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posted in February 2011
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Comment: Is it worth it? - jwallace - 2/28/2011
Comment: FB = Back to HS - Jason_13 - 2/28/2011
Comment: New business Idea - sbewley - 2/28/2011
Facebook's Top Lawsuits Target User Privacy
Robert McGarvey  
2/24/2011   19 comments
Facebook is confronting a series of lawsuits regarding alleged violations of users' privacy rights
Comment: Re: SNAD - Nicole Ferraro - 2/23/2011
Comment: Facebook Fraud!!! - dcuperus - 2/22/2011
Comment: Re: Really?!? - hounhosp - 2/22/2011
Comment: Re: Really?!? - mnt.code - 2/22/2011
Comment: What's the dilio? - Chris Poley - 2/22/2011
Comment: Really?!? - rjacksix - 2/22/2011
Facebook: The Ruiner of All Things
Editor's Blog  
2/22/2011   27 comments
Facebook is taking over and destroying your life. Just thought you should know!
10 Ways Facebook Is Destroying Your Life
The Big Report  
2/22/2011   75 comments
With an active user base of 600 million, Facebook has its fans and its perks... but it's also imperiling our very existence
Comment: several remarks - Mashka - 2/19/2011
ClairMail Debuts Cellular Banking Fraud Alerts
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
2/17/2011   5 comments
A cellphone-based fraud alerting system could help consumers when it eventually hits the app stores
Comment: Internet for all - chayes - 2/17/2011
Comment: Stay on Track - Bolingbroke - 2/17/2011
Comment: Re: Not fair, but... - hounhosp - 2/16/2011
Comment: Re: Not fair, but... - cvargas - 2/16/2011
Hillary Backs 'Internet Freedom' ... Whatever That Means
Editor's Blog  
2/16/2011   8 comments
Hillary Clinton makes her second vague address on promoting 'Internet freedom' worldwide
Comment: Re: Not fair, but... - cvargas - 2/16/2011
Comment: Not fair, but... - Mary Jander - 2/16/2011
Rebel Against Apple's Subscription Policies!
Alan Reiter  
2/16/2011   39 comments
Content providers should encourage users to rise up against the subscription policies Apple announced this week
Comment: and firesheep is back - tsaleem - 2/14/2011
Comment: Great opening... - jnieusma - 2/11/2011
Comment: Re: Its Complicated - scucci - 2/11/2011
Comment: Re: Its Complicated - sbondy - 2/11/2011
Comment: The Real Crime - Tom Stamulis - 2/11/2011
Comment: Re: Update - Tom Stamulis - 2/11/2011
Comment: Update - Jart Armin - 2/11/2011
Comment: Re: Its Complicated - marjansik - 2/11/2011
Comment: Re: Its Complicated - marjansik - 2/11/2011
Comment: Its Complicated - javeriayounes - 2/11/2011
Facebook's Social Authentication Needs More Work
Joe Stanganelli  
2/11/2011   16 comments
Facebook's plan to serve up your friends' faces instead of CAPTCHA words to decipher is tactically sound but flawed as a long-term authentication strategy
Google Launches Two-Step App Authentication
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
2/10/2011   Post a comment
Google is offering a new two-step authentication process that could be worth considering for Google application users
 John Clippinger, Co-Director, The Law Lab at Harvard University
IE Radio  
2/10/2011   140 comments
John Clippinger is co-director of the Law Lab at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Today we'll talk to him about privacy on the Web and the need (or lack thereof) for new regulations as consumers continue to unknowingly surrender their data to companies like Google and Facebook.
Join Us for IE Radio With John Clippinger at 2 PM ET
Editor's Blog  
2/10/2011   Post a comment
Tune in for IE Radio with John Clippinger, co-director of the Law Lab at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society at 2 PM ET
Comment: Guberment - bvice - 2/9/2011
Comment: This is a big deal!! - scucci - 2/9/2011
Nasdaq Hack Points to Shortfall in Data Breach Reporting
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
2/9/2011   15 comments
The recent hack of Nasdaq's Director's Desk showcases the problems with US laws governing how states report online data breaches to customers
Comment: Re: Question, Kurt - scucci - 2/8/2011
Comment: Nasty-C? No thanks! - knoxzoo - 2/8/2011
Comment: weight - Kurtkeys - 2/8/2011
Comment: Re: My take - davidmanheim - 2/8/2011
Comment: My take - Michael P. Kassner - 2/8/2011
Comment: added interest - Mike Acker - 2/8/2011
Why an Internet 'Driver's License' Won't Work
Robert McGarvey  
2/8/2011   19 comments
The US Department of Commerce has an ambitious plan to create a single sign-on technique for US Netizens. Too bad it's doomed to fail
Comment: Re: Not new, Jason - Jason_13 - 2/6/2011
Comment: Re: Nothing New... - Jason_13 - 2/6/2011
Comment: Re: Nothing New... - tsaleem - 2/6/2011
Comment: Nothing New... - Jason_13 - 2/5/2011
Comment: answer - Brad77 - 2/5/2011
Comment: Re: They say... - sbondy - 2/5/2011
Comment: Re: They say... - Mike Acker - 2/5/2011
Comment: Re: They say... - sbondy - 2/4/2011
Comment: They say... - SecTech - 2/4/2011
NSA Fear Puts Focus on Access Control
Michael Kassner  
2/4/2011   58 comments
The head of NSA's Information Assurance Directorate thinks present network protections are insufficient, forcing a look at what works




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Paul Korzeniowski
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   5 comments
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
Joe Stanganelli
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
George Taylor
George Taylor   5/20/2013   9 comments
Has China stolen a march on the West, developing an Internet architecture that is not only based on IPv6, but is also inherently secure from both internal and external attack?
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   1 comment


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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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
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