulu? - Terry Sweeney - 7/9/2010
Comment: force fit - tech_ed - 7/9/2010
New Video Tutorial Predicts Future of Predictive Analytics
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
7/9/2010   8 comments
The New York Police Department uses predictive analytics in its crime fighting, as does the City of Madrid in coordinating emergency responses
Comment: Easy filtering - dlavie - 7/9/2010
Comment: Very restrictive - taimur_tz - 7/9/2010
Comment: due diligence - KenW - 7/8/2010
At Time, It's Time for Users to Pay
Editor's Blog  
7/8/2010   11 comments
Time Inc. readies its properties for a pay wall with yet another model that seems unlikely to work
Comment: Re: Might be useful... - KenW - 7/8/2010
Comment: Common Sense - knoxzoo - 7/8/2010
Comment: Re: Might be useful... - KenW - 7/8/2010
Comment: Re: DotXXX Irrelevant? - KenW - 7/8/2010
Comment: Piecing it together - chayes - 7/8/2010
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Bram Cohen!
Editor's Blog  
7/8/2010   Post a comment
We're live on IE Radio with the founder of BitTorrent, Bram Cohen... Join us!
 Bram Cohen, Founder, BitTorrent
IE Radio  
7/8/2010   109 comments
Bram Cohen is best known as the author of BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol. He is also the co-founder and chief scientist of BitTorrent Inc. He'll discuss his views on anti-piracy laws, his struggles with the MPAA/RIAA, and how he sees P2P sharing developing in the future
Comment: Re: Comparison - Alan Reiter - 7/8/2010
Comment: Re: I vote yes! - Alan Reiter - 7/8/2010
Comment: I vote yes! - Mary Jander - 7/8/2010
Join Us for IE Radio With Bram Cohen at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
7/8/2010   Post a comment
Bram Cohen, founder of BitTorrent, joins us on IE Radio today
Comment: Re: Not. - javeriayounes - 7/8/2010
Hulu Plus Chips Away at Cable's Iron Grip
Alan Reiter  
7/8/2010   61 comments
Hulu Plus won't kill cable TV on its own, but combined with other services it could help erode cable's dominance
Qualcomm Promotes FLO TV Network for Datacasting
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
7/7/2010   Post a comment
The company tries to reinvigorate the conversation as FLO usage falls short of expectations
Google & China: On Again
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
7/7/2010   22 comments
The political thriller continues as the search engine giant tries to renew its license for operations in China
Comment: Re: Bad security - SteveGNYC - 7/7/2010
Comment: Re: Not. - Tricia MacDonald - 7/7/2010
Comment: Re: Not. - Nicole Ferraro - 7/7/2010
Supreme Court: Privacy's Limited When You're on the Job
Steven C. Bennett  
7/7/2010   12 comments
There is a growing need for a more uniform, predictable set of rules regarding appropriate limits on employee privacy expectations
Content-Generation Machines Driven by Keywords
Scott Koegler  
7/7/2010   6 comments
Publishers, along with search engine companies, constantly recreate editorial calendars without the need to advise advertisers
Twitter Tries Its Hand at Location-Based Services
Don Reisinger  
7/7/2010   5 comments
Twitter Places has been revived and is available on the Website and within Twitter's mobile apps
Comment: Re: Turing Test - SteveGNYC - 7/6/2010
Comment: Hmmmm - dbergman - 7/6/2010
Comment: Re: Turing Test - Chris Poley - 7/6/2010
Comment: Not. - nathanwosnack - 7/6/2010
Comment: At last! - mnt.code - 7/6/2010
Hulu Plus
Internet Evolution Poll  
7/6/2010   9 comments
Do you plan to sign up for Hulu Plus?
IBM Leads Social Platform Software Market
Todd Watson  
7/6/2010   3 comments
The use of social software can transform the way people work increasing the speed of business
Comment: Re: Turing Test - SteveGNYC - 7/6/2010
Enterprises Start to Unravel Windows Ecosystem
Michael Bennett Cohn  
7/6/2010   8 comments
Enterprises need to start thinking about office technology as a series of interlocking but independent systems, each of which is replaceable
Comment: Re: Question, Daniel - aum007 - 7/6/2010
Comment: Re: Turing Test - taimur_tz - 7/6/2010
Comment: Re: Turing Test - AGreen - 7/6/2010
Comment: Turing Test - taimur_tz - 7/5/2010
Retailers Marry Social, Mobile Marketing
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
7/5/2010   10 comments
The biggest benefit for one supermarket is an increase in sales, from both item count and average basket size
Your 'Immortal' Avatar May Be Growing on the Web
George Taylor  
7/5/2010   8 comments
As some push for avatars that mimic your thoughts and behavior, government may be building your own Frankenstein Monster on the Web
Comment: Great - dbergman - 7/4/2010
Comment: Awww - javeriayounes - 7/4/2010
Comment: Re: Very cool - Lance Alberto - 7/2/2010
The Basics of Banner Advertising
Dan Cypra  
7/2/2010   16 comments
Banner ads are a staple of Web advertising. Here is a primer on how to use them to best advantage
Comment: Re: Very cool - Joe Grimm - 7/2/2010
Comment: Re: Very cool - Joe Grimm - 7/2/2010