Google+ Makes Names Complicated Editor's Blog 7/29/2011 17 comments Google+ opened a can of worms with heavy-handed enforcement of a real name policy for subscribers. Executives were quick to walk it back.
Privacy Is a Losing Battle Online Editor's Blog 7/26/2011 30 comments Our new Big Report, The Web's War on Privacy, should convince users that it's time to clean up their online acts.
The Web's War on Privacy The Big Report 7/26/2011 17 comments The Internet's hallmark qualities of openness and connectivity continue to breed a range of threats to personal privacy. We look at the potential costs of maintaining a Web presence and ask how we can best keep the rightfully private private.
Open or Closed, NFC Prospects Abound Chris S. Vargas 7/22/2011 41 comments Near Field Communication can be applied in different ways, heralding interesting apps in the mobile and marketing arenas.
Networking With Hackers Editor's Blog 7/19/2011 12 comments Hacktivist group Anonymous wants to offer you a more secure and customizable alternative to your present social networking site of choice.
Preparing the Enterprise for a Tablet Revolution Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/18/2011 21 comments Tablets have obstacles to overcome before replacing PCs in the enterprise, but it's time to consider the implications of this coming shift.
The Digital You Internet Evolution Poll 7/18/2011 22 comments In light of increasing awareness that everyone from employers to the police is snooping the Web for data about you, have you taken steps to refine your online presence on social sites, blogs, etc.?
Murdoch Minus the Internet George Taylor 7/18/2011 31 comments As Rupert Murdoch's empire is rocked, but we can be thankful that recent events have diverted his intentions regarding Internet content.
Naomi Baron, Linguistics Professor, American University IE Radio 7/14/2011 226 comments As author of the book, Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World, and as 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. In this, Prof. Baron's second appearance on IE Radio, she'll answer questions on the growing emergence of mobile, text messaging, and always-on Internet links in our daily lives.
Slicing Spam Internet Evolution Security Clan Poll 7/13/2011 Post a comment Could seizing servers used by large spam botnets bring about a spamless world?
US Supreme Court Addresses Data Mining Steven C. Bennett 7/12/2011 34 comments In a recent judgment, Vermont law was declared unconstitutional in its attempt to hinder the sale of data mined online.
Weak Bitcoin Cryptography Prompts Action Jason Mick 7/11/2011 17 comments Trouble with Mt. Gox serves Bitcoin exchange providers and users with information about what to add and avoid when it comes to password protection.
Phone Hacking Scandal Rocks Murdoch Empire Editor's Blog 7/8/2011 6 comments A major hacking scandal in the UK threatens the reputation of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., because its journalists got carried away with new media.
Facebook: Your New Resumé Editor's Blog 7/1/2011 48 comments A new company, Social Intelligence, creates reports on job-seekers and employees based on their social activity.
Google+ Makes Names Complicated Editor's Blog 7/29/2011 17 comments Google+ opened a can of worms with heavy-handed enforcement of a real name policy for subscribers. Executives were quick to walk it back.
Privacy Is a Losing Battle Online Editor's Blog 7/26/2011 30 comments Our new Big Report, The Web's War on Privacy, should convince users that it's time to clean up their online acts.
The Web's War on Privacy The Big Report 7/26/2011 17 comments The Internet's hallmark qualities of openness and connectivity continue to breed a range of threats to personal privacy. We look at the potential costs of maintaining a Web presence and ask how we can best keep the rightfully private private.
Open or Closed, NFC Prospects Abound Chris S. Vargas 7/22/2011 41 comments Near Field Communication can be applied in different ways, heralding interesting apps in the mobile and marketing arenas.
Networking With Hackers Editor's Blog 7/19/2011 12 comments Hacktivist group Anonymous wants to offer you a more secure and customizable alternative to your present social networking site of choice.
Preparing the Enterprise for a Tablet Revolution Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 7/18/2011 21 comments Tablets have obstacles to overcome before replacing PCs in the enterprise, but it's time to consider the implications of this coming shift.
The Digital You Internet Evolution Poll 7/18/2011 22 comments In light of increasing awareness that everyone from employers to the police is snooping the Web for data about you, have you taken steps to refine your online presence on social sites, blogs, etc.?
Murdoch Minus the Internet George Taylor 7/18/2011 31 comments As Rupert Murdoch's empire is rocked, but we can be thankful that recent events have diverted his intentions regarding Internet content.
Naomi Baron, Linguistics Professor, American University IE Radio 7/14/2011 226 comments As author of the book, Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World, and as 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. In this, Prof. Baron's second appearance on IE Radio, she'll answer questions on the growing emergence of mobile, text messaging, and always-on Internet links in our daily lives.
Slicing Spam Internet Evolution Security Clan Poll 7/13/2011 Post a comment Could seizing servers used by large spam botnets bring about a spamless world?
US Supreme Court Addresses Data Mining Steven C. Bennett 7/12/2011 34 comments In a recent judgment, Vermont law was declared unconstitutional in its attempt to hinder the sale of data mined online.
Weak Bitcoin Cryptography Prompts Action Jason Mick 7/11/2011 17 comments Trouble with Mt. Gox serves Bitcoin exchange providers and users with information about what to add and avoid when it comes to password protection.
Phone Hacking Scandal Rocks Murdoch Empire Editor's Blog 7/8/2011 6 comments A major hacking scandal in the UK threatens the reputation of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., because its journalists got carried away with new media.
Facebook Strikes Back Editor's Blog 7/7/2011 25 comments With Google+ getting buzz, Facebook is busy unveiling new attractions like video chat.
Facebook: Your New Resumé Editor's Blog 7/1/2011 48 comments A new company, Social Intelligence, creates reports on job-seekers and employees based on their social activity.
Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon 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. CLICK FOR MORE
M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon 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. CLICK FOR MORE
Naomi Baron, Linguistics Professor, American University
