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Comment: Re: Privacy Puzzle - Tom Nolle - 9/30/2008
Comment: SERIOUSLY!? - chad.mcdonald - 9/30/2008
House Calls 'Time Out' on Incoming Email
Editor's Blog  
9/30/2008   8 comments
The House of Representatives limits incoming email: a clear demonstration of the Internet's inability to fully democratize politics
Comment: Re: What next? - Tim Bell - 9/30/2008
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: Twit Power - Murugan - 9/30/2008
Comment: Keyspace Anyone? - rom3 - 9/30/2008
Socialtext Goes 3.0
Editor's Blog  
9/30/2008   8 comments
Enterprise tool provider Socialtext releases Socialtext 3.0, bringing social networking, social updates, and microblogs to the enterprise
Comment: Re: Fight fire with... - aum007 - 9/30/2008
Comment: Re: Now a forethought - rom3 - 9/30/2008
Comment: Re: Privacy Puzzle - Tom Nolle - 9/30/2008
Comment: What next? - Murugan - 9/30/2008
Comment: Privacy Puzzle - Murugan - 9/30/2008
The iPhone Becomes Notesworthy, Momma Gets a New PC
Todd Watson  
9/30/2008   Post a comment
Updates on iPhone's Notes availability and on the fast-selling Lenovo notebook
Comment: Going past the fence - 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
Vysr Puts Portability Into OpenSocial Apps
Editor's Blog  
9/29/2008   2 comments
Vysr releases an update to its RoamAbout product, making OpenSocial applications available from anywhere on the Web
Comment: Deface Socail Profiles - EliteC - 9/29/2008
Gambling Groups Cry Foul in Kentucky
Dan Cypra  
9/29/2008   5 comments
Gambling groups lash back at Governor, declaring ban a danger to Internet users
Comment: Re: Return Counter - rsheel - 9/29/2008
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
The Tech Industry's Economic Tolls
Editor's Blog  
9/29/2008   4 comments
Our readers vote on how the economic crisis will hit the tech industry
Comment: New versus old media. - cjon316 - 9/28/2008
Comment: the reason why - Mashka - 9/28/2008
Comment: Re: who cares? - Mashka - 9/28/2008
Comment: Return Counter - EliteC - 9/27/2008
The Right Search Tool
The Big Report  
9/27/2008   2 comments
It’s mostly a one-search-fits-all world today. Startup activity suggests that could be ready to change
Comment: Re: Double Lives - jwallace - 9/26/2008
Comment: Rules not followed - ecsd - 9/26/2008
Comment: Double Lives - Eileen_Kramer - 9/26/2008
Comment: Great tips - eCommerceblogger - 9/26/2008
Comment: Know your audience. - cjon316 - 9/26/2008
Hi5 Aims to Boot MySpace From No. 2 Spot
Editor's Blog  
9/26/2008   8 comments
Hi5 plans to extend its international success and unseat MySpace as the second largest social networking site
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
(Possibly) Surprising Tips for Online Retail
Jason Meugniot  
9/26/2008   4 comments
Success in online retail calls for what some might consider counter-intuitive thinking
Comment: Re: The Dynamite - Murugan - 9/25/2008
Comment: Re: The Dynamite - Mr. Roques - 9/25/2008
Comment: Re: who cares? - Mr. Roques - 9/25/2008
Comment: Re: Ignoring Politics - cjon316 - 9/25/2008
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
Almost to Monte Carlo
Todd Watson  
9/25/2008   2 comments
Plane-bound musings on Eastern European Web team, the Ryder Cup, and Internet gambling
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: Re: Whats new - GajaKannan - 9/25/2008
Comment: not taxpayers money - dlavie - 9/25/2008
Comment: Re: Whats new - Raza - 9/25/2008
Comment: Whats new - GajaKannan - 9/24/2008
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?
Comment: Ignoring Politics - RebeccaGill - 9/24/2008
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: The Dynamite - Murugan - 9/24/2008
Comment: Re: Cool no more... - reiter - 9/24/2008
Comment: We do have a choice - modza - 9/24/2008
Comment: Cool no more... - kochsner - 9/24/2008
Google v. Apple: Open Phone or Closed Phone?
Mathew Ingram  
9/23/2008   9 comments
Apple customers may choose to stay with the iPhone, but having more options will be attractive to many Android fans
Comment: definition of privacy - tech_ed - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: GooHoo - jwallace - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: GooHoo - viboons - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: GooHoo - viboons - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: GooHoo - Nicole Ferraro - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: GooHoo - jwallace - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: Commercial Value?? - reiter - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: Good observation - viboons - 9/23/2008
Comment: Commercial Value?? - Raza - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: GooHoo boo hoo hoo - Raza - 9/23/2008
Comment: What's the problem? - Mashka - 9/23/2008
Comment: who cares? - Mashka - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: GooHoo - Paul Whyte - 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
Comment: Re: GooHoo - Mr. Roques - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: GooHoo - Nicole Ferraro - 9/22/2008
Comment: Re: GooHoo - hounhosp - 9/22/2008
Comment: Good observation - viboons - 9/22/2008
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: GooHoo - viboons - 9/22/2008
Don't Judge New Media by Old Rules
Cory Doctorow  
9/22/2008   19 comments
The 22-minute sitcom and 90-minute feature film shouldn't stand as a model for content on YouTube and Twitter
Comment: GooHoo - jwallace - 9/22/2008
GooHoo: Should We Fear It?
Editor's Blog  
9/22/2008   21 comments
In a poll last week, our readers, like the rest of the industry, proved to be split on the Google-Yahoo advertising deal
Comment: Information overload - kalwar.g - 9/20/2008
Comment: case in point - M Hulot - 9/19/2008
Wall Street & the Web: Time to Reevaluate
Chris Poley  
9/19/2008   21 comments
The events of the past week are a call for action regarding financial news on the Web
On the Web, It's Politics on Steroids
Editor's Blog  
9/19/2008   13 comments
With any luck, the Internet's role in politics will be about more than Facebook Friends going forward
Internet Gambling Teeters on the Edge
Dan Cypra  
9/19/2008   8 comments
The future of online gambling in the US could depend on whether a bill passes the House in the next 10 days
Comment: Re: Ya right - Mr. Roques - 9/19/2008
Comment: Re: The loss of self - reiter - 9/19/2008
Comment: Re: The loss of self - jwallace - 9/19/2008
Comment: Re: Ya right - viboons - 9/19/2008
Comment: Re: The loss of self - reiter - 9/19/2008
Comment: Re: Filtering - Jason_13 - 9/19/2008
Comment: The loss of self - kurniawan - 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: Re: Yah yah - Mr. Roques - 9/19/2008
Comment: 200 GB? - Mr. Roques - 9/19/2008
Comment: Monetizing videos - Mr. Roques - 9/19/2008
Tomorrow's Libraries Will Be Online
Tom Coughlin  
9/18/2008   9 comments
Someday, you'll bring your Kindle to the online service to check out more than fiction
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
Internet Customers Must Change Expectations
Jon Emmons  
9/18/2008   8 comments
The all-you-can-eat buffet must close when it comes to Internet service
Comment: Re: Yah yah - BryanPerson - 9/17/2008
Comment: Re: Dual personalities - Asad - 9/17/2008
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
Comment: Dual personalities - Asad - 9/17/2008
Comment: How to break the glass? - Asad - 9/17/2008
Comment: googling the internet - Asad - 9/17/2008
Amazee Looks to Ignite 'Social Collaboration'
Editor's Blog  
9/17/2008   4 comments
Swiss startup Amazee launches in the US, challenging Web users to tap social networking for collaboration on life projects
Are US Internet & Telecom Falling Behind?
Mary E. Shacklett  
9/17/2008   7 comments
Experts say the US isn't really falling behind, even though it's not making the most of existing infrastructure
Comment: Re: Worth dying over? - reiter - 9/17/2008
Comment: Worth dying over? - kochsner - 9/17/2008
Comment: Twitterpated - kochsner - 9/17/2008
Comment: Re: Social Hangout - Mr. Roques - 9/17/2008
Comment: Re: Yah yah - Paul Whyte - 9/16/2008
Comment: The First Mistake - Ninotchka - 9/16/2008
Comment: Worth the upgrade? - Drowlord - 9/16/2008
Comment: Re: Yah yah - jwallace - 9/16/2008
Comment: Re: Identity and Rule - reiter - 9/16/2008
Comment: Re: Yah yah - Brian Newby - 9/16/2008
Comment: Identity and Rule - kurniawan - 9/16/2008
Comment: Re: netpliance - Tom Nolle - 9/16/2008
Comment: Re: netpliance - kurniawan - 9/16/2008
Comment: Yah yah - jonnomh - 9/16/2008
You, in a Never-Ending Virtual Story
Alan Reiter  
9/16/2008   30 comments
New technology could make us multiple-personality 'lunatics'
LiveWorld Turns Every Site Into a Social Network
Editor's Blog  
9/16/2008   10 comments
Social media marketing agency LiveWorld launches a new product, LiveBar, to bring the social network to any Web page anywhere
Comment: It Was Worth a Try! - hounhosp - 9/15/2008
Comment: Create a market - GajaKannan - 9/15/2008
Jobseekers May Need to ‘Deface’ Social Profiles
Chris Poley  
9/15/2008   17 comments
If you're the kind who likes to post your antics online, you may need to reform if you go job-hunting
Marc Scarpa, Producer & Director, MySpace Live!
Dialogue  
9/15/2008   3 comments
Renowned producer/director Marc Scarpa discusses his latest work with MySpace, his new project, LiveOnSunset.com, and the digital media landscape
Comment: Re: netpliance - Tom Nolle - 9/15/2008
Comment: netpliance - jwallace - 9/15/2008
Misled by One Laptop Per Child
Editor's Blog  
9/15/2008   6 comments
Unlike One Laptop Per Child's '$100 laptop,' NComputing says its $70 thin-client workstations provide no-maintenance computing for developing areas
GooHoo?
Internet Evolution Poll  
9/15/2008   Post a comment
How do you view the pending Google-Yahoo advertising deal?
'Laptops for All' Is Not the Best Option
Tom Nolle  
9/15/2008   28 comments
Users in developing countries need Internet access, not personal computers
Show Me the Money... Really
Todd Watson  
9/15/2008   Post a comment
Maybe your money is safer in the mattress
A Big Thumbs-Down on Expansion of Internet Gambling
Andrew Keen  
9/15/2008   6 comments
Do we really want the perpetual clang of Las Vegas in every freshman's dorm room?
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: 'Podcast'? - Mr. Roques - 9/14/2008
Comment: Re: it's about property - ecsd - 9/14/2008
Comment: Re: 'Podcast'? - Brian Newby - 9/14/2008
Comment: leftovers (ignore) - ecsd - 9/14/2008
Comment: Re: Zero-sum - ecsd - 9/14/2008
Comment: Re: Zero-sum - jwallace - 9/13/2008
Comment: Zero-sum - ecsd - 9/13/2008
Comment: awwwwwww - Natalies_mommy - 9/13/2008
Comment: Verizon Horror Stories - ecsd - 9/13/2008
Comment: Re: Telcos Smell - ecsd - 9/13/2008
Comment: Re: Telcos Smell - Mike Karp - 9/13/2008
Comment: Re: Refuse it - ecsd - 9/13/2008
Comment: Re: Refuse it - Paul Whyte - 9/12/2008
Comment: Refuse it - ecsd - 9/12/2008
Comment: Telcos Smell - ecsd - 9/12/2008
Comment: Low Tech Tweeters - rjh - 9/12/2008
When an Internet Upgrade Isn't
Mike Karp  
9/12/2008   24 comments
Verizon's fiber upgrade for Internet services raises questions about service and support
My Anti-Social Web 2.0 Life
Editor's Blog  
9/12/2008   22 comments
What good is social media when you have no one to socialize with?
The Tale of a Nonstop Online Trader
Chris Poley  
9/12/2008   11 comments
Online trading has broken the boundaries of time, space, and a good night's sleep
Recording Artists Wise Up to the Web
Mathew Ingram  
9/11/2008   26 comments
Musicians and artists are changing their tune about Web downloading
An IT Lesson From Butch Trucks
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
9/11/2008   5 comments
If Rock 'n' Roll Hall-of-Famers can learn to tweak their business models, surely IT can
How to Improve the User Part of Search
Editor's Blog  
9/10/2008   4 comments
According to Boost eLearning, Google users are wasting over 40 hours per year on unsuccessful searches
Comment: Re: 'Podcast'? - lenrosen - 9/10/2008
Creaking Open 'Walled Prison' Cellphone Portals
Alan Reiter  
9/10/2008   4 comments
New portals could change the mobile applications market
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
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'
Comment: ICTech - Lewisxxxusa - 9/8/2008
Comment: stalking made easy - M Hulot - 9/8/2008
A Spin Across the Domed, Online Dance Floor
Editor's Blog  
9/8/2008   10 comments
The ubiquitous Internet: coming soon to a private-data-eating environment nearest you
William Swartout, Director of Technology, USC Institute for Creative Technologies
Dialogue  
9/8/2008   1 comment
William Swartout, director of technology for the Institute for Creative Technologies, discusses immersive-reality environment, virtual humans, his work with the US army, and whether any of this can be applied in the day-to-day world
What’s Next for Interactive TV
Mary E. Shacklett  
9/8/2008   7 comments
Google, Intel, and Yahoo are preparing an onslaught that could change the TV market and doom cable TV firms
Comment: Re: won't [n]ever what? - ashy - 9/8/2008
Comment: Re: Google itself - Raza - 9/6/2008
Comment: Re: 'Podcast'? - hnicolassuero - 9/5/2008
Comment: The Daily Double - jwallace - 9/5/2008
Get Ready to Claim Your Content Co-Creator Status
Editor's Blog  
9/5/2008   9 comments
Joshua Green, research manager at the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT, says we need to ease up on calling 'piracy' and 'copyright infringement' on content producers
Comment: Re: 'Podcast'? - Paul Whyte - 9/5/2008
ISP Bandwidth Capping Could Set Us Back
Ross Chevalier  
9/5/2008   8 comments
Comcast and others could hinder the future of the Internet with short-sighted bandwidth limits for end users
Comment: Google itself - GajaKannan - 9/5/2008
Comment: 'Podcast'? - Mensa dropout - 9/5/2008
The Next Browser: Your Brain
Aaron Schulman  
9/5/2008   8 comments
The brain-computer interface (BCI) is no longer just science fiction
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: Re: Identity crisis - kalwar.g - 9/5/2008
Comment: I'm not a Twit.. - kochsner - 9/4/2008
The Biggest Threat to Google
Mike Moran  
9/4/2008   19 comments
A new search engine won't keep Google execs up at night. Here's what will
Comment: Re: Identity crisis - jwallace - 9/4/2008
Comment: Re: Identity crisis - kalwar.g - 9/4/2008
Comment: General Browsing - tech_ed - 9/4/2008
10 Worst Buzzwords of Web 2.0
The Big Report  
9/4/2008   10 comments
Our readers vote on the most overused, massively hyped, underperforming verbiage of the Web 2.0 realm
Comment: Re: Identity crisis - jwallace - 9/4/2008
Comment: Re: Identity crisis - kalwar.g - 9/4/2008
Comment: Re: Identity crisis - jwallace - 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
Comment: Re: Identity crisis - kalwar.g - 9/4/2008
Comment: Re: Identity crisis - kalwar.g - 9/4/2008
Comment: yodafy my yotify - kochsner - 9/4/2008
Comment: nice aggregator - modza - 9/3/2008
Comment: a heck of a deal - jwallace - 9/3/2008
Comment: Re: well said modza - jwallace - 9/3/2008
Comment: About the Hat - ScottG - 9/3/2008
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
Comment: He's unstoppable! - M Hulot - 9/3/2008
Comment: The future of comics - mike772 - 9/3/2008
Yotify: Your Next-Gen Digital Servant
Editor's Blog  
9/3/2008   6 comments
New service Yotify travels the Web in search of those things you're too lazy to search for yourself
YouTube, the Movie
Andrew Keen  
9/3/2008   3 comments
Love story turns to horror flick as Google's Pollyanna scheme with Hollywood turns into a grim Panopticon
YouTube: The Brand-Building Platform
Sandeep Amar  
9/3/2008   8 comments
YouTube has become a staple of modern marketing, thanks to its unique profile among users
Google Polishes the Chrome
Todd Watson  
9/3/2008   4 comments
We know whose heart this stake was being hammered toward. Where's vampire Lestat when you need him?
Smart Phones & Cell Service: Prepare for Internet Everywhere
Jon Emmons  
9/2/2008   7 comments
Cell-based Internet service and advanced smart phones are taking us to a new level
Comment: Childproof Internet - kalwar.g - 9/2/2008
Shiny Browsing
Internet Evolution Poll  
9/2/2008   Post a comment
How do you feel about the release of Google's new browser, Chrome?
Social Messaging for the Corporate Set
Editor's Blog  
9/2/2008   4 comments
Socialcast, a provider of corporate social networking platforms, today launched a revision of its product to change its focus to social messaging
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
Comment: Re: middle man? - jwallace - 9/1/2008




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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.
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Dan Cypra   5/23/2013   31 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?
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Matt Heusser   5/23/2013   13 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   15 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

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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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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet
David Weldon
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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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet
David Weldon
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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