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posted in August 2009
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Comment: Re: McMafia - cjon316 - 8/31/2009
Comment: just the wrong spaces - Mashka - 8/31/2009
Comment: Re: McMafia - hounhosp - 8/30/2009
Comment: Re: McMafia - DHCIR - 8/30/2009
Comment: Re: McMafia - GregBassett - 8/30/2009
Comment: Re: McMafia - aum007 - 8/30/2009
Comment: Re: McMafia - GregBassett - 8/29/2009
Comment: McMafia - jabailo - 8/29/2009
Comment: Twitter Grows on You - ptaneja - 8/28/2009
Comment: WTF (LOL) - M Hulot - 8/28/2009
Readers to Regulators: Keep Your Mitts off the Net
Editor's Blog  
8/28/2009   17 comments
Nearly half of Internet Evolution readers think the United States is far too involved in regulating the Internet
Small Business Targeted in Online Fraud
Gideon J. Lenkey  
8/28/2009   27 comments
Cyber-criminals target small businesses and organizations for online banking fraud, but there are some ways to fight back
Web Insecurities
Todd Watson  
8/28/2009   2 comments
Earlier this week, IBM released results from its X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk report
Comment: Re: Look out! - Mr. Roques - 8/27/2009
Comment: Re: Look out! - robbie02494 - 8/27/2009
Measuring Scope, Nature of the Insider Threat
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
8/26/2009   17 comments
IDC numbers show user negligence, not maliciousness, to be the single leading source of enterprises' internal data loss
Comment: Look out! - kenton - 8/25/2009
Comment: Re: Very timely! - 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
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: 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: Very timely! - Mary Jander - 8/24/2009
Comment: Very timely! - cbrown - 8/24/2009
Comment: Tech ignorance - dbergman - 8/22/2009
Comment: Show Email some love! - viboons - 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: ISPs - jdfalk - 8/20/2009
Web Developers: IT's 'At Risk' Population
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
8/20/2009   10 comments
This particular group of IT workers faces an exciting, if dangerous, future in the enterprise
Comment: multipart security - mnt.code - 8/20/2009
Tech Reporters Don't 'Get' Security
Ira Winkler  
8/20/2009   40 comments
Reporters – and the public – aren't asking the right questions about Internet security problems
Security Jobs Offer Job Security
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
8/19/2009   15 comments
Salaries and demand for security skills are up, and security's piece of the IT budget pie continues to grow
Comment: week after week - Mike Acker - 8/19/2009
Nasty Malware Attack Targets Web Developers
Jonathan Hochman  
8/19/2009   48 comments
A pernicious attack that could topple many small Web developers is spreading. Here's how to fight back
Comment: My dad just got one! - Geekess - 8/18/2009
Comment: Re: Not for everyone - KimSolez - 8/18/2009
Comment: Re: Not for everyone - neadcb - 8/18/2009
Comment: Re: Not for everyone - ChrisTOP - 8/18/2009
Comment: Re: Not for everyone - KimSolez - 8/18/2009
Hacking in the Heartland
Todd Watson  
8/18/2009   2 comments
Two dudes have been charged in the latest and greatest hacker scam, whereby they stole 130 million credit card numbers via the Internet
Comment: Re: Not for everyone - KimSolez - 8/18/2009
Comment: Not for everyone - Mary Jander - 8/18/2009
An Internet With Heart: The Wireless Pacemaker Takes Off
Kim Solez, MD  
8/18/2009   28 comments
Security is a top priority for this latest development in the telemedicine trend
Policing the Tubes
Internet Evolution Poll  
8/17/2009   3 comments
When it comes to regulating the Internet, is the US government doing just enough, too much, or not enough at all?
Government Cybersecurity: Tax-Supported Spying
Jart Armin  
8/17/2009   15 comments
Citizens in the US and the UK are paying their governments to spy on them in the name of cybersecurity
Comment: Re: Act locally... - DHCIR - 8/16/2009
Desktop Virtualization
The Big Report  
8/15/2009   1 comment
The ROI isn’t as clear-cut as it is for server virtualization; but deployed well, desktop virtualization can deliver the kind of high-performing, Web-centric PC experience that employees expect
Comment: Prevent or Detect? - Jason_13 - 8/13/2009
Comment: Re: EMP - Kurtkeys - 8/13/2009
How the Web Has Changed the CIO's Job
Mary E. Shacklett  
8/13/2009   27 comments
The Internet has placed a variety of new responsibilities and pressures squarely on the shoulders of the lead IT executive
Comment: Act locally... - mnt.code - 8/13/2009
Comment: left speechless - Chris Poley - 8/13/2009
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: Re: EMP - rjh - 8/12/2009
Comment: car argument - Mike Acker - 8/12/2009
Comment: EMP - vincent_r - 8/12/2009
Comment: Re: Assets are Targets - rjh - 8/12/2009
Comment: pluses and minuses - kochsner - 8/12/2009
Comment: Assets are Targets - Jason_13 - 8/12/2009
Comment: Manners of War - kq4ym - 8/11/2009
Comment: Really, For real - Kurtkeys - 8/11/2009
Comment: Pareto Law - Michael P. Kassner - 8/11/2009
Cloud Service Caveats for Would-Be Adopters
Bob Violino  
8/11/2009   13 comments
If your enterprise is contemplating clouds, make sure to read this before signing on the line
Comment: Re: For real? - rjh - 8/10/2009
Comment: Re: For real? - Kurtkeys - 8/10/2009
Comment: Re: For real? - rjh - 8/10/2009
Comment: Re: For real? - Kurtkeys - 8/10/2009
Comment: Re: For real? - rjh - 8/10/2009
Comment: Re: For real? - rjh - 8/10/2009
Comment: Re: How? - rjh - 8/10/2009
Comment: Capability Exposure - rsheel - 8/10/2009
Comment: Re: For real? - Kurtkeys - 8/10/2009
Comment: Re: How? - Kurtkeys - 8/10/2009
Comment: Re: For real? - Nicole Ferraro - 8/10/2009
Hacking for God & Country
Thomas J. Holt  
8/10/2009   20 comments
Turkish hacker forums show a highly formalized hierarchy of members committed to what they're doing
Comment: Re: For real? - Kurtkeys - 8/10/2009
Comment: For real? - Nicole Ferraro - 8/10/2009
Survey: Social Net Fears Outweigh Risks
Editor's Blog  
8/10/2009   Post a comment
A recent survey suggests that the fear of data loss via social networks far outweighs the actual risk
Comment: If there were a way... - TNT - 8/10/2009
Comment: Morning Reading - Mike Acker - 8/10/2009
Comment: How? - vincent_r - 8/10/2009
It's Time for a Cyberwarfare Law of Armed Conflict
Robert J. Hansen  
8/10/2009   31 comments
Last week's Twitter attack and news of a 2003 US military decision show we need to put some constraints on cyberwarfare
Comment: Re: Passwords - kerryf - 8/7/2009
Comment: Passwords - mog-ur - 8/7/2009
Comment: Federal Security - mog-ur - 8/7/2009
Comment: Czar of what? - lpricci49 - 8/7/2009
Obama's Epic Cyber Security Failure
Tom Stamulis  
8/7/2009   32 comments
No one wants to be a cyber czar with no decision-making authority or solid directives
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
Comment: Re: Get Real. - James Lambie - 8/7/2009
Comment: Get Real. - Thread - 8/7/2009
Comment: Re: Great report! - Jason_13 - 8/6/2009
Comment: Wonder how long... - knoxzoo - 8/6/2009
Comment: Re: No end in sight - PaulJ - 8/6/2009
Comment: No end in sight - PaulJ - 8/6/2009
Comment: Re: Never gets old... - DHCIR - 8/6/2009
Gary McKinnon Case a Dilemma for US & UK
Jart Armin  
8/6/2009   16 comments
Self-described hacker Gary McKinnon should face the consequences of his actions, whatever his motives
Comment: Re: Great report! - tdstamulis - 8/6/2009
Botnet Project Could Yield Internet Secrets
Gideon J. Lenkey  
8/6/2009   24 comments
Sandia's latest efforts to crack the secrets of botnets could turn up information about the way the Internet itself operates
Comment: Re: Great report! - Jason_13 - 8/5/2009
Comment: Agreed - Mary Jander - 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: Personally... - DHCIR - 8/5/2009
Comment: Re: Great report! - tdstamulis - 8/5/2009
Comment: Not possible? - jpmessenger - 8/4/2009
Security Fails When Users Turn a Blind Eye
Robert J. Hansen  
8/4/2009   43 comments
No technological solution to security problems is airtight in the real world – thanks to end users
Comment: More Code More Bugs - tsaleem - 8/4/2009
Comment: ahead of everybody - Mashka - 8/4/2009
Zero-Day Exploits Jump From OSs to Apps
Gideon J. Lenkey  
8/4/2009   9 comments
Reported exploits in Adobe Reader, Acrobat, and Flash Player underscore the increasing vulnerability (and bloat) of application software
Comment: passwords - Terri Eberle - 8/3/2009
Comment: So what is the upside? - TNT - 8/3/2009
The Upside of Web Censorship
Editor's Blog  
8/3/2009   6 comments
Saudi Arabia is an active Web censor, but the country is also waging an effective war against terrorists online in the process
Cybercrime Hotspot: Real Host Ltd.
Jart Armin  
8/3/2009   12 comments
Server based in Latvia is a nest of badware, including the latest unpatched Zero-Day Flash/PDF exploit
Comment: Great report! - lpricci49 - 8/2/2009
Comment: Re: Brave Man - Mike Acker - 8/1/2009




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Mary E. Shacklett
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.
Dan Cypra
Dan Cypra   5/23/2013   23 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?
Matt Heusser
Matt Heusser   5/23/2013   7 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.
David Weldon
David Weldon   5/22/2013   15 comments
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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