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- 12/31/2009

Jart Armin 12/31/2009 18 comments
Aiming at gambling and porn as much as malware, China is enforcing stringent new requirements for users of .cn domains

- 12/31/2009

what.the.ferraro 12/31/2009 3 comments
Nicole suggests a few New Year's resolutions for people in the Internet industry. Some of them are quite funny.

- 12/31/2009

- 12/30/2009

Cirque Du Solez 12/30/2009 5 comments
Dr Kim introduces his video blog series: 'Cirque du Solez.'

- 12/30/2009

Rob Salkowitz 12/30/2009 18 comments
Here are a handful of crystal-gazings worth considering for 2010

Security Clan Editor's Blog 12/30/2009 11 comments
And that's not going to surprise anyone whose job it is to track security risks and vulnerabilities

- 12/30/2009

- 12/29/2009

Todd Watson 12/29/2009 5 comments
Turbo Todd has been testing a new 4G WiMax technology called Clear. Could it change the way you access info?

- 12/29/2009

Kim Solez, MD 12/29/2009 19 comments
We should take an optimistic view of the amount of data to which we're increasingly exposed

Todd Watson 12/29/2009 1 comment
The new TSA rules still have security flaws even in light of recent circumstances surrounding air travel in the United States

- 12/29/2009

Editor's Blog 12/29/2009 12 comments
Don't forget to cast your top five predictions for 2010 before it's too late

Alan Reiter 12/29/2009 49 comments
Microsoft seeks to patent a technique for creating avatars based on realistic data about individuals, including physical and mental health

Sweeney Blog 12/29/2009 15 comments
Today's array still don't convey some of the most common desktop emotions.

- 12/28/2009

Todd Watson 12/28/2009 2 comments
IBM's resident technology blogger talks about the state of technology from a fresh perspective

- 12/28/2009

Jart Armin 12/28/2009 34 comments
Spammers take a breather over the holidays, and apparently on most weekends, too, according to Project Honey Pot

- 12/28/2009

- 12/27/2009

- 12/26/2009

- 12/25/2009

Editor's Blog 12/25/2009 25 comments
Our readers rank which gadgets they want most for the holidays. Find out what came in first place

- 12/25/2009

Robert J. Hansen 12/25/2009 17 comments
The ability to live down mistakes is a part of privacy that Google's CEO doesn't believe we should need

- 12/25/2009

- 12/24/2009

Editor's Blog 12/24/2009 6 comments
Twitter reportedly made a small profit in 2009, but the site has a lot to prove in the year ahead

- 12/24/2009

Alan Reiter 12/24/2009 36 comments
Disc+ On Demand should spark companies to consider new ways to sell and distribute electronic and physical product combos

what.the.ferraro 12/24/2009 5 comments
Whatever holiday you celebrate, we don't recommend engaging in either of these egregious activities.

- 12/23/2009

Security Clan Editor's Blog 12/23/2009 17 comments
Just how much influence the new federal cybersecurity coordinator can have remains an open question

- 12/23/2009

Rob Salkowitz 12/23/2009 10 comments
Snow's not the only thing accumulating in the run-up to the end-of-year holidays

John Soat 12/23/2009 4 comments
Santa offers a few words of advice to IT professionals: ‘Be careful what you wish for.’

- 12/22/2009

Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 12/22/2009 2 comments
New iPhone apps from Mobile Roadie represent one small step toward 'smart' electronic books

- 12/22/2009

Editor's Blog 12/22/2009 2 comments
Keeping in the holiday spirit of list-making, Internet Evolution gives a rundown of what was Fine and Over the Line in 2009

The Big Report 12/22/2009 11 comments
A highly subjective list of 2009's high points on the Web – and a few low ones, too

- 12/22/2009

Andrew Keen 12/22/2009 28 comments
Europeans may be forced to clean up the mess created by America's digital 'creative destruction'

- 12/22/2009

TeleGraham 12/22/2009 1 comment
Telcos are falling over themselves to launch app stores – but are the app developers listening?

- 12/22/2009

- 12/21/2009

Internet Evolution Poll 12/21/2009 5 comments
Which of the following technologies would you vote "Most Likely to Succeed" in 2010?

- 12/21/2009

Full Nelson 12/21/2009 1 comment
There’s too much controversy around wireless providers' usage-based pricing schemes.

- 12/21/2009

Editor's Blog 12/21/2009 19 comments
Over 70% of Internet Evolution readers think the government should disclose its social media surveillance policies

- 12/21/2009

Jart Armin 12/21/2009 34 comments
HostExploit has compiled a report on the worst cybercrime hosts worldwide, and those who are fighting badware as well

- 12/21/2009

- 12/20/2009

- 12/19/2009

- 12/18/2009

Second Shooter 12/18/2009 21 comments
Tom wants a Google 'unlocked handset' for the holidays because he thinks they could just break the telco monopoly on handset distribution and thus empower the Internet as the driver of mobile broadband now and forever.

- 12/18/2009

From the Editors 12/18/2009 12 comments
Appallingly tuneless yet strangely fascinating holiday video cheer from the Internet Evolution team.

- 12/18/2009

Tom Nolle 12/18/2009 28 comments
It's tough to find the common ground between another $2B for broadband and the FCC's latest report on the National Broadband Plan

- 12/18/2009

- 12/17/2009

Editor's Blog 12/17/2009 11 comments
Italy's interior minister says the government may censor social-networking sites for instigating violence against Prime Minister Berlusconi

Reiter's Block 12/17/2009 13 comments
Techies are going crazy over the possibility that Google might design and sell its own Android phone. Some writers say it's a very big deal. Reiter questions whether it will happen and, if it does, whether it even matters.

James Malone 12/17/2009 35 comments
The mistakes made by Yahoo serve as a cautionary tale for upstart Internet firms

- 12/17/2009

Chris Minnick 12/17/2009 13 comments
The first decade of the new millennium brought some Web highlights we may ponder in a different light in 2019

- 12/17/2009

- 12/16/2009

Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 12/16/2009 1 comment
AT&T objects to a parodied version of its relationship to Apple. But it shouldn't ignore the truth behind the humor

- 12/16/2009

Security Clan Editor's Blog 12/16/2009 11 comments
Time for Microsoft to recommit itself to secure products and greater vigilance where existing vulnerabilities are concerned

- 12/16/2009

Steve Saunders' Outernet 12/16/2009 22 comments
Steve laments the 'advent' of the the e-card.

- 12/16/2009

David Silversmith 12/16/2009 19 comments
Hype on the use of online unstructured data analytics may be overblown on the commercial end, but not in government

- 12/16/2009

- 12/15/2009

Reiter's Block 12/15/2009 11 comments
Ever since the iPhone debuted, cellular manufacturers are rushing to incorporate touch screens into their phones.

- 12/15/2009

Editor's Blog 12/15/2009 29 comments
Tis the season to be psychic, so let's make some predictions for 2010!

- 12/15/2009

John Soat 12/15/2009 1 comment
Law enforcement agents may be monitoring your social networks. Should you lay low?

- 12/15/2009

- 12/14/2009

Editor's Blog 12/14/2009 9 comments
The industry is once again falling all over itself to praise an alleged Google product that has yet to be released or confirmed

- 12/14/2009

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Thoughts about Tiger Woods and his relationship with consulting firm Accenture, which ended its six-year marketing relationship on Sunday

- 12/14/2009

Robert J. Hansen 12/14/2009 38 comments
The ability to live down mistakes is a part of privacy that Google's CEO doesn't believe we should need

- 12/14/2009

- 12/13/2009

- 12/12/2009

- 12/11/2009

Editor's Blog 12/11/2009 17 comments
Florida's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee has banned friendships between lawyers and judges on Facebook... because it's that important

- 12/11/2009

what.the.ferraro 12/11/2009 21 comments
Don't buy Nicole one of these laptop wannabes for the holidays.

- 12/11/2009

Alan Reiter 12/11/2009 90 comments
Passengers are reluctant to pay for in-flight WiFi, but it's an idea that's too good to die out

- 12/11/2009

- 12/10/2009

Not Dr. Phil 12/10/2009 2 comments
What does a $0.62 refund check from a service provider mean? Cluelessness.

- 12/10/2009

Editor's Blog 12/10/2009 15 comments
Facebook's new 'recommended' privacy settings suggest that users share their entire lives with the greater Web

- 12/10/2009

- 12/9/2009

Security Clan Editor's Blog 12/9/2009 12 comments
An agency within the Department of Homeland Security will block access to personal email accounts starting in January

- 12/9/2009

Steve Saunders' Outernet 12/9/2009 7 comments
Hulu is spectacularly popular with users and a total disaster for its owners.

- 12/9/2009

Alan Reiter 12/9/2009 36 comments
Here's what's hot for the geeks and geekesses on your holiday shopping list

- 12/9/2009

- 12/8/2009

Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 12/8/2009 2 comments
The Korean company is developing a new cellular operating system, even though we don't need one

- 12/8/2009

Todd Watson 12/8/2009 5 comments
It is one of the first 'groupware' products that changed the way people collaborate

- 12/8/2009

Paul Ferrill 12/8/2009 17 comments
Google's SPDY protocol could accelerate response time on the Web by more than 50 percent

TeleGraham 12/8/2009 1 comment
With the number of mobile broadband users more than doubling in 2009, the Internet saw a historic transition this year.

- 12/7/2009

Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 12/7/2009 6 comments
Midmarket companies may want to adopt some of these strategies since their online products and services may not be household names

- 12/7/2009

what.the.ferraro 12/7/2009 8 comments
In Part One of 'Tech I Don't Want for the Holidays,' Nicole trashes the TwitterPeek.

Jart Armin 12/7/2009 14 comments
A recent lawsuit pits a group of restaurants against POS suppliers that ignored industry security standards

- 12/7/2009

Editor's Blog 12/7/2009 8 comments
If Comcast's acquisition of NBC Universal gets approved, we may soon bid farewell to the free days of Hulu

- 12/7/2009

- 12/6/2009

- 12/5/2009

- 12/4/2009

Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 12/4/2009 7 comments
Square's cool idea is mobile transactions that don't require a merchant account

- 12/4/2009

Editor's Blog 12/4/2009 25 comments
The compulsion to share on social-networking sites has less to do with connectedness than it does with wanting to prove we still exist

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 12/4/2009 3 comments
If the industry adopts Twitter's way of communication, could it become an email-like open protocol and an even more useful tool for your enterprise?

- 12/4/2009

Not Dr. Phil 12/4/2009 26 comments
Comparing Internet services is tough because of the ways service providers market them.

- 12/4/2009

Mike Moran 12/4/2009 33 comments
Google has nothing to fear from Bing: It's already won the search game, and it has its eyes on other prizes

- 12/4/2009

- 12/3/2009

Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World 12/3/2009 4 comments
This month, AT&T Mobility will offer a phone with an optional microprojector

- 12/3/2009

Reiter's Block 12/3/2009 3 comments
Reiter discusses how a cellphone OS's looks could be deceiving, and why businesses need to understand it.

- 12/3/2009

- 12/2/2009

Security Clan Editor's Blog 12/2/2009 5 comments
Cameroon (.cm) checks in with the riskiest domain, Japan (.jp) the safest

- 12/2/2009

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 12/2/2009 3 comments
Optimizing your Web apps helps the bottom line – just ask AutoTrader.com

- 12/2/2009

Editor's Blog 12/2/2009 5 comments
It is way too late for us to give Mark Zuckerberg credit for promising better privacy controls

- 12/2/2009

what.the.ferraro 12/2/2009 10 comments
There's a loophole in Pandora's music service that lets users dodge the 40-free-hour limit.

- 12/2/2009

David Vellante 12/2/2009 15 comments
Microsoft has revealed the top search terms for Bing over the last year, showing the ongoing influence of Twitter

Matthew Mikus 12/2/2009 7 comments
Other kinds of businesses can learn from the revenue model adopted by makers of casual online games

- 12/2/2009

- 12/1/2009

Editor's Blog 12/1/2009 14 comments
We're giving you the chance to talk to us, with your real voice, via video comments. Leave your first one today!

Editor's Blog 12/1/2009 1 comment
We're live on IE Radio with Andrew McAfee, author of – and coiner of – 'Enterprise 2.0'

- 12/1/2009

Sweeney Blog 12/1/2009 8 comments
As long as all Internet traffic is treated identically, online video will remain sub-standard.

- 12/1/2009

Editor's Blog 12/1/2009 6 comments
Tune in for IE Radio with Andrew McAfee, coiner of 'Enterprise 2.0,' at 2 PM ET today

- 12/1/2009