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Comment: Re: cost eating - Alan Reiter - 11/30/2011
Comment: Re: cost eating - Alan Reiter - 11/30/2011
Comment: Re: Lots of challenges - nasimson - 11/30/2011
Comment: Lots of challenges - Mary Jander - 11/30/2011
Pondering a Possible Amazon Phone
Reiter's Block  
11/30/2011   15 comments
Amazon is developing its own cellular phone, but it's a tougher business to crack than selling the Kindle Fire.
Comment: Re: No. - nathanwosnack - 11/29/2011
AT&T Scrambles to Rescue T-Mobile Purchase
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/28/2011   3 comments
AT&T is trying desperately to rescue its proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom.
Comment: Yes and no - nasimson - 11/26/2011
Comment: Re: No. - scucci - 11/26/2011
Comment: Regular Updates - pcharles - 11/26/2011
Comment: Re: No. - nathanwosnack - 11/25/2011
Comment: Re: No. - scucci - 11/25/2011
Comment: No. - nathanwosnack - 11/24/2011
Mobility: Boon and Bane to Cloud Services
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
11/21/2011   1 comment
Sources say cloud-based apps accessible from browser-based mobile devices are open to multiple security threats.
Google Exec Condemns Cellphone Anti-Malware Companies
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/18/2011   11 comments
Cellular phones don't need malware protection, and anyone who says they do is probably a charlatan, states Google's open-source manager Chris DiBona.
Piracy Crackdown
Internet Evolution Poll  
11/17/2011   6 comments
Should the government enact tougher piracy regulations on ISPs?
Comment: You Think You're Slow! - kq4ym - 11/17/2011
Sprint Offers More Data Plans, Huawei Modem
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/15/2011   Post a comment
Despite some service quality drawbacks, small businesses and consumers may get better data deals and more flexibility with Sprint.
Follow-Up: Republic Wireless's $19/Mo. 'Unlimited' Gotchas
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
11/8/2011   Post a comment
Republic Wireless is among the first to offer cheap WiFi/cellular service. But there are some "gotchas."
Comment: like the PC itself - slfisher - 11/5/2011
Comment: Fix It - The Dream Chaser - 11/4/2011
Comment: Signs of the Times - Paul Whyte - 11/4/2011
Watch for Nokia's Featurephones!
Second Shooter  
11/3/2011   4 comments
Putting stuff in the cloud makes the handset cheaper and eases worries about data plans.
Bypassing IT Can Backfire on Cloud Users
Mary E. Shacklett  
11/3/2011   20 comments
Cloud providers are making deals directly with users instead of IT, complicating things for everyone. Here are some of the risks.
Comment: Terrifying - Nicole Ferraro - 11/2/2011
Hackers Target the Banking System
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
11/2/2011   10 comments
The NSA is reported to be involved in helping US financial institutions defend themselves from APTs.




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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   8 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   10 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   |   3 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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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
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