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Comment: agree - Carol - 9/30/2010
Comment: FAIR and Anti-Trust - Carol - 9/30/2010
Comment: Fascinating - bri77 - 9/30/2010
Comment: Usability - bri77 - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: Let's think twice! - bri77 - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: Let's think twice! - ivka - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Ron_Miller - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Ron_Miller - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Ron_Miller - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Ron_Miller - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Chris Poley - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: Find me follow me - lek1981 - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Ron_Miller - 9/30/2010
Comment: Why IT? - dln - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: Let's think twice! - AGreen - 9/30/2010
Comment: Risk vs Reward - lek1981 - 9/30/2010
Social Nets Embroil IT in 'Surprises'
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
9/30/2010   27 comments
IT pros find themselves drawn into all sorts of drama as employees express themselves more on social sites
 Ben Huh, CEO, Pet Holdings
IE Radio  
9/30/2010   113 comments
Meet the man behind the hugely popular I Can Has Cheezburger? and FAIL blogs. As CEO of Pet Holdings, Ben Huh will share his insights into the future of sharing on the Web and what he and his team of LOL cats think about memes, viral content, crowdsourcing, and avoiding virtual hairballs
Comment: Re: ponderous - J DAmbrosio - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Chris Poley - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: Very True! - Ron_Miller - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Paul Whyte - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Chris Poley - 9/30/2010
Comment: Very True! - Princess_dascho - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - jwallace - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: ponderous - Paul Whyte - 9/30/2010
Comment: ponderous - Chris Poley - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: Court Ruling - rjacksix - 9/30/2010
Comment: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? - jwallace - 9/30/2010
AOL & Arrington: A Match to Ponder
Ron Miller  
9/30/2010   35 comments
Only time will tell whether AOL's planned purchase of TechCrunch will support the blustery editor in his pursuit of news
Comment: Re: Convenience - Ron_Miller - 9/30/2010
Comment: Convenience - Kicheko - 9/30/2010
Comment: Re: Imagine - magneticnorth - 9/30/2010
Comment: Totally agree - Leland - 9/29/2010
Comment: Re: Evolution - Ron_Miller - 9/29/2010
Comment: Re: Tethering. - Alan Reiter - 9/29/2010
Comment: Re: Tethering. - Leland - 9/29/2010
Cyber Storm III Kicks Up All Kinds of Dust
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/29/2010   9 comments
Cyber preparedness exercise expands in scope and scale and has an interesting backdrop of malware-infected Iranian nuclear infrastructure
Comment: Bravo! - Princess_dascho - 9/29/2010
Comment: Re: Tethering. - Alan Reiter - 9/29/2010
Comment: Tethering. - Leland - 9/29/2010
Comment: Re: nice...but... - Alan Reiter - 9/29/2010
Comment: Imagine - tech_ed - 9/29/2010
Comment: Where the tag goes... - Leland - 9/29/2010
Comment: Re: Thank you - Leland - 9/29/2010
When Retail Sensors Don't Make Sense
Scott Koegler  
9/29/2010   34 comments
The use of RFID sensors to track retail clothing might not result in a substantial improvement in the consumer experience
Comment: nice...but... - Chris Poley - 9/29/2010
The Clouding of IT Practices, Part 1
Mary E. Shacklett  
9/29/2010   4 comments
Cloud services bring great benefits to IT, but they also force revisions to IT practices.
Comment: Good move - Asad - 9/29/2010
Comment: Evolution - Asad - 9/29/2010
How Web Apps Are Changing the Internet
Ron Miller  
9/29/2010   47 comments
The Web as we know it is giving way from a network of IP addresses to one of smartphone-driven applications
Comment: Re: NPR Radio Online - AGreen - 9/28/2010
Comment: Find me follow me - cjon316 - 9/28/2010
Comment: Re: Can't wait - Alan Reiter - 9/28/2010
Comment: Thank you - cjon316 - 9/28/2010
Comment: Re: Can't wait - tnieusma - 9/28/2010
Comment: Congrats! - davidmanheim - 9/28/2010
Consumers as IT Managers
Reiter's Block  
9/28/2010   8 comments
Employees expect IT features that are as good as what they have on their mobile phones.
Comment: Re: Can't wait - Alan Reiter - 9/28/2010
Comment: Lame Name For Big Play - kq4ym - 9/28/2010
Comment: Can't wait - tnieusma - 9/28/2010
Comment: NPR Radio Online - kq4ym - 9/28/2010
Comment: Re: I agree - Alan Reiter - 9/28/2010
Comment: I agree - Michael P. Kassner - 9/28/2010
Comment: A bit ironical - taimur_tz - 9/28/2010
Wrapping Up 6DEE
Editor's Blog  
9/28/2010   9 comments
T-shirts, iPads, diplomas, and other things you need to know about as we wrap up 60 Days of Executive Education
RIM Debuts 'Enterprise Ready' Tablet With QNX OS
Alan Reiter  
9/28/2010   61 comments
RIM's new tablet offers Bluetooth tethering and actual background processing
Flexible Content Gets a Boost at NPR
Pam Baker  
9/28/2010   7 comments
In a session at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City, NPR will describe how it's managed to overcome the multimedia publication challenge
Comment: It is indeed time! - hounhosp - 9/27/2010
IBM to Acquire BLADE Network Technologies
Todd Watson  
9/27/2010   1 comment
BLADE specializes in software and devices that route data and transactions to and from servers
Comment: Re: Court Ruling - Ron_Miller - 9/27/2010
Comment: Re: Court Ruling - jwallace - 9/27/2010
Comment: Re: Deal breaker - Alan Reiter - 9/27/2010
Comment: Re: Court Ruling - Ron_Miller - 9/27/2010
Comment: Re: Deal breaker - cjon316 - 9/27/2010
Comment: Court Ruling - rjacksix - 9/27/2010
Comment: Missed opportunity - jnieusma - 9/26/2010
Comment: Essential factors - taimur_tz - 9/25/2010
Comment: Re: Limited Strategy - abdlah - 9/25/2010
Comment: Re: Is it legal? - torriatte - 9/25/2010
Comment: Re: Is it legal? - Ron_Miller - 9/25/2010
Comment: Is it legal? - Mashka - 9/25/2010
Comment: Re: Limited Strategy - abdlah - 9/24/2010
Comment: Re: Limited Strategy - abdlah - 9/24/2010
Comment: From Whence It Came? - rjacksix - 9/24/2010
Comment: Re: Deal breaker - Alan Reiter - 9/24/2010
Comment: Re: Family Plans - Ron_Miller - 9/24/2010
Comment: Re: Family Plans - Ron_Miller - 9/24/2010
Comment: Re: Family Plans - Ron_Miller - 9/24/2010
Comment: Family Plans - Joe Stanganelli - 9/24/2010
Comment: Re: Deal breaker - cjon316 - 9/24/2010
Comment: Re: Limited Strategy - abdlah - 9/23/2010
Comment: 4G, 3G, whatever - Mary Jander - 9/23/2010
Comment: Limited Strategy - abdlah - 9/23/2010
IBM's Netezza Buy Highlights Analytics Craze
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
9/23/2010   6 comments
IBM's Netezza acquisition is the latest evidence of an enterprise craze for analytics that will call for a maximum effort from IT
Comment: Re: Deal breaker - Alan Reiter - 9/23/2010
America's First LTE Network Isn't There Yet
Alan Reiter  
9/23/2010   25 comments
MetroPCS has beaten big carriers to the LTE punch, but the service won't meet the needs of busy road warriors
It's Time for Apple to Move Beyond AT&T
Ron Miller  
9/23/2010   63 comments
Apple's exclusive deal with AT&T is hurting its market share and should be fixed pronto
Comment: Zoom Small Text - ferodynamics - 9/23/2010
Comment: not a surprise - Phavanhna - 9/22/2010
Twitter XSS Attack Ricochets 'Round the Globe
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/22/2010   10 comments
Though relatively benign, the Twitter cross-site scripting attack underscores how quickly malware replicates itself and forms variants
AT&T's New Prepaid Data: If You're Desperate
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
9/22/2010   2 comments
AT&T's plans are for cellular users who are desperate because that's the only coverage available or their company mandates AT&T
Web Analytics: Quality Trumps Quantity
Sandeep Amar  
9/22/2010   6 comments
The right business choice still comes from the expertise of a decision-maker; analytics alone can't guarantee perfect decisions
Comment: A must for many - Mary Jander - 9/21/2010
Comment: Over-engineering - JC Cameron - 9/21/2010
 Yuvi Kochar, CTO, The Washington Post
IE Radio  
9/21/2010   103 comments
As corporate CTO for The Washington Post, Yuvi Kochar is charged with creating collaboration opportunities across all of the entity's businesses. We'll talk to him about the challenges of bridging the divide between consumer and enterprise tools, and he'll also discuss his goal of launching a common collaboration platform company-wide.
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Yuvi Kochar!
Editor's Blog  
9/21/2010   Post a comment
Join us now for an IE Radio interview with The Washington Post's CTO Yuvi Kochar
Securing the Hardware
Singer at C-Level  
9/21/2010   2 comments
Companies like Intel and HP are embedding security in hardware.
Future UIs Will Depend on Screen Resolution
Michael Bennett Cohn  
9/21/2010   15 comments
Apple has opened the issue of resolution independence for smartphones and other Web-connected gear. Now it's becoming a necessity
Join Us for IE Radio With Yuvi Kochar at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
9/21/2010   Post a comment
Tune in for IE Radio with The Washington Post's CTO Yuvi Kochar at 2 PM ET today
Comment: Re: Cloud computing - Tom Nolle - 9/21/2010
GPS & the Web Help Parents Track School Kids
Joe Grimm  
9/21/2010   40 comments
A RFID-driven system for monitoring students on buses has gotten mixed response, but the supplier says it's safe – and that data is private
Comment: cross linked already - dlavie - 9/20/2010
Google Improves Apps Security, Mobile Collaboration
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
9/20/2010   Post a comment
Google has selectively released improvements to the security, editing, and collaboration capabilities of Google Apps
Comment: Another use? - chayes - 9/20/2010
Coupon Cross-Linking Could Boost Social Net ROI
Scott Koegler  
9/20/2010   11 comments
The ability to consolidate and then cross-link data from coupons and loyalty cards could offer a way to measure social network ROI
Online Gaming Evolves – for Better & Worse
George Taylor  
9/20/2010   7 comments
Online gaming is producing new kinds of analytics that could bode well for enterprise decision-making – but have some sinister implications
Comment: Re: It's the people - abdlah - 9/19/2010
Comment: Re: Makes Sense - abdlah - 9/19/2010
Stuxnet: Worm for Industrial Sabotage
Jart Armin  
9/17/2010   40 comments
Stuxnet is a uniquely devastating worm aimed at industrial infrastructure that could cause damage on an alarming scale
Comment: Re: One problem - sbewley - 9/17/2010
Software May Need a Culture Shift
Mary E. Shacklett  
9/17/2010   2 comments
Businesses are starting to ask for software that stays generic and can be fully optimized.
Comment: Re: necessary roughness - DHCIR - 9/16/2010
Comment: Transparency - mxyzplk - 9/16/2010
IT's Pain: Everything Connects to the Web
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
9/16/2010   11 comments
IT feels the pinch, as more users do more on the Web with more kinds of devices
Comment: Trust, but Verify - Versace - 9/16/2010
Consolidating Social Site Info Is Key to ROI
Scott Koegler  
9/16/2010   18 comments
To track information on purchases and offers made to shoppers on social media, an aggregation site for 'loyalty card' data is required
Comment: Bigger Question - kenton - 9/15/2010
Microsoft on Track for Record Patching Year
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/15/2010   23 comments
Patch Tuesday: another widget on your data center security dashboard
Cloud Providers Hope Dashboards Build Trust
Jeff Kaplan  
9/15/2010   11 comments
A range of SaaS players use public dashboards depicting uptime and security on their networks as a trust-building mechanism
An Epic Mobile Device
Reiter's Block  
9/14/2010   4 comments
Reiter may have finally met his cellphone soulmate.
Risky Business
Singer at C-Level  
9/13/2010   Post a comment
Software vendors are making lofty promises in the area of risk assessment.
OpenStack for Cloud, Explained!
John Engates  
9/13/2010   Post a comment
Open-source software will advance cloud standards and allow for more choices.
Comment: Re: Not a good idea - SteveGNYC - 9/12/2010
Comment: Re: Not a good idea - kerryf - 9/11/2010
Comment: Huawei in Iran - wfoster8560 - 9/11/2010
Comment: Re: We agree - audreypeters - 9/11/2010
Comment: Re: We agree - Alan Reiter - 9/11/2010
Comment: Re: Makes Sense - Joe Grimm - 9/10/2010
Comment: Re: We agree - audreypeters - 9/10/2010
Comment: Re: We agree - Alan Reiter - 9/10/2010
Comment: We agree - Michael P. Kassner - 9/10/2010
Huawei's US Sales Push Raises Security Concerns
Alan Reiter  
9/10/2010   36 comments
Some fear that companies purchasing network gear from Huawei are compromising national security; but other vendors are really no safer
Comment: Unemployment issue - KellyA - 9/10/2010
Comment: Makes Sense - abdlah - 9/9/2010
Comment: It's the people - abdlah - 9/9/2010
HP's Board: Adding Value, or Just Distracted?
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
9/9/2010   10 comments
Despite a string of major moves over the last month, shareholders might question the real value of what HP's board has done
Business Software Gets a Web 2.0 Makeover
Mary E. Shacklett  
9/9/2010   11 comments
The Web has changed the nature of software development, as an entire session at the Web 2.0 Expo in NYC this month will demonstrate
Comment: Unintended Spamming - Kicheko - 9/9/2010
Comment: The Risk - dbergman - 9/8/2010
Comment: Harbinger of misfortune? - dln - 9/8/2010
Comment: Re: Deal with it - kenton - 9/8/2010
Forget Email... Social's the New Spam Vector
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/8/2010   19 comments
And that's because users of Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites are generally a lot less jaded than your average email user
Comment: Size vs agility - sbondy - 9/8/2010
Cloud Computing Requires a Change of Mind
Sean Gallagher  
9/8/2010   12 comments
Many businesses remain stuck on the client/server computing model, even though a 'new stack' is available for Web-based apps
Top IT Challenges for the USA
Aneesh Chopra  
9/8/2010   3 comments
Supporting mobile broadband is the top IT challenge for the top IT guy in the nation.
Comment: Augmented Shopping - jabailo - 9/7/2010
Comment: Re: Better way to buy - sbondy - 9/7/2010
Comment: Re: I don't get it - SecTech - 9/7/2010
Comment: Re: I don't get it - Joe Grimm - 9/7/2010
Comment: Not a good idea - Mary Jander - 9/7/2010
Cisco-Skype Deal Rumors Run Rampant
Ron Miller  
9/7/2010   15 comments
Word has it that Cisco may buy Skype, a potential deal that could be good for both firms
Comment: Better way to buy - sbondy - 9/7/2010
Comment: I don't get it - SecTech - 9/7/2010
Comment: Re: Deal with it - Mashka - 9/7/2010
Telcos Invade Cloud Services
Jeff Kaplan  
9/7/2010   7 comments
Telecom service providers are seeing the value of the cloud model and starting to unveil a range of services
Comment: Deal with it - dbergman - 9/6/2010
Comment: NoSQL database - javeriayounes - 9/6/2010
Clicks Plus Bricks Equals Better Retail
Joe Grimm  
9/6/2010   32 comments
A growing roster of retailers is combining online and brick-and-mortar shopping instead of stressing one or the other
Comment: Re: inner demons... - aum007 - 9/5/2010
Comment: Re: Scary... - Alan Reiter - 9/4/2010
Comment: Re: SharePoint 2010 - nasimson - 9/4/2010
Comment: Re: inner demons... - mhhfive - 9/4/2010
Comment: missing realization - nasimson - 9/4/2010
Comment: no end in sight? - mhhfive - 9/4/2010
Comment: inner demons... - Chris Poley - 9/4/2010
Comment: Scary... - nathanwosnack - 9/4/2010
Comment: be very 'ware' - cjon316 - 9/3/2010
Apple's 'Terrorware' Patent Could Turn 2010 Into 1984
Alan Reiter  
9/3/2010   53 comments
Apple has applied for a patent on software that would spy on 'unauthorized' users of its devices in a range of ways
Comment: Software Patents - knoxzoo - 9/2/2010
Apple Blitz Heralds Enterprise Video Opportunities
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
9/2/2010   6 comments
Apple's announcements this week indicate that a new wave of enterprise content delivery networks and cloud services could be on the way
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Dale Fuller!
Editor's Blog  
9/2/2010   Post a comment
We're live on IE Radio with Dale Fuller, CEO of MokaFive
 Dale Fuller, CEO, MokaFive
IE Radio  
9/2/2010   127 comments
Dale Fuller is CEO of MokaFive, whose software is being used by government agencies and large enterprises to create virtualized workspaces. Fuller has seen the Internet evolve, starting with his stints as president and CEO of both McAfee and Borland, as well as his experience leading the Powerbook division of Apple. He'll talk about virtualization and how the Internet has changed computing models in the last 10 years
More Texting, Less Bandwidth
Wisdom of the Big Chair  
9/2/2010   1 comment
Shunning the phone in favor of text messaging could mean reducing bandwidth.
A Cyber-Apocalypse Scenario
Jart Armin  
9/2/2010   21 comments
When an experiment went awry at RIPE last week, researchers got a taste of what a cyber-crime meltdown might be like
Comment: Vendor take - SecTech - 9/2/2010
Join Us for IE Radio With Dale Fuller at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
9/2/2010   Post a comment
Dale Fuller, CEO of MokaFive, joins us as our guest on IE Radio today at 2 PM ET
Comment: Re: Hear, hear. - pjpugliese - 9/1/2010
Vendor Studies Offer Security Barometer
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/1/2010   3 comments
A trio of vendor studies can help enterprises triangulate more of their potential risks and vulnerabilities
Comment: In Praise of Folly - M Hulot - 9/1/2010
'Patently Absurd' Lawsuits Proliferate Among Web Firms
Sean Gallagher  
9/1/2010   9 comments
Oracle and others are involved in a slew of lawsuits geared to claiming basic functionality used in Web technologies
Why Privacy on the Web Isn't Dispensable
George Taylor  
9/1/2010   18 comments
We must beware of arguments that privacy is an old-fashioned notion that Google and others can discard