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Comment: Re: Why - annep - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:wiretap 2.0 - Root Maniac - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: Awareness - Tom Nolle - 11/30/2010
Comment: Why - MShellC - 11/30/2010
Comment: Awareness - lek1981 - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:wiretap 2.0 - Root Maniac - 11/30/2010
Comment: re: Facebook Foolery - lek1981 - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:wiretap 2.0 - lek1981 - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:wiretap 2.0 - Ariella - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:wiretap 2.0 - powershift - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:wiretap 2.0 - ivka - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: thanks - Kurtkeys - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: Ditto for Wi-Fi - Tom Nolle - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:wiretap 2.0 - Joe Stanganelli - 11/30/2010
Comment: Ditto for Wi-Fi - Joe Stanganelli - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: thanks - rjacksix - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:wiretap 2.0 - powershift - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: The Incentive - nimantha.de - 11/30/2010
Comment: re:wiretap 2.0 - ivka - 11/30/2010
Comment: Re: e/Coercion - elmosimmons - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: hmm - EJHarnois - 11/29/2010
Trusting Truste's Approval for Mobile Sites
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/29/2010   8 comments
As Truste extends its certification to mobile sites, the question arises about the significance of the seal
Comment: Re: Google World - Dan Gordon - 11/29/2010
Comment: Google World - kq4ym - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: hmm - audreypeters - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: hmm - powershift - 11/29/2010
Comment: Love this thread... - JC Cameron - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: MAC address - Tom Nolle - 11/29/2010
Comment: MAC address - Michael P. Kassner - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: What privacy? - Tom Nolle - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: What privacy? - Chris Poley - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: What privacy? - Tom Nolle - 11/29/2010
Comment: What privacy? - Chris Poley - 11/29/2010
Web Privacy Policies Scrutinized in US & Canada
Tom Nolle  
11/29/2010   58 comments
Laws regarding online surveillance call into question a range of issues about how ISPs track customers, and whether governments can glom on
Comment: Re: The other side - Dan Gordon - 11/29/2010
Comment: The other side - taimur_tz - 11/29/2010
The Road to the 'World Computer'
Dan Gordon  
11/29/2010   29 comments
Over the next few years, we'll see a transition from isolated computers to a networked computing fabric the writer calls the 'world computer'
Comment: Re: Real threat - tsaleem - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Alan Reiter - 11/29/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - tsaleem - 11/28/2010
Comment: thanks - Kurtkeys - 11/28/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Alan Reiter - 11/27/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Asad - 11/27/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Alan Reiter - 11/27/2010
Comment: Froyo (Android 2.2) - Asad - 11/27/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Asad - 11/27/2010
Comment: Re: Real threat - Alan Reiter - 11/26/2010
Comment: Re: hmm - KMT568 - 11/26/2010
Comment: challenges for parents - tsaleem - 11/26/2010
Comment: Real threat - Asad - 11/26/2010
Comment: Where is the computer? - kenton - 11/24/2010
Comment: Re: hmm - mtechie - 11/24/2010
Sextortion Advances in Cyber-Space
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
11/24/2010   17 comments
An age-old blackmail technique has reached new levels, particularly threatening young people
Comment: Re: hmm - hounhosp - 11/24/2010
Comment: Wiretap 2.0 - DHagar - 11/23/2010
Comment: *NO* - nathanwosnack - 11/23/2010
Comment: hmm - mtechie - 11/23/2010
M86 Forecasts More Cellphone, Tablet Malware
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/23/2010   14 comments
Security firm sees 2011 as a year for increased malware on cellphones and smartphones
Comment: In Nothing We Trust - DHagar - 11/23/2010
Wiretap 2.0
Internet Evolution Poll  
11/23/2010   24 comments
The FBI wants to widen wiretapping laws for Web communications. Good idea or bad idea?
Comment: Re: Trust as a value - Tom Nolle - 11/23/2010
Comment: any cases reported? - nasimson - 11/23/2010
Comment: Trust as a value - gstromberg - 11/23/2010
Comment: In Nothing We Trust - DHagar - 11/22/2010
Comment: Re: Agree! - Tom Nolle - 11/22/2010
Comment: Agree! - Mary Jander - 11/22/2010
Comment: Re: I Beat The Bots - abdlah - 11/22/2010
In Nothing We Trust
Second Shooter  
11/19/2010   10 comments
We think everything online is a scam these days.
Comment: a SERIOUS problem - Mike Acker - 11/19/2010
Comment: Never ending battle - cvargas - 11/19/2010
Comment: Growing and growing - ChrisTOP - 11/18/2010
Comment: Re: The Incentive - Rich Adler - 11/18/2010
A Dark World Lurks Behind Vendors' Reports
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
11/18/2010   11 comments
Enterprises face a slew of security threats, and even if vendors select the data they present, the bottom line is scary
Comment: Re: The Incentive - Jart Armin - 11/18/2010
Comment: Re: Any Way to Combat it? - DHCIR - 11/18/2010
Comment: Questionable Numbers - brinkmanjg - 11/18/2010
Comment: Re: OUCH !! - Chris Poley - 11/18/2010
Comment: Re: OUCH !! - Mike Acker - 11/18/2010
Comment: OUCH !! - Chris Poley - 11/18/2010
Comment: The Incentive - Rich Adler - 11/17/2010
Comment: Any Way to Combat it? - kenton - 11/17/2010
BlackHat SEO Poisons the Web
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
11/17/2010   22 comments
Criminals are deploying search engine optimization techniques to lasso users into their malware webs
 Andrew Hoppin, CIO, New York State Senate
IE Radio  
11/16/2010   96 comments
Appointed in February 2009, Andrew Hoppin is the first-ever Chief Information Officer for the New York State Senate. Today we'll talk to him about how he's using technology to improve government transparency, citizen participation, and operational efficiency for the Senate.
Comment: Re: I Beat The Bots - jabailo - 11/16/2010
Comment: Posse Commitatus? - rjacksix - 11/15/2010
Comment: Re: I Beat The Bots - tsiegel - 11/15/2010
Comment: Need for separation. - chayes - 11/15/2010
Comment: No-script?? - CurtisNeeley - 11/14/2010
Comment: Re: What would you do? - pcharles - 11/13/2010
Comment: RE: Facebook Vs. Goolge - kerryf - 11/13/2010
Comment: RE: Facebook Vs. Goolge - AGreen - 11/12/2010
Facebook vs. Google vs. Facebook Heats Up
Editor's Blog  
11/12/2010   35 comments
The competition between Google and Facebook is getting fierce, but which winner would best benefit consumers?
Comment: I APPLAUD YOU. - Kurtkeys - 11/11/2010
 Andrew Lewman, Executive Director, Tor
IE Radio  
11/11/2010   76 comments
Andrew Lewman is the executive director of the Tor Project, a non-profit organization which provides free software to protect individuals' online privacy and anonymity. We'll talk to him about the state of online privacy and whether anonymity has a future in the age of identity.
IE Radio: We're Live With Tor's Andrew Lewman!
Editor's Blog  
11/11/2010   Post a comment
IE Radio is live on the air with Tor's executive director Andrew Lewman. Join us now!
Comment: Re: What would you do? - pcharles - 11/11/2010
Comment: Another Host File - Jart Armin - 11/11/2010
Join Us for IE Radio With Andrew Lewman at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
11/11/2010   Post a comment
Tor's executive director Andrew Lewman joins us as a guest on IE Radio at 2 PM ET. Tune in!
Comment: Re: No more ads for me - tech_ed - 11/10/2010
Comment: Re: No more ads for me - mnt.code - 11/10/2010
Comment: No more ads for me - tech_ed - 11/10/2010
How to Opt Out of Behavioral Advertising – Sort Of
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
11/10/2010   18 comments
There are services and software tools to help consumers opt out of the tracking marketers are doing online. Many are ineffective
Comment: Scott is quite right... - aum007 - 11/10/2010
IT, Put Data Security First!
Dirk Zwart  
11/10/2010   23 comments
We need to build a data security culture that includes secure file transfer
Fed Up With Facebook Flaws
Editor's Blog  
11/9/2010   39 comments
Facebook is doing a rather poor job on the privacy and security fronts
IBM Point of View: Security and Cloud Computing
Think Tank  
11/9/2010  
While cloud computing is often seen as increasing security risks and introducing new threat vectors, it also presents an exciting opportunity to improve security. Characteristics of clouds such as standardization,
How UPS Uses Social Media for Crisis Communications
CMO Clan Editor's Blog  
11/8/2010   3 comments
UPS uses social media when it's thrust into the headlines – as when terrorists smuggled a bomb into a printer on a UPS cargo plane
Comment: See You All! - hounhosp - 11/8/2010
Comment: Re: Impetus - J DAmbrosio - 11/8/2010
Comment: Re: not fair - SecTech - 11/8/2010
Comment: It gets worse... - antonis - 11/8/2010
Corporate Espionage Gets Social
Scott Koegler  
11/8/2010   12 comments
Corporate espionage was once done by phone only. These days, online links are advancing the cause of phishing – and fishing for information
Comment: Re: The real reason - DHCIR - 11/7/2010
Comment: Re: not fair - dln - 11/7/2010
Comment: The real reason - dbergman - 11/7/2010
Comment: Security - dbergman - 11/7/2010
Comment: Re: Easy does it - DHCIR - 11/7/2010
Comment: Re: Easy does it - Mike Acker - 11/7/2010
Comment: Re: not fair - Mashka - 11/6/2010
Comment: Re: not fair - Paul Whyte - 11/6/2010
Comment: Re: not fair - Mashka - 11/6/2010
Comment: not fair - Mashka - 11/6/2010
ViaForensics Finds Security Flaws in Financial Apps
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/5/2010   2 comments
A security firm has turned up a series of potentially serious flaws in mobile banking apps from five financial institutions
Comment: Re: spam... - Scott Koegler - 11/5/2010
Comment: spam... - Techmeister - 11/5/2010
Comment: Impetus - tech_ed - 11/5/2010
Comment: Degrees of spam - Mary Jander - 11/5/2010
6DEE II to Kick Off Monday
Editor's Blog  
11/5/2010   54 comments
Join us and our guest lecturer, Richard Stiennon, on Monday when we'll kick off 6DEE II with a lecture series on encryption
Comment: Re: Lots of Issues - Paul Whyte - 11/5/2010
Comment: Re: Lots of Issues - DHCIR - 11/5/2010
Comment: Re: Lots of Issues - SteveGNYC - 11/5/2010
Comment: Re: Why do you vote? - dlavie - 11/5/2010
Comment: Re: Lots of Issues - Mashka - 11/5/2010
Comment: Re: Lots of Issues - Paul Whyte - 11/5/2010
Comment: Re: Lots of Issues - jabailo - 11/5/2010
Comment: Re: Why do you vote? - jabailo - 11/5/2010
Comment: Lots of Issues - TechnoBabbler - 11/4/2010
Comment: Let's ask Dingy Harry - DHCIR - 11/4/2010
Comment: Easy does it - Mitch Wagner - 11/4/2010
Comment: Why do you vote? - dlavie - 11/4/2010
Comment: Find Your Store - jabailo - 11/4/2010
Comment: 1 Vote = 1 Dollar - jabailo - 11/4/2010
Americans Dis Location-Based Services
Editor's Blog  
11/4/2010   4 comments
A study from Pew finds that only 4 percent of online Americans are using location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla
No Easy Fixes for Enterprise App Development
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
11/4/2010   7 comments
The Web, cloud computing, new methodologies, and outsourcing are all contributing to complex solutions to a complex problem
Defining ‘Spam’
Scott Koegler  
11/4/2010   3 comments
It’s time to come up with a concrete definition of spam.
Comment: Re: Facebook Foolery - Ariella - 11/4/2010
Comment: Cable Guy II - Chris Poley - 11/4/2010
Comment: Re: Online Voting - Paul Whyte - 11/4/2010
Comment: Re: Online Voting - SteveGNYC - 11/4/2010
Why We Don't Have Online Voting
Rob Salkowitz  
11/4/2010   52 comments
Just 41 percent of the US population turned out for the latest election, and we're not using the Web to improve that statistic. Why?
Comment: I Beat The Bots - jabailo - 11/3/2010
Comment: Re: Facebook Foolery - Ariella - 11/3/2010
Comment: Re: It was reported - knoxzoo - 11/3/2010
Cable Tapping: Internet Security Threat
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
11/3/2010   21 comments
Fiber optic cables can be 'tapped' for information, using cheap and time-tested technology
Comment: Re: Exactly - mnt.code - 11/3/2010
Comment: CAPTCHA wall - Mitch Wagner - 11/3/2010
Comment: Re: US Defense Dept - rwhidbee - 11/3/2010
Comment: Re: It was reported - mnt.code - 11/3/2010
Comment: Exactly - Michael P. Kassner - 11/3/2010
US Defense Dept. Expands Cyber-Security Role
Sean Gallagher  
11/3/2010   13 comments
In a shift of policy, the US DOD is assisting other government agencies in handling cyber-security
Feigning Shock at Google’s Data Harvest
The Sole Man  
11/3/2010   Post a comment
The UK has reopened its investigation into Google Street View, but some responsibility should fall on the people.
Comment: It was reported - knoxzoo - 11/2/2010
Comment: Mechanical Turk - Mitch Wagner - 11/2/2010
Comment: It gets worse. - smkinoshita - 11/2/2010
Comment: Facebook Foolery - Ariella - 11/2/2010
Comment: Can They Make Money? - kq4ym - 11/2/2010
How Spammers Circumvent 'CAPTCHAS'
Scott Koegler  
11/2/2010   24 comments
Although 'CAPTCHA' images protect users from spam by requiring human intervention, spammers are turning to humans to circumvent them
Facebook Foolery
Internet Evolution Poll  
11/1/2010   13 comments
Will the news that some Facebook developers have been selling user information to data brokers change how you use the site?
Comment: BTW - knoxzoo - 11/1/2010
Comment: Re: Too True - knoxzoo - 11/1/2010
Comment: Re: Adaptation - Tom Nolle - 11/1/2010
Comment: Re: Idiocy - Phavanhna - 11/1/2010




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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.
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Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   4 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.
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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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Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Joe Stanganelli
As
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