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Comment: Re: Touche! - jwallace - 9/30/2008
Comment: Re: Privacy Puzzle - Tom Nolle - 9/30/2008
Comment: Touche! - chad.mcdonald - 9/30/2008
What History & the Internet Say About the Economy
Ira Winkler  
9/30/2008   23 comments
History tells us we're headed for economic disaster if Congress doesn't pass a bailout plan. Don't think so? Look it up on the Internet
Comment: Re: Fight fire with... - rjh - 9/30/2008
Comment: Re: Isn't it exciting? - rjh - 9/30/2008
Comment: Re: Fight fire with... - rjh - 9/30/2008
Comment: How Fast is Fast? - lpricci49 - 9/30/2008
Comment: Keyspace Anyone? - rom3 - 9/30/2008
Comment: Re: Fight fire with... - aum007 - 9/30/2008
Comment: back to the old - rom3 - 9/30/2008
Comment: Re: Now a forethought - rom3 - 9/30/2008
Comment: Re: Privacy Puzzle - Tom Nolle - 9/30/2008
Comment: Privacy Puzzle - Murugan - 9/30/2008
Don't Tap My Phone, Don't Tap My Internet
Tom Nolle  
9/30/2008   23 comments
Deep packet inspection threatens a fundamental right to privacy
Comment: Isn't it exciting? - Jason_13 - 9/30/2008
Comment: The Truth is.... - hounhosp - 9/29/2008
Comment: REally? - EliteC - 9/29/2008
Comment: Internet gets blame - viboons - 9/29/2008
Comment: Really? - rsheel - 9/29/2008
Internet Gets Blame for Market's Plunge
Editor's Blog  
9/29/2008   13 comments
As a result of the rejection of the economic bailout plan in the House, the stock market has plunged 600 points today. And the Internet might be partially to blame
Malware 2.0's Going to Be Murder
Robert J. Hansen  
9/29/2008   20 comments
The potent combination of computational linguistics, social networks, image analysis, and data mining will make for nasty new malware
IP-Based Telepresence Is Spreading
Mary E. Shacklett  
9/29/2008   6 comments
Despite barriers, companies are looking to install this lifelike conferencing technology
Comment: good and bad - Natalies_mommy - 9/29/2008
Comment: Re: Felonies - chad.mcdonald - 9/28/2008
Comment: Rules not followed - ecsd - 9/26/2008
Scott Kveton, Chairman, OpenID Foundation
Dialogue  
9/26/2008   1 comment
Scott Kveton, chairman of the OpenID Foundation, talks about OpenID's security and implementation challenges, frustrations with the Data Portability Working Group, and his love for making pizza
Why Internet Security Will Remain an Afterthought
Robert J. Hansen  
9/26/2008   15 comments
In short: Complexity, expense, indifference, and the relentless cycles of threat and protection
Comment: Virtual Reality - kochsner - 9/25/2008
Let's Secure Telecommuting
Deborah Nason  
9/25/2008   23 comments
Telecommuting can be great for green IT, but only if security is a priority
Virtualization Security Crisis Looms for IT
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
9/25/2008   4 comments
An expert advises how to batten down your virtualized hatches to avoid cybercrime attacks
Bot Brings Retailer to Its Knees
Gideon J. Lenkey  
9/25/2008   11 comments
Hidden malware disrupted VOIP and e-commerce during critical, end-of-year shopping season
Tech, Creative Join Forces for Content Advocacy
Editor's Blog  
9/25/2008   2 comments
Industry creative and technology forces come together to change the course of digital content creation and consumption
Comment: not taxpayers money - dlavie - 9/25/2008
Email Password Tradeoff: Simplicity or Strength
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/24/2008   8 comments
How much security and support overhead are you or your users willing to absorb?
USPS Plan Undercuts Time Stamp Security
Paul Doyle  
9/24/2008   5 comments
Letting electronic postmark licensees self-certify sets the bar real low where security's concerned
Comment: Re: Felonies - Jason_13 - 9/24/2008
Comment: Re: Felonies - rjh - 9/24/2008
Comment: Re: Felonies - Jason_13 - 9/24/2008
Comment: Re: Get On Board!!! - dlavie - 9/24/2008
Comment: Re: Cool no more... - reiter - 9/24/2008
Comment: Re: Get On Board!!! - viboons - 9/24/2008
Comment: Cool no more... - kochsner - 9/24/2008
Comment: IP No Evil... - kochsner - 9/24/2008
Comment: Re: Felonies - rjh - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: Felonies - hounhosp - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: Felonies - Ira Winkler - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: Felonies - viboons - 9/23/2008
Comment: pretty funny - jonnomh - 9/23/2008
Comment: Felonies - rjh - 9/23/2008
Comment: Get On Board!!! - Paul Whyte - 9/23/2008
Palin Hack Points to Weak Security & Accountability
Ira Winkler  
9/23/2008   14 comments
The Yahoo! email hack of Sarah Palin's private email account raises red flags on several fronts
Comment: definition of privacy - tech_ed - 9/23/2008
Your Appliances Are Smarter Than You
Editor's Blog  
9/23/2008   24 comments
Newly formed alliance, the IP for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance, hopes to promote the adoption of IP-enabled inanimate objects
Comment: Re: Commercial Value?? - reiter - 9/23/2008
Comment: Commercial Value?? - Raza - 9/23/2008
Bring On the Invasion of the Google Maps Views
Alan Reiter  
9/23/2008   14 comments
Forget about privacy; Google's 'street view' should be even more granular, not less so
Chris Heatherly, VP & General Manager, Disney Electronics, The Walt Disney Company
Dialogue  
9/22/2008   6 comments
Chris Heatherly discusses 'Disney 3.0'; the company's work with open-source; the Internet's impact on Disney's culture; and which Disney movie makes him cry
Comment: Re: Ya right - Mr. Roques - 9/19/2008
Comment: Re: Ya right - viboons - 9/19/2008
Comment: Re: Filtering - Jason_13 - 9/19/2008
Comment: Ya right - GajaKannan - 9/19/2008
Big Browsers Make Love, Not War
Editor's Blog  
9/19/2008   5 comments
An Internet Explorer platform architect says this time around it's not a war
Comment: Filtering - Mark Odiorne - 9/18/2008
Comment: Re: Filtering - rom3 - 9/18/2008
It's Not Information Overload; It's Filter Failure
Editor's Blog  
9/18/2008   5 comments
Newsflash: The Internet has not increased information overload
Comment: Re: Send the cavalry! - aum007 - 9/18/2008
The Obstacle Course of Internet Filters
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/17/2008   7 comments
There are more and more barriers between the browser and the enterprise Web server
Thumb Your Nose at HIPAA, Save $100K
Ira Winkler  
9/17/2008   14 comments
The odds of regulators coming after you are so minute that it's hard to justify heroic efforts to be HIPAA-compliant
Comment: Re: Hope? - JoeFoster - 9/16/2008
Top 10 Security Blunders of Web 2.0
The Big Report  
9/15/2008   6 comments
It's not just new technology that creates security glitches – there's a human element at work as well
Comment: Re: an opinion - dlavie - 9/14/2008
Comment: an opinion - Mashka - 9/13/2008
Comment: No apocolypses here - ecsd - 9/12/2008
Comment: Re: Hope? - raghuvamshi1982 - 9/12/2008
Apocalypse Past, Apocalypse to Come
Kim Solez, MD  
9/11/2008   9 comments
The anniversary of 9/11 reminds us that the future may hold even more unsettling events
Pondering 9/11 in a Web 2.0 World
Editor's Blog  
9/11/2008   15 comments
If the events of 9/11 were to happen in today's always-on Web 2.0 world, would we have been better or worse off?
Comment: subterfuge - BenjaminWright - 9/10/2008
Comment: Re: Hope? - Terry Sweeney - 9/10/2008
Comment: Hope? - HeatherLea - 9/10/2008
Good Offense: Still the Best Cyber-Defense
Ira Winkler  
9/10/2008   11 comments
US government and military need to stop dithering over the wisdom of an offensive strategy in cyber-warfare
Getting up to Speed With Botnets
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/10/2008   Post a comment
The threat isn't new, but bots' ability to change their signatures frequently makes them elusive targets
Inside the Mature Service Industry of Botnets
Gideon J. Lenkey  
9/10/2008   3 comments
Welcome to the commercial underworld of botnets, which can be used for identity theft, spamming, and DDoS attacks
Internet Evolution's Botnets Tutorial
Web Wise World Tutorials  
9/10/2008   4 comments
Comment: Vetting Chrome - GajaKannan - 9/9/2008
Readers Divided on Chrome
Editor's Blog  
9/9/2008   11 comments
With the majority of our readers unenthusiastic, one-third say they 'can't wait to use it'
Playing the Victim
Internet Evolution Poll  
9/8/2008   Post a comment
With the constant hype around online fraud and identity theft, we want to know how many of our readers have already been victims.
Comment: Re: won't [n]ever what? - ashy - 9/8/2008
Comment: won't [n]ever what? - jwallace - 9/5/2008
Social Networking's Just a Feature
Editor's Blog  
9/5/2008   11 comments
Scott Kveton, founder of the Open Web Foundation, says the future of the Web is citizen-centric, not system-centric, and will reduce the need for destination social networking sites
Comment: General Browsing - tech_ed - 9/4/2008
Chrome Reflects State of Desktop Security
Greg Hughes  
9/4/2008   9 comments
And it shines light on the fact that new software always has flaws, open-source isn't bulletproof, and even Google can misfire
Spammers Operate in Alphabetical Order
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/3/2008   2 comments
New research on spamming techniques shows the beginning of the alphabet more front-loaded with non-existent email addresses
The Most Flawed Network We Can't Stop Using
Robert J. Hansen  
9/3/2008   10 comments
We wouldn't tolerate the security holes or best-effort levels of service from any other good or service, but somehow the Internet keeps working
Shiny Browsing
Internet Evolution Poll  
9/2/2008   Post a comment
How do you feel about the release of Google's new browser, Chrome?
Androids, iPhones & Burning Through a Long Holiday Weekend at Burning Man
Todd Watson  
9/2/2008   1 comment
IBM has made it more difficult to squeeze the Charmin
Comment: Re: Who's Pompous? - rjh - 9/1/2008




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Joe Stanganelli   5/20/2013   8 comments
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   7 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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Ron Miller   5/17/2013   19 comments
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
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Alan Reiter   5/16/2013   31 comments
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
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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.
Second Shooter
Locked Handsets Aren't the Problem – Subsidies Are the Problem

3|13|13   |   2:09   |   10 comments


Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
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Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to
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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
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