Fed Government Launches IT Dashboard Editor's Blog 6/30/2009 10 comments The White House unveils a federal 'IT Dashboard,' allowing Americans to keep an eye on how their tax dollars are being invested in information technology on a monthly basis
Online Retail Goes Virtual Mary E. Shacklett 6/29/2009 32 comments Online retailers are mixing it up in Second Life and elsewhere to attract fresh business. It's working
Enterprises Weigh Microblogging Alternatives Editor's Blog 6/26/2009 8 comments But while many vendors provide alternatives to Twitter for the enterprise, a small informal poll at Enterprise 2.0 suggests that most aren't willing to shell out the cash
Enterprise 2.0 Means Your Boss Is Watching IT Clan Editor's Blog 6/25/2009 14 comments Increased use of social networking in business is accompanied by a growing tendency toward corporate surveillance of employees
Obama's Five-Day Pledge Gets Slight Makeover Editor's Blog 6/23/2009 14 comments The Obama administration tweaks the language of its promise to put bills online five days before they're signed, making the process no more meaningful
Iranian Tweets May Come at a Price Editor's Blog 6/22/2009 8 comments As the Iranian people engage in a 'Twitter revolution,' the government is collecting and distorting their messages, using DPI
Crowdsourcing the Future of Media Editor's Blog 6/19/2009 20 comments BusinessWeek's John Byrne says Twitter is 'reinventing' journalism, but it's unclear whether that's good or very bad
Tweeting in Tehran Internet Evolution Poll 6/15/2009 4 comments How would you assess Twitter's role in the aftermath of Iran's controversial presidential election?
#cnnFail's #iranelection Todd Watson 6/15/2009 2 comments There's a big difference in international news coverage since the days of Tiananmen Square and the first Gulf War
Gumblar: Botnet With a Twist Gideon J. Lenkey 6/12/2009 6 comments Gumblar uses some surreptitious means to replicate and infect, proving that server and Web page protections are mostly working
France Settles on Two Strikes Editor's Blog 6/11/2009 15 comments The French government has voted to turn Sarkozy's three-strike rule against pirates into two strikes, eliminating the central threat of disconnecting pirates from the Internet
Facebook Misses Another Revenue Opportunity Editor's Blog 6/10/2009 12 comments By not selling Vanity URLs, Facebook is missing another revenue opportunity and promoting mass chaos for first-come, first-served identities
Bloggers Defend 'Beta' Journalism Editor's Blog 6/8/2009 51 comments An article in the Sunday Times lashed out at tech bloggers for rumor mongering, but to the bloggers it's just 'beta' journalism
Social Aggregators: Web 2.0's New Trick The Big Report 6/3/2009 9 comments Social aggregators like Friendfeed offer unprecedented convenience, but their future in the social media ecosystem is sketchy
Tiananmen Memorial Prompts Internet Crackdown Mathew Ingram 6/3/2009 8 comments With the approach of the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Chinese authorities significantly block Internet access
Micropayments Are a Macro-Error Andrew Keen 6/2/2009 16 comments Micropayments for newspaper content are a feeble attempt by the aging industry to forestall the chaotic disruption of the digital age
Fed Government Launches IT Dashboard Editor's Blog 6/30/2009 10 comments The White House unveils a federal 'IT Dashboard,' allowing Americans to keep an eye on how their tax dollars are being invested in information technology on a monthly basis
Online Retail Goes Virtual Mary E. Shacklett 6/29/2009 32 comments Online retailers are mixing it up in Second Life and elsewhere to attract fresh business. It's working
Enterprises Weigh Microblogging Alternatives Editor's Blog 6/26/2009 8 comments But while many vendors provide alternatives to Twitter for the enterprise, a small informal poll at Enterprise 2.0 suggests that most aren't willing to shell out the cash
Enterprise 2.0 Means Your Boss Is Watching IT Clan Editor's Blog 6/25/2009 14 comments Increased use of social networking in business is accompanied by a growing tendency toward corporate surveillance of employees
Obama's Five-Day Pledge Gets Slight Makeover Editor's Blog 6/23/2009 14 comments The Obama administration tweaks the language of its promise to put bills online five days before they're signed, making the process no more meaningful
Iranian Tweets May Come at a Price Editor's Blog 6/22/2009 8 comments As the Iranian people engage in a 'Twitter revolution,' the government is collecting and distorting their messages, using DPI
Crowdsourcing the Future of Media Editor's Blog 6/19/2009 20 comments BusinessWeek's John Byrne says Twitter is 'reinventing' journalism, but it's unclear whether that's good or very bad
Tweeting in Tehran Internet Evolution Poll 6/15/2009 4 comments How would you assess Twitter's role in the aftermath of Iran's controversial presidential election?
#cnnFail's #iranelection Todd Watson 6/15/2009 2 comments There's a big difference in international news coverage since the days of Tiananmen Square and the first Gulf War
Gumblar: Botnet With a Twist Gideon J. Lenkey 6/12/2009 6 comments Gumblar uses some surreptitious means to replicate and infect, proving that server and Web page protections are mostly working
France Settles on Two Strikes Editor's Blog 6/11/2009 15 comments The French government has voted to turn Sarkozy's three-strike rule against pirates into two strikes, eliminating the central threat of disconnecting pirates from the Internet
Facebook Misses Another Revenue Opportunity Editor's Blog 6/10/2009 12 comments By not selling Vanity URLs, Facebook is missing another revenue opportunity and promoting mass chaos for first-come, first-served identities
Ba-Da-Bing! Internet Evolution Poll 6/8/2009 6 comments What are your thoughts on Microsoft's latest attempt at search, Bing?
Bloggers Defend 'Beta' Journalism Editor's Blog 6/8/2009 51 comments An article in the Sunday Times lashed out at tech bloggers for rumor mongering, but to the bloggers it's just 'beta' journalism
Social Aggregators: Web 2.0's New Trick The Big Report 6/3/2009 9 comments Social aggregators like Friendfeed offer unprecedented convenience, but their future in the social media ecosystem is sketchy
Tiananmen Memorial Prompts Internet Crackdown Mathew Ingram 6/3/2009 8 comments With the approach of the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Chinese authorities significantly block Internet access
Micropayments Are a Macro-Error Andrew Keen 6/2/2009 16 comments Micropayments for newspaper content are a feeble attempt by the aging industry to forestall the chaotic disruption of the digital age
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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