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Comment: Re: Good Stuff - jwallace - 8/31/2009
Comment: Glory days - ChrisTOP - 8/31/2009
Comment: I like my Kindle - Carol - 8/31/2009
Comment: Re: Good Stuff - chuckgregory - 8/31/2009
Comment: Re: Oviously - ChrisTOP - 8/31/2009
Comment: Oviously - Root Maniac - 8/31/2009
Comment: Re: Foreign languages - cjon316 - 8/31/2009
Comment: Re: Twennis Andy Won? - cjon316 - 8/31/2009
Comment: Re: Twennis Andy Won? - cjon316 - 8/31/2009
Comment: Twennis Andy Won? - cjon316 - 8/31/2009
Comment: Twitter Etiquette - KMT568 - 8/31/2009
Comment: a means to an end - Chris Poley - 8/31/2009
US Open Not Open to Twitter
Editor's Blog  
8/31/2009   21 comments
The US Open sets some rules on what players can and cannot Tweet, in an attempt to keep insider information inside
US Open Tennis, Anyone?
Todd Watson  
8/31/2009   1 comment
Lest anyone accuse me of being biased towards golf, I wanted to quickly get this post out to remind everyone that the United States Open tennis championships kick off today
Comment: Re: hm... scary... - tsaleem - 8/31/2009
Comment: hm... scary... - Mashka - 8/31/2009
Comment: Re: Good Stuff - Dan Cypra - 8/31/2009
Comment: Re: Excellent Tips - modza - 8/29/2009
Comment: Re: Good Stuff - David Vellante - 8/29/2009
Comment: Hi, My Screen Name Is - DHagar - 8/28/2009
Comment: E-Readers and Apple? - hrcohen - 8/28/2009
Comment: Good Stuff - mathemagician - 8/28/2009
Comment: Excellent Tips - robbie02494 - 8/28/2009
Comment: Re: Dell Nirvana! (nah) - DHCIR - 8/28/2009
Comment: Dell Nirvana! - tech_ed - 8/28/2009
Comment: too much excitement - M Hulot - 8/28/2009
Top E-Newsletter Formatting Tips
Dan Cypra  
8/28/2009   14 comments
Here are tips to keep your online newsletters fresh and au courant
Comment: Re: On Twitter - Jart Armin - 8/28/2009
7 Deadly Sins of Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
8/28/2009   15 comments
The freshest Mac OS X won't win over most CIOs and may even convert some companies back to Windows
Comment: Re: Look out! - Mr. Roques - 8/27/2009
Comment: Re: On Twitter - Mr. Roques - 8/27/2009
Comment: My Dell - Drowlord - 8/27/2009
Comment: Re: Look out! - robbie02494 - 8/27/2009
Dude, I Got a Dell... Barely
Todd Watson  
8/27/2009   12 comments
I bought a Dell – then things got strange
Open Book Alliance Takes On Google
Editor's Blog  
8/27/2009   9 comments
New industry advocacy group attacks Google's attempt to digitize orphan books as monopolistic
Comment: Tipping Point .. - nasimson - 8/27/2009
Wireless E-Book Readers: Inevitable But Primitive
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/26/2009   39 comments
Sony's wireless electronic book reader is still lagging in some functions, while demonstrating the wireless future of e-readers
Comment: Film Fresh - Murugan - 8/26/2009
Comment: Re: On Twitter - Paul Whyte - 8/26/2009
Comment: Re: On Twitter - J DAmbrosio - 8/26/2009
Comment: Titter Twatter - comradity - 8/26/2009
Comment: Re: On Twitter - Chris Poley - 8/26/2009
Comment: Re: On Twitter - Chris Poley - 8/26/2009
Comment: Re: On Twitter - Kurtkeys - 8/25/2009
Comment: Re: On Twitter - Chris Poley - 8/25/2009
Comment: Re: My mother - mtechie - 8/25/2009
Comment: My mother - Root Maniac - 8/25/2009
Comment: Look out! - kenton - 8/25/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - Kurtkeys - 8/25/2009
That's Your Boss, Not Your Facebook BFF
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
8/25/2009   20 comments
Mixing work with Facebook can get a little uncomfortable – not just for employees but for executives as well
Comment: Re: On Twitter - Kurtkeys - 8/25/2009
Comment: Re: Hmmm.... - smkinoshita - 8/25/2009
Comment: Re: Hmmm.... - Nicole Ferraro - 8/25/2009
Comment: Hmmm.... - cbrown - 8/25/2009
Comment: It's like porn - Auntie NoNo - 8/25/2009
Celebrity Gossip Is Deadly... For Your Computer
Editor's Blog  
8/25/2009   17 comments
Not only will searching for celebrity news and gossip online turn you into a less-smart version of yourself, it will destroy your computer
Online Video Will Kill the Movies
Andrew Keen  
8/25/2009   37 comments
The 'people’s art' is now vulnerable to being destroyed by the new people’s art: free online video
Hi, My Screen Name Is...
Internet Evolution Poll  
8/25/2009   5 comments
With countries like China and, now, the United States, setting up treatment facilities for people with Internet Addiction, we want to know, do you believe it's a real disorder?
Toddsourcing
Todd Watson  
8/25/2009   3 comments
I've long been a big proponent of collaborative filtering and what's since come to be known as 'crowd sourcing'
Comment: On Twitter - Chris Poley - 8/25/2009
How Videos Go Viral
Sandeep Amar  
8/25/2009   11 comments
Marketers should take a cue from how some of today's most-viewed videos got that way
Comment: Re: Twitter Twatter - Insultant - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - Kurtkeys - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - Kurtkeys - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - Mary Jander - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - jpmessenger - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - Mary Jander - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Twitter Twatter - Insultant - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - Brian Newby - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - Mary Jander - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - jpmessenger - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Twitter Twatter - Insultant - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - Mary Jander - 8/24/2009
Comment: Very timely! - cbrown - 8/24/2009
Comment: Re: Twitter Twatter - Insultant - 8/24/2009
Comment: Twitter Twatter - Jason_13 - 8/24/2009
Twitter Gets the Scoop on Mystery Ship
Jart Armin  
8/24/2009   39 comments
Twitter is far ahead of the mainstream press in reporting on the Arctic Sea mystery that's still unfolding
Comment: Show Email some love! - viboons - 8/21/2009
Comment: Keys to content - cjon316 - 8/21/2009
Risky Business & the Internet
Editor's Blog  
8/21/2009   30 comments
Risks posed by the Web in the workplace depend largely on who's operating the heavy machinery
Comment: Keys to building - EliteC - 8/21/2009
Keys to Building E-Newsletter Content
Dan Cypra  
8/21/2009   6 comments
Here are a few tried-and-true steps toward newsletter success on the Web
Comment: Re: Facebook - Mr. T - 8/20/2009
Putting the Kibosh on Sports Blogging
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/20/2009   Post a comment
The Southeastern Conference's prohibition on online activities at sports events continues to rankle
Comment: Re: Ironic - Mary Jander - 8/20/2009
Comment: Re: Ironic - Michael Singer - 8/20/2009
Comment: Ironic - Nicole Ferraro - 8/20/2009
Comment: Cold Turkey? - DavidSilversmith - 8/20/2009
Comment: Internet Addiction? - hounhosp - 8/20/2009
Comment: Hi, Michael. - Xuefei Peng - 8/20/2009
Cure Your Internet Addiction: Click Here Now
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
8/20/2009   13 comments
Now there's a place to help people like me who spend waaaay too much time visiting social networks or playing World of Warcraft
Comment: Good Point - kochsner - 8/19/2009
Comment: Re: Generation V - mtechie - 8/17/2009
College Football Sacks Live Blogging at Games
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
8/17/2009   7 comments
Apparently, social media use does not have express written consent of some college football organizations, and that's a shame for fans and the game
Comment: Re: iphone boomer - reiter - 8/17/2009
Comment: Re: Very Interesting - reiter - 8/17/2009
Life After Facebook: It's Time to Plan Ahead
David Silversmith  
8/17/2009   12 comments
Many questions surround what happens to your digital assets when your favorite site disappears – or you do
Comment: Re: Generation V - Mary Jander - 8/17/2009
Comment: Generation V - TechnoBabbler - 8/17/2009
Comment: not on my watch - Chris Poley - 8/17/2009
Comment: Very Interesting - vikassah - 8/17/2009
Comment: Re: New news? - hrcohen - 8/16/2009
Comment: Bahaha! - RichardRollTide - 8/14/2009
Comment: Love Hurts - jabailo - 8/14/2009
iPhone E-Textbooks: A Promising Beginning
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/14/2009   3 comments
CourseSmart's iPhone-compatible e-textbooks should herald the start of multimedia e-textbooks with broader capabilities
Peace, Love & Free Tweets
Todd Watson  
8/14/2009   5 comments
Woodstock took place 40 years ago this weekend
Comment: Really? I'm shocked. - KMT568 - 8/14/2009
Comment: Re: New news? - Chris.Browne - 8/14/2009
Comment: Re: New news? - Nicole Ferraro - 8/14/2009
Comment: New news? - Chris.Browne - 8/14/2009
It's Official: Facebook Is Ruining Your Life
Editor's Blog  
8/14/2009   31 comments
Scientists and Catholics agree: Facebook is bad for you
Comment: A Jumbalaya Mess - Chris Poley - 8/14/2009
Designer Fights for Second Life Rights
Scot Sterling  
8/14/2009   14 comments
Nothing's virtual about creative rights in Second Life and other virtual worlds
Comment: Prevent or Detect? - Jason_13 - 8/13/2009
Comment: Let it Bleed - Chris Poley - 8/13/2009
Comment: Re: frightening - reiter - 8/13/2009
Comment: Headspin - jwallace - 8/13/2009
Comment: Word up...eh ? - DHCIR - 8/13/2009
Comment: Re: frightening - Kurtkeys - 8/13/2009
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Craig Newmark!
Editor's Blog  
8/13/2009   1 comment
Join us now for an IE Radio broadcast with craigslist founder, Craig Newmark!
Comment: I detailed the 4 - sent2null - 8/13/2009
Word Up
Todd Watson  
8/13/2009   1 comment
I'm still here in San Jose, findin' my way
Join Us for IE Radio With Craig Newmark at 4 PM!
Editor's Blog  
8/13/2009   6 comments
Internet Evolution kicks off IE Radio today, officially, with special guest Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist
Comment: left speechless - Chris Poley - 8/13/2009
Twitter Goes Pro; Athletes Cash In
Chris Poley  
8/13/2009   44 comments
Professional athletes are finding Twitter a haven for self-promotion and endorsements; sometimes it gets them into trouble
Comment: Re: frightening - reiter - 8/12/2009
Comment: Re: quagmire - DHCIR - 8/12/2009
Comment: Re: quagmire - Terry Sweeney - 8/12/2009
Comment: quagmire - M Hulot - 8/12/2009
Social Nets Become Security Quagmire
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
8/12/2009   16 comments
Time to teach (and re-teach) the importance of professional online comportment
Comment: tracking -what for? - vincent_r - 8/12/2009
Comment: Cookie Security - Cogito - 8/11/2009
Comment: Re: not interested? - Cogito - 8/11/2009
Comment: 86 people - Cogito - 8/11/2009
Comment: not interested? - Mary Jander - 8/11/2009
Comment: Seems like... - RichardRollTide - 8/11/2009
That's the Way the Federal Cookie Crumbles
Editor's Blog  
8/11/2009   28 comments
The White House is looking to overturn a law banning Web-tracking technologies on federal Websites, and 86 people in the US seem to care
Making New Friends
Todd Watson  
8/11/2009   Post a comment
No sooner did I land at SFO yesterday than I started getting the pings about Facebook Friending FriendFeed in a really big way
Comment: Capability Exposure - rsheel - 8/10/2009
Comment: Just Ducky!!.. - J DAmbrosio - 8/10/2009
Comment: Filtering - dbergman - 8/9/2009
Comment: Re: I don't Bing - mamaflynny - 8/9/2009
Comment: Re: Fools! - RMaverick69 - 8/8/2009
Comment: some thoughts - Mashka - 8/8/2009
Comment: Re: I don't Bing - kerryf - 8/7/2009
Comment: Passwords - mog-ur - 8/7/2009
Ascent of the 'BioakBeiry'
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
8/7/2009   7 comments
In India, Chinese mobile phones are giving many citizens their first taste of wireless, multimedia Internet
Comment: Re: Agreed - Terry Sweeney - 8/7/2009
Bringing Obama to the Enterprise
Editor's Blog  
8/7/2009   11 comments
Jascha Franklin Hodge, who helped spearhead MyBarackObama.com, says enterprises can learn a lot from the campaign's use of social networking
Comment: Re: good for young ... - bri77 - 8/7/2009
Comment: Re: Shoeless Joe - lpricci49 - 8/7/2009
Comment: Humans acting human. - chayes - 8/7/2009
Comment: good for young ... - nasimson - 8/7/2009
Comment: Being careful helps - ivka - 8/7/2009
Comment: Extracting the data - kochsner - 8/6/2009
Responding to Digital Too Much Information (DTMI)
Robert Housman  
8/6/2009   19 comments
As a society, Americans may soon have to change their approach to the issues raised by private information disclosed online
Comment: Re: Light Speed - ferodynamics - 8/6/2009
Comment: A viable concept - KMT568 - 8/6/2009
Comment: Re: ROTFLMAO! - TNT - 8/6/2009
Comment: Light Speed - DavidSilversmith - 8/6/2009
Comment: Re: ROTFLMAO! - Michael Singer - 8/5/2009
Comment: Agreed - Mary Jander - 8/5/2009
Comment: Re: Buying a List - Dan Cypra - 8/5/2009
Comment: "Old English" - TNT - 8/5/2009
Comment: Re: Fools! - pjowens75 - 8/5/2009
Comment: Re: Sign of the times - PaulJ - 8/5/2009
Comment: ROTFLMAO! - tnieusma - 8/5/2009
'Off' Switch a New Tool in Security Arsenal
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
8/5/2009   11 comments
Two different entities recently took networks or Websites down, reactively and proactively – each had its reasons
Comment: Re: Fools! - Mary Jander - 8/5/2009
'Internetspeak' Is Not Just for Geeks Anymore
Paul Korzeniowski  
8/5/2009   22 comments
The lingo of Internet use, including 'Tweet' and 'LOL,' is increasingly an officially accepted part of the English language
Comment: Fools! - RichardRollTide - 8/5/2009
User-Generated Content Goes Public
Michael Mascioni  
8/5/2009   9 comments
UGC is showing up on billboards, in museums, and at your local pub
Comment: Hmmmmm - Nicole Ferraro - 8/5/2009
Comment: That was Fun - 1limakoh - 8/5/2009
Comment: Re: Buying a List - 1limakoh - 8/5/2009
An Internet Gullibility Quiz
Chris Minnick  
8/5/2009   13 comments
See if you can pass this simple 'truth test' about Internet-generated legend and rumor
NFL on Twitter: Down & Out
Todd Watson  
8/4/2009   2 comments
The NFL doesn't currently have a social media policy, but is apparently working on one that would apply to the use of social media sites on game day
Comment: Re: Buying a List - Dan Cypra - 8/4/2009
Comment: Verify - chayes - 8/4/2009
Comment: Re: Buying a List - Dan Cypra - 8/4/2009
Comment: Re: Buying a List - hrcohen - 8/4/2009
Tips for Building a Marketing Mailing List
Dan Cypra  
8/4/2009   13 comments
With a few simple steps and a bit of effort, it's relatively simple to create a marketing mailing list
Comment: Re: I don't Bing - Mike Acker - 8/4/2009
Comment: Re: I don't Bing - hounhosp - 8/4/2009
Comment: Re: I don't Bing - pjpugliese - 8/3/2009
Comment: teen beat - Terri Eberle - 8/3/2009
Comment: virtual goods - Terri Eberle - 8/3/2009
Comment: re: Bad Apple - Mary Jander - 8/3/2009
Comment: re: Bad Apple - Brian Newby - 8/3/2009
Comment: re: Bad Apple - Michael Singer - 8/3/2009
Comment: re: Bad Apple - Brian Newby - 8/3/2009
Google's Schmidt a Bad Apple?
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
8/3/2009   12 comments
Increasing competition made it impossible for Google's Eric Schmidt to continue serving on Apple's board
Comment: Re: frightening - Kurtkeys - 8/3/2009
Comment: Re: frightening - reiter - 8/3/2009
Comment: Re: frightening - Mashka - 8/3/2009
Comment: Re: frightening - reiter - 8/3/2009
Comment: Re: Amazon Amazing - reiter - 8/3/2009
Comment: frightening - Mashka - 8/3/2009
Comment: Re: I don't Bing - Mike Acker - 8/1/2009




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Dan Cypra   5/23/2013   17 comments
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
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Matt Heusser   5/23/2013   4 comments
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
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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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Kim Davis
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.
Paul J. Fleuranges
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.
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In the 1970 science fiction thriller
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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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