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Comment: Re: No. - jwallace - 4/30/2011
Comment: re:iAm Watching You - jwallace - 4/30/2011
Comment: half baked - jwallace - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - nathanwosnack - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: Race to be first - KMT568 - 4/30/2011
Comment: Typical for Motorola - cvargas - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: TA-DAHHHH - Alan Reiter - 4/30/2011
Comment: TA-DAHHHH - Kurtkeys - 4/30/2011
Comment: No. - nathanwosnack - 4/30/2011
Comment: what are the benefits? - Mashka - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: Race to be first - ivka - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: Race to be first - pcharles - 4/29/2011
Comment: I don't mind - Princess_dascho - 4/29/2011
Comment: What to do? - hounhosp - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: Race to be first - KMT568 - 4/29/2011
Comment: re:iAm Watching You - KMT568 - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: Race to be first - kq4ym - 4/29/2011
Comment: Race to be first - sbewley - 4/29/2011
Sick & Tired of Half-Baked Tablets Sold as Fully Cooked
Alan Reiter  
4/29/2011   62 comments
Today's spate of tablet computer offerings are really beta products sold to unsuspecting customers as complete
Comment: re:iAm Watching You - ivka - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: A deal's a deal - Kicheko - 4/29/2011
Comment: I don't buy it.... - scucci - 4/28/2011
Comment: Naive is right! - davidmanheim - 4/28/2011
Cloud Providers Hit With 'Dirty Work' Accusations
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
4/28/2011   34 comments
Environmentalists say the green datacenters of Google, Facebook, and Apple are sustained by the dirtiest of all utility power
Comment: Re: A deal's a deal - Kicheko - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: - Mary Jander - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: - Mary Jander - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: Cry me a tear - Mary Jander - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - Tom Nolle - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - lek1981 - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: Big Apple - Tom Nolle - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - Tom Nolle - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: Cry me a tear - Mr. Roques - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: Big Apple - lek1981 - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - lek1981 - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - Tom Nolle - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - lek1981 - 4/27/2011
Comment: Who's the boss - dbergman - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: A deal's a deal - taimur_tz - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: A deal's a deal - jwallace - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - Tom Nolle - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - Kim Davis - 4/27/2011
Facebook Throws Hat Into Deal Ring
Ron Miller  
4/27/2011   53 comments
Facebook has followed Google in giving Groupon and LivingSocial some competition in the 'daily deal' coupon space
Comment: Re: Tablets - Tom Nolle - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - hounhosp - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - Tom Nolle - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - hounhosp - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: I agree, Rob - audreypeters - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - Tom Nolle - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - Kim Davis - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: Tablets - Tom Nolle - 4/26/2011
Comment: Tablets - Nicole Ferraro - 4/26/2011
Tablets in a Race to Become Less Bad
Second Shooter  
4/26/2011   17 comments
The winner in the tablet space will be whichever company can fix its flaws first.
iAm Watching You
Internet Evolution Poll  
4/26/2011   38 comments
Apple and Google are reportedly tracking user location through their mobile devices. Will this influence your buying decisions?
Comment: The Moral of the Story - abdlah - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: You nutty kids - torriatte - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: I agree, Rob - robjvargas - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: I agree, Rob - Kim Davis - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: I agree, Rob - robjvargas - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Rut-Row - Nicole Ferraro - 4/25/2011
Comment: Cloud danger? - hounhosp - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Free vs Paid? - Louisnaug - 4/25/2011
Amazon Outage Reveals Cloud Danger
Joe Stanganelli  
4/25/2011   24 comments
Last week's glitch in Amazon's cloud computing service illustrates the dangers of enterprises relying too much on the centralized cloud model
Comment: Re: Rut-Row - jwallace - 4/24/2011
Comment: Rut-Row - Chris Poley - 4/23/2011
Comment: Re: You nutty kids - torriatte - 4/22/2011
Comment: Re: Jinkies! - torriatte - 4/22/2011
Comment: Re: You nutty kids - torriatte - 4/22/2011
Comment: Re: You nutty kids - torriatte - 4/22/2011
Comment: Re: Google people? - torriatte - 4/22/2011
Comment: Re: Google people? - torriatte - 4/22/2011
Comment: Re: But we like Dingi - DaveS - 4/22/2011
Comment: Jinkies! - Joe Stanganelli - 4/22/2011
Comment: Re: You nutty kids - Jim Goede - 4/22/2011
Comment: Google people? - Jim Goede - 4/22/2011
Schmidt Steps Aside, Gets Big Money
what.the.ferraro  
4/22/2011   28 comments
George and Gracie say semi-coherent things about Google and Scooby Doo.
Comment: Re: Big Apple - Tom Nolle - 4/22/2011
Comment: Big Apple - Nicole Ferraro - 4/22/2011
Beware ‘Big Apple’
Second Shooter  
4/22/2011   4 comments
Apple might end up dominating the pay-for-service online model.
Comment: Greenpeace report - Mary Jander - 4/22/2011
Comment: Re: The In Strategy - abdlah - 4/21/2011
Comment: Re: The In Strategy - abdlah - 4/21/2011
Google Earnings Point to Greater Problem
Second Shooter  
4/20/2011   9 comments
We need to do a better job of managing Internet costs, or we face loss of innovation and progress.
Comment: Re: Free vs Paid? - Kim Davis - 4/19/2011
Comment: On a brighter note - trevorh - 4/19/2011
Comment: First things first - trevorh - 4/19/2011
The Net's Problematic Potential for Good
Editor's Blog  
4/19/2011   4 comments
Internet Evolution examines the best Internet-enabled humanitarian efforts and considers why they've fallen short
Comment: Re: The In Strategy - abdlah - 4/19/2011
Google Rains on Cloud Computing's Parade
Jeff Kaplan  
4/19/2011   14 comments
Now Google has another dissatisfied customer, the US government, which could spoil the momentum of cloud computing for other players
Comment: Re: The In Strategy - abdlah - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: The In Strategy - abdlah - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: The In Strategy - abdlah - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: The In Strategy - abdlah - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: Ball 3. - Michael Singer - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: What's the cost? - sbondy - 4/18/2011
Comment: What's the cost? - sbondy - 4/18/2011
Opportunities Lost: Why Good Internet Ideas Burn Out
The Big Report  
4/18/2011   31 comments
Many projects that seemed to herald great improvements for humanity haven't materialized on the Web. Here's a closer look at why and what can be done to prevent future ideas from dissolving
Comment: RIP Google Video. - Paul Whyte - 4/17/2011
Comment: The In Strategy - abdlah - 4/17/2011
Comment: Re: Ball 3. - Chris Poley - 4/17/2011
Comment: not impressed, - Chris Poley - 4/17/2011
Comment: Trying to save face - scucci - 4/15/2011
Comment: Ball 3. - Mike Acker - 4/15/2011
Comment: Re: I agree - jsmadhav - 4/15/2011
Comment: I agree - jsmadhav - 4/15/2011
Prodding Industry With the NSTIC
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
4/15/2011   8 comments
White House's NSTIC program is little more than a wish-list for cyber-security solutions
Comment: No surprises here - Mary Jander - 4/15/2011
Big Spending Catches Up With Google
Editor's Blog  
4/15/2011   10 comments
Google is spending big to position itself as a competitor in the social space, but it may be too late, and the company may find it's digging itself into a hole
AmEx Enters Mobile Payments Business
Alan Reiter  
4/15/2011   40 comments
American Express has launched a PayPal-like credit service that it plans to combine with a newly purchased mobile payments processing platform
Comment: It's the Audience - knoxzoo - 4/14/2011
Comment: Ho Hum - rjacksix - 4/14/2011
Evaluating Facebook's 'Open Compute' Claims
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
4/14/2011   18 comments
Facebook is taking credit for opening the kimono on datacenter designs, but what it's really revealed is debatable
Comment: Re: But we like Dingi - jabailo - 4/13/2011
Comment: It's a nightmare - JC Cameron - 4/13/2011
Comment: Re: Dingus Dongus - jabailo - 4/13/2011
Comment: Re: But we like Dingi - jabailo - 4/13/2011
Comment: Dingus Dongus - Mitch Wagner - 4/13/2011
Comment: But we like Dingi - jabailo - 4/13/2011
Comment: Re: Ding! - Mary Jander - 4/12/2011
Comment: limits - Michael Bennett Cohn - 4/12/2011
Comment: The 5th Reason - Bolingbroke - 4/12/2011
Comment: Ding! - Awilliams - 4/12/2011
Dawn of the Dingus, or the Next Big Tech Rush
John Barnes  
4/12/2011   31 comments
What is likely to become the next great interface to the Web? This blogger has a pretty detailed idea
Comment: Microsoft too? - Mary Jander - 4/11/2011
Cloud Services Sustain Virtual Companies
Maria Korolov  
4/11/2011   13 comments
How do many virtual organizations stay in business? Cloud services are the answer
Comment: Re: Web tracking - pcharles - 4/10/2011
Comment: Web tracking - Lippencotte - 4/10/2011
Comment: Re : Google Dance - Anand Y - 4/9/2011
Comment: Re: Why - SteveGNYC - 4/8/2011
Comment: Why - Nicole Ferraro - 4/8/2011
Google Dance
Todd Watson  
4/8/2011   1 comment
Ah, Larry, welcome to the world of complex organizations rife with competing interests, internal cooperation and 'coopetition,' and massive complexity
Mobile Analytics Moves Center Stage
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
4/7/2011   7 comments
Mobile analytics is proving to be a field of remarkable growth, worthy of study by any IT pro with an eye to the future
Dish Network's 'Blockbuster' Buyout Could Be a Bust
Alan Reiter  
4/7/2011   28 comments
Dish's purchase of Blockbuster could disappoint Dish and its customers, thanks to Blockbuster's late-to-the-party track record
Comment: Re: Cleanup the ad - Tom Nolle - 4/6/2011
iOS vs. Android Arguments Escalate
Ron Miller  
4/6/2011   25 comments
The arguments for Google's Android versus Apple's iOS versus a browser versus... are getting louder as the stakes grow higher
Comment: Using Both FF's - knoxzoo - 4/5/2011
Comment: Re: Cry me a tear - Mr. Roques - 4/5/2011
Comment: Re: brave move - Alan Reiter - 4/4/2011
Google Bids $900 Million for Nortel Patents
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/4/2011   4 comments
Google hopes its high bid for Nortel's patents will help it deal with patent litigation, especially against Android
Comment: +none - mtechie - 4/4/2011
Comment: Re: Privacy....? - nimantha.de - 4/4/2011
Comment: I installed it - slfisher - 4/3/2011
Comment: Google me this - Kurtkeys - 4/3/2011
Comment: Samsung Apps - nasimson - 4/3/2011
Comment: Re: Interesting!! - abdlah - 4/3/2011
Comment: Re: Interesting!! - Ron_Miller - 4/3/2011
Comment: Cry me a tear - dbergman - 4/2/2011
Comment: Condundrum - dbergman - 4/2/2011
Comment: Re: Nonsense - Chris Poley - 4/2/2011
Comment: Re: Interesting!! - abdlah - 4/2/2011
Comment: Re: Interesting!! - Ron_Miller - 4/2/2011
Comment: Re: Interesting!! - abdlah - 4/2/2011
Comment: brave move - nasimson - 4/2/2011
Comment: Re: Early Days Yet - nasimson - 4/2/2011
Comment: Re: Why Us? - jabailo - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: Why Us? - Ron_Miller - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: Why Us? - jabailo - 4/1/2011
Comment: Privacy....? - CurtisNeeley - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: Why Us? - Ron_Miller - 4/1/2011
Comment: Gone in a Year - Bolingbroke - 4/1/2011
Comment: Why Us? - jabailo - 4/1/2011
Comment: Clearcutting - jabailo - 4/1/2011
Comment: Wowee - Nicole Ferraro - 4/1/2011
Google +1 Gets a -10
Editor's Blog  
4/1/2011   19 comments
Google's +1 product is so great! (April Fools)
Comment: Re: Dirty Pool - Ron_Miller - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: Dirty Pool - J DAmbrosio - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: Dirty Pool - Ron_Miller - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: luddite - Ron_Miller - 4/1/2011
Comment: Dirty Pool - Bolingbroke - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: luddite - slfisher - 4/1/2011
Comment: Re: Interesting!! - Ron_Miller - 4/1/2011
Comment: Interesting!! - abdlah - 4/1/2011
Microsoft Needs to Win in the Market, Not the Courtroom
Ron Miller  
4/1/2011   43 comments
Microsoft's lawsuit against Google in Europe smacks of plain old sour grapes
Comment: Re: luddite - Ron_Miller - 4/1/2011
Why Google May Have to Expose Honeycomb Code
Jason Mick  
4/1/2011   22 comments
If Honeycomb uses a speck of GPLv2 code, Google absolutely must publish that portion of the source, or it is in direct violation of the licensing agreement
Comment: luddite - slfisher - 4/1/2011




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George Taylor   5/20/2013   2 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?
Ron Miller
Ron Miller   5/17/2013   18 comments
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.
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Alan Reiter   5/16/2013   30 comments
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.
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Harry Hawk   5/15/2013   22 comments
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.
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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.
Second Shooter
Locked Handsets Aren't the Problem – Subsidies Are the Problem

3|13|13   |   2:09   |   10 comments


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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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to
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Websites Should Consider Tougher ID Verification Policies
Alan Reiter
The apartment and house sharing service,
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