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Britannica Takes a Small Dose of Wiki
Editor's Blog  
6/30/2008   5 comments
In an effort to emerge from Web 1.0, Encyclopedia Britannica has apportioned some of its pages to editing... just not the ones that count
Comment: RE: Privacy - davezatz - 6/30/2008
Comment: Re: Dash speaks :) - reiter - 6/30/2008
Comment: Dash speaks :) - davezatz - 6/30/2008
Comment: Re: Post du Jour - viboons - 6/30/2008
Comment: Re: Give me a break! - viboons - 6/30/2008
Comment: Continued Evolution - Murugan - 6/30/2008
Post du Jour, Starring You!
Editor's Blog  
6/30/2008   4 comments
We've added a new feature to the site to commend your message board performance and turn your words into objects of rotating stardom
Comment: Booyah - M Hulot - 6/30/2008
Comment: Re: buggy - Murugan - 6/30/2008
Comment: Re: Give me a break! - Murugan - 6/30/2008
Comment: Re: Give me a break! - Murugan - 6/30/2008
Comment: Re: Blog and Blog - TNT - 6/30/2008
Comment: Re: Nice work - cjon316 - 6/30/2008
Comment: Blog and Blog - kurniawan - 6/30/2008
Comment: Re: Give me a break! - Tim Bell - 6/29/2008
Comment: Re: Give me a break! - Tim Bell - 6/29/2008
Comment: Re: Give me a break! - Tim Bell - 6/29/2008
Comment: Re: Nice work - viboons - 6/29/2008
Comment: Re: Responsible Bloggers - RPR - 6/28/2008
Comment: Responsible Bloggers - hounhosp - 6/28/2008
Survey: Bloggers Should Have Standards
Editor's Blog  
6/28/2008   20 comments
Over 75 percent of our readers cast a vote to hold bloggers to the same legal and ethical standards as journalists
Comment: Re: GPS future - reiter - 6/27/2008
Comment: GPS future - EliteC - 6/27/2008
Comment: GPS as encouragement - cjon316 - 6/27/2008
Comment: Re: Nice work - cjon316 - 6/26/2008
Future of GPS Is Wireless Internet Services
Alan Reiter  
6/26/2008   38 comments
The future of location technology lies in wireless Internet services
Comment: Re: Nice work - Mr. Roques - 6/26/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - Paul Whyte - 6/26/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - Nicole Ferraro - 6/26/2008
Comment: Nice work - Auntie NoNo - 6/26/2008
How Your Small Business Can Achieve a High Google PageRank
Richard Banfield  
6/25/2008   15 comments
Here are some pretty simple steps to manipulating Google PageRank and increasing your small business site's performance
'Internet for Everyone' Attempts to Close Digital Divide
Editor's Blog  
6/25/2008   8 comments
A new national initiative, InternetforEveryone.org, will attempt to close the digital divide and provide cheap, fast, and open Internet access for every citizen in the United States
Comment: Re: Give me a break! - viboons - 6/25/2008
Outside.in to Mix Hyperlocal News, Mobility
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/25/2008   2 comments
New 'Radar' Website and its hyperlocal news feeds (think: within a few blocks) will go mobile sometime this summer
Comment: Re: Give me a break! - viboons - 6/25/2008
Comment: Re: Give me a break! - hounhosp - 6/25/2008
Comment: Re: buggy - Paul Whyte - 6/24/2008
Comment: Re: I'm game - Mr. Roques - 6/24/2008
Comment: I'm game - dlavie - 6/24/2008
Eugene Lee, CEO, Socialtext
Dialogue  
6/24/2008   1 comment
Eugene Lee, Socialtext CEO, spoke with Internet Evolution about the company's latest product, SocialCalc, and the lack of value some applications bring to the enterprise
Comment: Re: buggy - dlavie - 6/24/2008
Comment: Re: buggy - Paul Whyte - 6/24/2008
Comment: buggy - M Hulot - 6/24/2008
Travel Channel's Wireless Site in Beta
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/24/2008   Post a comment
Though it isn't perfect, the cable channel's new wireless site offers useful info for tourists and locals alike
Twittering the Presidency
Editor's Blog  
6/24/2008   34 comments
Does the next president need to be fluent in Twitterology in order to run the country?
Huffington Shows Old Media the Door
Editor's Blog  
6/23/2008   18 comments
At the Personal Democracy Forum, Arianna Huffington made a plea for new media to abandon the old adage that there's 'two sides to every story'
Comment: Software is the key - cperez - 6/23/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - Mr. Roques - 6/23/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - mastermark - 6/23/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - Mr. Roques - 6/22/2008
Comment: Re: yahoorezinr - Mr. Roques - 6/22/2008
Comment: Re: Semantic Web - hounhosp - 6/21/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - Brian Newby - 6/21/2008
Comment: yahoorezinr - Raza - 6/21/2008
Comment: Semantic Web - Mr. Roques - 6/20/2008
Data Mining in the Age of Web 2.0
Oded Noy  
6/20/2008   6 comments
In order to solve the Web 2.0 problem of 'noise overload,' and begin to achieve search results that are contextual and accurate, we need to come together as a technology community to work on a solution
Comment: Re: Twitter - Mr. Roques - 6/20/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - M Hulot - 6/20/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - M Hulot - 6/20/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - M Hulot - 6/20/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - M Hulot - 6/20/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - mastermark - 6/20/2008
The Internet & ICT: Cutting CO2 Emissions
Bill St. Arnaud  
6/20/2008   17 comments
The combination of the Internet and information and communication technology (ICT) can have a significant impact on CO2 emissions
Comment: What about ymail - Raza - 6/20/2008
Comment: Re: Twitter - Mr. Roques - 6/19/2008
Comment: Who cares? - burn0050 - 6/19/2008
3G iPhone’s Disappointing Capabilities
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/19/2008   22 comments
Apple's 3G iPhone is a letdown because it lacks popular wireless Internet features
Twitter: Can It Stay Afloat?
Editor's Blog  
6/19/2008   15 comments
After a few outages and some assails from the blogosphere, Twitter is making moves to repair its architecture... but will it survive?
Comment: In the same line - Mr. Roques - 6/19/2008
Comment: Re: Civics 101 - Paul Whyte - 6/19/2008
The Dangers of Disruptive Technologies
Mary E. Shacklett  
6/19/2008   12 comments
Face recognition is a disruptive technology that offers search benefits and challenges privacy at the same time
Comment: Freedom of Speech - Lynngi - 6/18/2008
Comment: Not yet - Lynngi - 6/18/2008
Comment: Civics 101 - M Hulot - 6/18/2008
Comment: Reliability - Mr. Roques - 6/18/2008
Comment: knee-jerks - M Hulot - 6/18/2008
Poll: Banning YouTerrorism
Editor's Blog  
6/18/2008   9 comments
47 percent of our readers are calling on YouTube to take down and ban all terrorism-related content
Comment: Cuts both ways! - cjon316 - 6/17/2008
Comment: will you continue? - Mashka - 6/16/2008
The State of Selling Surplus Items on eBay
Chris Minnick  
6/16/2008   11 comments
State governments are becoming eBay PowerSellers by auctioning off assorted items confiscated at airport security check points
Comment: Re: Revenue?? - Mr. Roques - 6/16/2008
Rishi Chandra, Product Manager, Google Enterprise
Dialogue  
6/16/2008   3 comments
At the Enterprise 2.0 Conference last week, Internet Evolution sat down with Google's Rishi Chandra to talk about Google Apps
Comment: Webinar - Mr. Roques - 6/16/2008
Comment: Re: Revenue?? - DaveAllen - 6/15/2008
Comment: back atya - dlavie - 6/14/2008
Comment: Is Microsoft an evil?! - Mashka - 6/13/2008
MicroHoo: Well, It's Over
Editor's Blog  
6/13/2008   20 comments
In the aftermath of the official Microsoft/Yahoo split, Google sweeps Yahoo off its feet, changing the face of competition in the online ad space
Comment: Tug of War - Murugan - 6/13/2008
Comment: sprawl - Warren Shiau - 6/13/2008
What’s Keeping Our Money Offline?
Murali Subbarao  
6/13/2008   16 comments
Innovative online bill payment options will lead to greater consumer adoption over the next two years
Comment: a matter of choice! - Mashka - 6/13/2008
Our Little Facebook Experiment
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
6/12/2008   2 comments
Can social networking sites really find their place among business applications? We intend to find out
Server Costs & Miles per Gallon
Warren Shiau  
6/12/2008   7 comments
The soaring price of energy is poised to bite IT departments and the IT industry in the back side
Online Advertisers vs Ad-Blockers: Who Will Win?
Marc Osofsky  
6/12/2008   11 comments
Consumers are paying less attention to online ads, so marketers need to find better ways to engage them
Phishing & Hacking, the eBay Way
Maksym Schipka  
6/11/2008   4 comments
Trading hacker exploits on eBay is another example of a flourishing online shadow economy
Comment: But in the end... - Mr. Roques - 6/11/2008
Be a Gorilla, Save a Silverback
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
6/10/2008   6 comments
Silverback, a game for Java-based cellular phones, educates the public about endangered mountain gorillas and solicits donations
Marketing Tips for Targeting the Blogosphere
Rob Crumpler  
6/10/2008   4 comments
Online marketers and advertisers need to manipulate, exploit, and influence the growing and influential blogosphere
Comment: Be Cool - Mr. Roques - 6/9/2008
Comment: Nobody really knows. - cjon316 - 6/9/2008
Comment: Re: Robot Union - reiter - 6/9/2008
Comment: Netizenship - Mr. Roques - 6/9/2008
Content Owners Make a Hash of Online Distribution
Jon Emmons  
6/9/2008   3 comments
Insistence on DRM and other controls stymies legitimate consumers and unwittingly fosters illegal sharing
Comment: Robot Union - Mr. Roques - 6/9/2008
Top 10 Ways YouTube Has Ruined Life for Good
The Big Report  
6/9/2008   14 comments
The world's busiest video site encourages and rewards the compulsion to be seen and heard, not to mention some of the darker aspects of human nature
Comment: Re: why? - reiter - 6/8/2008
Comment: why? - Mashka - 6/7/2008
Comment: A different way.... - svk - 6/7/2008
Comment: Cyber Silly String - jabailo - 6/6/2008
How to Monetize Social Media? Nobody Knows
Editor's Blog  
6/6/2008   10 comments
Experts at Advertising 2.0 came to the unspoken conclusion that nobody really knows how to turn social media into a business
Comment: Living in Neverland - M Hulot - 6/6/2008
Virtual Weddings: Sharing Vows in Cyberspace
Mary E. Shacklett  
6/6/2008   16 comments
Cyber marriages are a hit among young online devotees who prefer to fantasize about married life before actually getting hitched
Comment: Re: Social Robot - reiter - 6/6/2008
Comment: Social Robot - kurniawan - 6/6/2008
Synthetic Companions: Downloading Robot Personalities
Alan Reiter  
6/5/2008   46 comments
Projects are underway to develop robots with Internet-downloadable personalities and to advance the relationship between 'synthetic companions' and humans
Comment: Indian Adda - sfwriter - 6/5/2008
Minneapolis: Something's Happening Here
Craig Aaron  
6/5/2008   1 comment
These days, Minneapolis-St. Paul is the place to be for presidential politics and for media reform
Comment: News made public. - hounhosp - 6/5/2008
Comment: Revenue Model?? - Raza - 6/5/2008
Comment: Future Adda - kurniawan - 6/5/2008
What Is the Greatest Threat to Internet Security?
Thomas J. Holt  
6/4/2008   6 comments
In curtailing the growth of malicious software on the Web, we need to recognize the role of the end user in the facilitation and distribution of attacks
Comment: It’s a start - Murugan - 6/4/2008
Comment: will it really work? - Mashka - 6/4/2008
Learning From 'Facebook's Mistake'
Editor's Blog  
6/4/2008   2 comments
Vysr plans to avoid what it calls the 'Facebook mistake' as it releases applications designed for both the business and social user
Comment: It's about me... - Joe_Earhart - 6/4/2008
Comment: All media is biased - jabailo - 6/3/2008
Distinguishing Journalism From Infotainment
Chris Minnick  
6/3/2008   11 comments
With the advent of 'citizen journalism,' high-quality journalism is a dying (or dead) art
Google Health Needs Security Rx
Kim Solez, MD  
6/3/2008   8 comments
Automomy is the key force behind the success of Google Health, but security doubts remain
Comment: Global Adda - Murugan - 6/3/2008
Comment: Re: Inspection passed - dlavie - 6/3/2008
Comment: the difference - Mashka - 6/2/2008
Comment: Over here it's - Root Maniac - 6/2/2008
Indian Adda: The Essence of Social Networking
Ananda Mitra  
6/2/2008   7 comments
Social networking is an extension of adda, the Indian desire to 'sit around and chat'




a moderated blogosphere of internet experts
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   13 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   3 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   14 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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