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Comment: Re: Comments. - reiter - 12/31/2007
Six Broadband Video Trends to Watch in 2008
Will Richmond  
12/31/2007   2 comments
My crystal ball is telling me there are six broadband video trends to watch in 2008
Comment: Re: Comments. - Jasper Sluijs - 12/31/2007
Your Predictions for Internet Evolution in 2008
Editor's Blog  
12/28/2007   Post a comment
Entries are pouring in as the deadline approaches: Midnight New Year's Eve. Here are a few that touch us personally
Comment: Re: Comments. - reiter - 12/28/2007
Comment: Re: Comments. - reiter - 12/28/2007
Comment: Re: Comments. - Jasper Sluijs - 12/28/2007
Comment: Re: Comments. - Jasper Sluijs - 12/28/2007
Comment: Re: Comments. - reiter - 12/28/2007
Comment: Re: digital literacy - Phavanhna - 12/27/2007
Comment: Re: digital literacy - hounhosp - 12/27/2007
Comment: Re: Comments. - Jasper Sluijs - 12/27/2007
Comment: online ad survey? - Insultant - 12/27/2007
Comment: Re: Comments. - reiter - 12/27/2007
We Love Online Ads!
Editor's Blog  
12/27/2007   5 comments
The people have spoken: Online ads are way more 'trustworthy,' 'inspirational,' and 'life-enhancing' than TV ads
Comment: digital literacy - Jasper Sluijs - 12/27/2007
Comment: Underage on MySpace - Paul Whyte - 12/27/2007
Comment: Re: Comments. - hounhosp - 12/27/2007
MySpace Suicide Teen's Mother Isn't Blameless
Ira Winkler  
12/27/2007   9 comments
The mother of the MySpace teenager who committed suicide isn't blameless in her daughter's death
Comment: Re: Comments. - reiter - 12/26/2007
Comment: Comments. - Alexey - 12/26/2007
Searching the Web for a Christmas Tradition
Editor's Blog  
12/25/2007   1 comment
I decided to look for the ultimate item that shows how the Internet influences the traditional ways we celebrate Christmas
Wireless Internet: A Natural Extension of Living
Alan Reiter  
12/25/2007   22 comments
The Internet has become so integrated into our lives that almost every application seems appropriate for wireless
Comment: Re: Cloud Routing - gtelzur - 12/23/2007
Comment: Cloud Routing - sfwriter - 12/21/2007
Goodbye Grid, Hello Clouds
Bill St. Arnaud  
12/21/2007   6 comments
When compared to the once promising trend of grid computing, cloud computing offers distinct advantages
Comment: Re: Drowning - Mr. Roques - 12/20/2007
Fighting Against Disinformation
Craig Newmark  
12/20/2007   5 comments
The growth in the number of Websites set up by front groups pretending to independently promote special-interest groups is disturbing
Comment: Porn Business - awase149 - 12/19/2007
Comment: Re: Ad venture - DMendyk - 12/19/2007
Exploring the Porn Side of the Web
Chris Minnick  
12/19/2007   21 comments
Are pornography sites are on the cutting edge of Web technologies? To find out, I selflessly volunteered to visit the dark side of the Web
Comment: Re: I have a dream?! - ceoworld - 12/19/2007
Comment: Re: Ad venture - modza - 12/18/2007
Comment: Ad venture - DMendyk - 12/18/2007
Drowning in a Sea of Online Advertising
Mathew Ingram  
12/18/2007   8 comments
We are quickly being submerged in a sea of advertising, and it's probably going to get worse before it gets better
Comment: I have a dream?! - Tim Bell - 12/18/2007
Comment: 'seductive garbage' - M Hulot - 12/18/2007
The Future of the Internet Is the Past
Andrew Keen  
12/18/2007   4 comments
The future of the Internet lies with the traditional authority of human expertise
Comment: Re: How about e-Number? - reiter - 12/17/2007
2008 Top 10 Internet Trends Face-Off
Alan Reiter  
12/17/2007   18 comments
I decided to take on M/C Venture Partners' list of top 10 Internet trends for 2008, and offer a few predictions of my own
The Power of Me
Jeff Fleischman  
12/13/2007   1 comment
Social networks and online communities have given informed consumers new power when dealing with companies
Comment: Maybe I was wrong... - Mr. Roques - 12/11/2007
Comment: Re: Facebook Purpose - EliteC - 12/11/2007
Internet Offsets Carbon Footprint
Bill St. Arnaud  
12/11/2007   7 comments
The Internet community should help cut carbon dioxide emissions, which contributes to the greenhouse effect
Comment: Nothing is free - Phavanhna - 12/9/2007
Comment: Apple vs Microsoft - Ken Trough - 12/7/2007
Comment: Facebook Purpose - EliteC - 12/6/2007
Apple Is the New Microsoft
Ken Trough  
12/6/2007   14 comments
While it remains to be seen if Apple will take on a Big Brother attitude, it has certainly become the new Microsoft
First, Last & Always: Four Fundamental Internet Factors
Paul Mockapetris  
12/6/2007   3 comments
I believe the Internet’s future depends on four influential factors that were true 15 years ago, are true today, and will remain true
Comment: We will see - Mashka - 12/5/2007
Comment: Troubling - Nicole Ferraro - 12/5/2007
Comment: No difference... - yturel - 12/5/2007
Internet Evolution, Meet Social Network Darwinism
Peter Bowman  
12/5/2007   13 comments
I find it compelling to overlay Darwin’s theory of natural selection on today’s wired world and see what develops
Comment: I Get It - Michael Singer - 12/4/2007
Comment: Putin Shputin - M Hulot - 12/4/2007
Comment: Re: visible hand - Rayno - 12/4/2007
Comment: visible hand - M Hulot - 12/4/2007
Comment: Everybody's fight - hounhosp - 12/4/2007
Comment: Re: I don't get it - Insultant - 12/4/2007
CAA: Marketing Is the Message
Editor's Blog  
12/4/2007   6 comments
In the future, the content and audience will be fully integrated with the marketing process
Comment: I don't get it - charles.betz - 12/4/2007
Comment: Push and Pull - Jasper Sluijs - 12/3/2007
Comment: Why will people pay? - Mashka - 12/3/2007
The Internet’s Fight Against Global Warming
Bill St. Arnaud  
12/3/2007   11 comments
The Internet community has the potential to provide leadership in addressing global warming
Facebook Loses Face
Editor's Blog  
12/3/2007   5 comments
Facebook revamps its Beacon policy, making it just a tad less sneaky, while Zuckerberg fights his own (hypocritical) privacy battle
Digital Media Is the New Hip Hop
Quincy "QD3" Jones III  
12/3/2007   4 comments
The spirit of entrepreneurial hustle that Hip Hop is so well known for is rapidly moving from the streets onto the Internet
Comment: Re: Search 3.0 - ilyajp - 12/2/2007
Comment: Search 3.0 - jlinss - 12/1/2007




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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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