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Comment: How do you rate? - cjon316 - 12/31/2008
Comment: Calm down - Tim Bell - 12/31/2008
Comment: The Public - kurniawan - 12/31/2008
Comment: The Top of Top Ten - lpricci49 - 12/31/2008
Top 10 Internet Evolution Moments of 2008
Editor's Blog  
12/31/2008   19 comments
We rank our 10 favorite moments of the year past... because what else is a publication supposed to do on New Year's Eve?
Comment: My Favorite 08 Discovery - KMT568 - 12/30/2008
Comment: Re: Interesting, but... - mtechie - 12/30/2008
Comment: Predictions 09 - dbergman - 12/30/2008
Comment: Difficulty in ratings - dbergman - 12/30/2008
Comment: Re: Both ways - EliteC - 12/29/2008
Comment: Re: Close out 2008 - EliteC - 12/29/2008
Best & Worst of the Hype
Internet Evolution Poll  
12/29/2008   Post a comment
Which of 2008's overly hyped product releases was the most disappointing, and which the most satisfying?
Comment: Government? - MShellC - 12/29/2008
Comment: Re: Reinforce the Good - bwelford - 12/29/2008
Comment: My Favorites - MShellC - 12/29/2008
Comment: Re: Both ways - Jason_13 - 12/29/2008
Comment: Reinforce the Good - bwelford - 12/29/2008
This Web Is Not Yet Rated
Editor's Blog  
12/29/2008   29 comments
Britain's culture secretary, Andy Burnham, recommends cinema-style ratings for Websites, demonstrating a bit of confusion about how the Internet works
Bypassing IT
Internet Evolution IT Clan Poll  
12/29/2008   Post a comment
In some organizations, IT represents a technical bureaucracy that seems to encourage rogue installations of software and hardware. Is this happening to you?
Comment: Both ways - Abdulsalam - 12/29/2008
India's Internet Businesses Regroup
Sandeep Amar  
12/29/2008   6 comments
The economic downturn has forced Indian Internet startups to consider their mistakes
Comment: 2009 Predictions - mtechie - 12/28/2008
Comment: Thanks, Rob. - scottsgirl - 12/27/2008
Comment: Re: gadgtes of future - reiter - 12/27/2008
Comment: Re: Gadgets ... - reiter - 12/27/2008
Comment: Re: Complicated - djbrown - 12/26/2008
Comment: Re: Close out 2008 - Chunk4546 - 12/26/2008
Comment: Re: Complicated - Chunk4546 - 12/26/2008
Comment: Re: gadgtes of future - Asad - 12/26/2008
Comment: Re: Gadgets ... - Asad - 12/26/2008
Comment: Close out 2008 - EliteC - 12/26/2008
Online Communities: Private vs. Public
Editor's Blog  
12/26/2008   16 comments
When deploying an online community around your brand, is it better to go public or keep it private?
Comment: Re: Information war - reiter - 12/25/2008
Comment: Nicole Brilliant Post!! - aum007 - 12/25/2008
Comment: Information war - Statistician - 12/25/2008
Comment: Loved this blog - jwallace - 12/24/2008
Comment: You can touch this! - Digdem - 12/24/2008
No Pouting, No Crying as We Close Out 2008
Editor's Blog  
12/24/2008   3 comments
We're telling you why: Internet Evolution declares love and hate for some of the happenings in and around the Internet industry in 2008
Comment: Complicated - Nicole Ferraro - 12/24/2008
Comment: Re: 5 Worst... - scrawford - 12/24/2008
Comment: Re: A Powerful Tool - scrawford - 12/24/2008
Military Users Face Internet Barriers Despite Holidays
Rob Salkowitz  
12/24/2008   15 comments
Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan face considerable hurdles to keeping in touch with folks back home
Comment: Re: gadgtes of future - reiter - 12/24/2008
Comment: Re: Gadgets ... - reiter - 12/24/2008
Comment: Re: Predictable attack - reiter - 12/24/2008
Comment: Predictable attack - Statistician - 12/23/2008
Comment: Twitterpated - kochsner - 12/23/2008
Love/Hate in '08
The Big Report  
12/23/2008   8 comments
A retrospective of the online stuff that made us laugh, weep, cheer, and curse in the last 12 months
Comment: Destination or.... - Root Maniac - 12/23/2008
Comment: Twitter Your Life Away - jabailo - 12/23/2008
Comment: Just An Average Twitterer - kq4ym - 12/23/2008
Comment: Underwhelmed - Mary Jander - 12/23/2008
Comment: Disengaged politics - andres - 12/23/2008
Twitter Trails Facebook in Traffic
Editor's Blog  
12/23/2008   24 comments
A new report shows that Twitter's growth in users outpaces the actual activity on its site
Comment: Gaming technology - Chunk4546 - 12/22/2008
Comment: Pricing Social Nets - bwelford - 12/22/2008
Gaming Innovations Will Contribute to Internet Applications
Mary E. Shacklett  
12/22/2008   9 comments
Gaming innovations like 'haptics' could help Internet applications pack a punch – literally
Comment: Hollywood or bust... - kochsner - 12/21/2008
Comment: 5 Worst... - kochsner - 12/21/2008
Comment: Re: gadgtes of future - Asad - 12/21/2008
Comment: Re: Gadgets ... - Asad - 12/21/2008
Comment: Re: a few more gadgets - Asad - 12/21/2008
Comment: Predictions - Asad - 12/21/2008
Comment: Google panopticon - Mashka - 12/20/2008
Comment: Top 5 Predictions - DHagar - 12/19/2008
Comment: Re: I'm sold - Terry Sweeney - 12/19/2008
Comment: The truth! - hounhosp - 12/19/2008
Draw Your Curtains – Google's Filming
Ira Winkler  
12/19/2008   52 comments
Google Street View is fine for public buildings, but do you really want your kids photographed playing in the front yard?
Social Nets for Business a Pricey Proposition
Editor's Blog  
12/19/2008   19 comments
With all of the crappy enterprise social networking tools out there, it's relatively easy to choose just one
Comment: I'm sold - Chris Poley - 12/18/2008
Comment: I'll Take Geni Thank You - kq4ym - 12/18/2008
Loosely Translated, It's Time to Speak 'Localization'
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
12/18/2008   6 comments
ITers must get conversant in language translation techniques and services if they work for global businesses
David O. Sacks, CEO, Yammer
Dialogue  
12/18/2008   9 comments
Yammer Chief discusses why his company won't suffer the same fate as Twitter, micro-blogging versus 'micro-sharing,' and new Yammer features on the way
Comment: A Powerful Tool - KMT568 - 12/18/2008
Governments' Biggest Online Screw-Ups
The Big Report  
12/18/2008   8 comments
From security breaches and lost emails to threats in cyberspace and plain bad policy decisions, governments around the globe have proven cyber-incompetent
Seesmic Looks to Give Web Chatter a Face
Editor's Blog  
12/17/2008   6 comments
San Francisco-based startup Seesmic adds a layer of identity to threaded online conversations
Comment: Re: Legal not the issue - Geekess - 12/17/2008
Comment: OK - jonnomh - 12/16/2008
The 'Sexting' Trend Threatens Everyone
Rob Salkowitz  
12/16/2008   26 comments
Teenagers, their friends, their parents – no one is above the stringent laws when it comes to this disturbing practice
Comment: RE : status updates - Kicheko - 12/16/2008
Comment: Re: Hmm - jwallace - 12/16/2008
Comment: Re: Hmm - Sarah Milstein - 12/15/2008
Comment: Re: Hmm - Nicole Ferraro - 12/15/2008
Comment: Hmm - Mary Jander - 12/15/2008
Comment: What is my category? - hounhosp - 12/15/2008
Pew: Internet Won't Affect Social Change
Editor's Blog  
12/15/2008   16 comments
According to a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the Internet will not have a positive impact on social tolerance
Status Updates Foster Personal Connectedness
Sarah Milstein  
12/15/2008   9 comments
Status updates help forge the kind of personal connectedness promised but not delivered by technology until recently
Comment: missing categories - tech_ed - 12/15/2008
Comment: type 2 - Auntie NoNo - 12/15/2008
Comment: Predictions for 2009 - DezAtUni - 12/15/2008
Comment: Top five Predictions - Ammar - 12/15/2008
Comment: Re: 2009 Predictions - Mike Acker - 12/13/2008
Comment: Re: Privcacy? - Mike Acker - 12/13/2008
Comment: I am a mix of #2 and #6. - aum007 - 12/13/2008
Comment: Definitely a #2 - TechnoBabbler - 12/12/2008
Comment: 2009 Predictions - TechnoBabbler - 12/12/2008
Comment: Re: Saving Face - Terry Sweeney - 12/12/2008
Comment: Re: Saving Face - sfwriter - 12/12/2008
Comment: Inside IBM's Intranet - DHagar - 12/12/2008
Comment: Privcacy? - Chris Poley - 12/12/2008
Comment: Saving Face - Chris Poley - 12/12/2008
Comment: The UnderSharer!!! - Paul Whyte - 12/12/2008
Comment: Re: Do something else - googlemag - 12/12/2008
Comment: Privacy Bucks!!!!! - Paul Whyte - 12/12/2008
Comment: Re: 2009 PREDICTION - googlemag - 12/12/2008
What Type of Facebooker Are You?
Editor's Blog  
12/12/2008   29 comments
We've narrowed Facebook Personalities into six (6!) categories. Which one do you fit into?
Comment: Hmmm...Let's see... - MShellC - 12/12/2008
Twitter Update: Third-Party Apps Abound
Mathew Ingram  
12/12/2008   8 comments
The famed microblog may not have its own business model, but that's not stopping third-party developers from glomming on
Comment: Re: 2009 PREDICTION - Paul Whyte - 12/12/2008
Comment: 2009 PREDICTION - googlemag - 12/12/2008
Comment: Yep... Tough Times... - Jason_13 - 12/11/2008
Comment: Re: ROI? - SteveGNYC - 12/11/2008
Comment: ROI? - Chris Poley - 12/11/2008
Heart of Darkness: Internet-Enabled Terrorism
Alan Reiter  
12/11/2008   44 comments
The attacks in Mumbai signal a world of cyber-terror waiting to be unleashed
Comment: But Who Do You Trust? - hbetts3 - 12/11/2008
Comment: What's Old Is New Again - hbetts3 - 12/11/2008
Time to Put a Price Tag on Online Behavior Data
David Silversmith  
12/11/2008   7 comments
Many retailers offer discounts or rebates in exchange for letting them track your purchasing behavior – there's no reason to not apply the same models to the Internet
Comment: Re: Chilling anecdotes - jwallace - 12/10/2008
Comment: Season of Insecurity - Leland - 12/10/2008
Comment: Misleading Data - kenton - 12/10/2008
Comment: Chilling anecdotes - Mary Jander - 12/10/2008
Security Woes Mount in the Season of Insecurity
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
12/10/2008   14 comments
The roiling job market may give security pros some pause; but vendors' threat projections may be a welcome bit of bad news
Esther Dyson, Chairman, EDventure Holdings
Dialogue  
12/10/2008   5 comments
Esther Dyson discusses privacy and anonymity, homicide as badware solution, space travel as rich person's pursuit
More Microblogs Graduate to the Enterprise
Chris Poley  
12/10/2008   13 comments
Get ready for due security diligence if you choose the microblogging option for your business
Social Media, Your Customers & You
Editor's Blog  
12/10/2008   5 comments
Industry experts and Web-heads gather to mull the importance of social media to businesses
Slideshow: The Customer Is the Company
Slide Shows  
12/10/2008   Post a comment
Photos from 'The Customer Is the Company,' a Mediabistro.com panel discussion on social media
Comment: business transparency - SteveGNYC - 12/10/2008
Business Transparency Is the New Online Currency
Peter Bowman  
12/10/2008   6 comments
Businesses can't afford to hide behind online marketing materials anymore
Comment: 5 Predictions for 2009 - BWayne - 12/9/2008
Contest: Cast Your Top 5 Predictions for 2009!
Editor's Blog  
12/9/2008   64 comments
Polish off that crystal ball, kids: It's time for Internet Evolution's second annual Internet Predictions contest!
The Internet: Good, Bad, or Indifferent?
Internet Evolution Poll  
12/9/2008   Post a comment
On balance, when you weigh up the pros (ubiquitous, cheap, etc.) and cons (haven for pedophiles, scam artists, terrorists, and so on), is the Internet a force for good – or a force for evil?
Web 2.0 Boosts Virtual Startup Incubators
Michael Mascioni  
12/9/2008   8 comments
Startups looking for help online are getting more directed help, thanks to Web 2.0 techniques
Cyber-Shopping Fails to Excite the Masses
Editor's Blog  
12/8/2008   9 comments
According to a poll, 26 percent of Internet Evolution readers will do half of their holiday shopping online this year
Comment: Re: kind of suprised - dlavie - 12/5/2008
Follow-Up: Magpie Not So Rewarding
Editor's Blog  
12/5/2008   8 comments
Magpie, a service aiming to help users capitalize on their 'Tweets,' has failed to earn me any coin
IT Is Locked Out of Telecommuting Fun
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
12/5/2008   6 comments
Data center pros may start to enjoy more work-from-home privileges as computing and management models shift
Comment: Facebook... Smacebook - kq4ym - 12/5/2008
Comment: Re: kind of suprised - Jason_13 - 12/4/2008
Comment: Interesting, but... - Jason_13 - 12/4/2008
Comment: Not so cut and dry - dlavie - 12/4/2008
Comment: nom de plume - Mike Acker - 12/4/2008
The Revolution May Be Monetized
Andrew Keen  
12/4/2008   16 comments
And apparently tweeted, flickr'd, and blogged, as 'citizen journalism' transforms coverage of events like the terrorism in Mumbai
Comment: Same Old - M Hulot - 12/4/2008
Comment: A one-stop shop - KMT568 - 12/4/2008
Comment: Re: Laws must change - hbetts3 - 12/4/2008
Comment: Content for Dollars - mikebanks - 12/3/2008
Comment: Lifecasting, or is it? - Leland - 12/3/2008
Comment: New Workforce - Leland - 12/3/2008
Comment: Trivial Crimes???? - hounhosp - 12/3/2008
Comment: Cheers IE - Chris Poley - 12/3/2008
Comment: Personally.. - ChrisTOP - 12/3/2008
Comment: What we can do - matt @ Thrive - 12/3/2008
Comment: Re: 1984 - Leland - 12/3/2008
Internet Evolution Premiers 'Rwanda's Internet Revolution'
Editor's Blog  
12/3/2008   12 comments
At the Sony Wonder Technology Lab in New York last night, Internet Evolution, before a small audience of stars, premiered its recent documentary on the Internet's evolution in Rwanda
Comment: Re: 1984 - Mary Jander - 12/3/2008
Comment: Re: 1984 - djbrown - 12/3/2008
Comment: Re: 1984 - Leland - 12/3/2008
Comment: Re: 1984 - djbrown - 12/3/2008
Comment: Re: Olweus - dlavie - 12/3/2008
Comment: Re: Lawless? - kalwar.g - 12/3/2008
Comment: Olweus - kochsner - 12/2/2008
Comment: Re: Ignorance - Lance Alberto - 12/2/2008
Comment: Who is responsible? - codou - 12/2/2008
Comment: Re: Lawless? - Terry Sweeney - 12/2/2008
Comment: Re: Lawless? - J DAmbrosio - 12/2/2008
Comment: Re: Lawless? - matt @ Thrive - 12/2/2008
Comment: Re: Lawless? - Chris Poley - 12/2/2008
Comment: Lawless? - matt @ Thrive - 12/2/2008
The Internet Has Spawned a New Workforce
Dennis A. Kirk  
12/2/2008   13 comments
Employers must keep an open mind about distributed, online employees in order to attract young talent
Comment: Moral-free - matt @ Thrive - 12/2/2008
Comment: Ignorance - mikechesar - 12/2/2008
Lifecasting Raises Ethical Questions
Chris Minnick  
12/2/2008   17 comments
Shouldn't observers move to help out, just as they would offline?
Enough Blame to Go Around in Teen Suicide Cases
Editor's Blog  
12/2/2008   27 comments
In a poll, the plurality of our readers say all parties are to blame for the suicides of Megan Meier and Abraham Biggs
Comment: Re: Gadgets ... - reiter - 12/2/2008
Comment: Re: Interesting move - viboons - 12/2/2008
Comment: Interesting move - Raza - 12/2/2008
Comment: Who Connects better? - viboons - 12/1/2008
Comment: Re: Gadgets ... - lpricci49 - 12/1/2008
Comment: Re: 1984 - Leland - 12/1/2008
Comment: Laws must change - Mary Jander - 12/1/2008
Lazy Prosecutors Pursue Trivial Internet Crimes
Ira Winkler  
12/1/2008   16 comments
Low-hanging fruit like MySpace cyber bullying and the Palin Yahoo hacking case are too good to ignore, while 'evil network' McColo gets a free pass
Comment: Re: 1984 - Terry Sweeney - 12/1/2008
Facebook Connects the Web... Sort Of
Editor's Blog  
12/1/2008   6 comments
Facebook names new partners for Facebook Connect, taking a step toward opening the Web to its users' brain activity
Facebook Connect Getting More Social, But With Whom?
Todd Watson  
12/1/2008   1 comment
Facebook may finally be taking the slow and steady approach to online marketing
Comment: Re: Age Factor - hbetts3 - 12/1/2008
Comment: Re: Communal - David Vellante - 12/1/2008
Comment: LinkedIn - EliteC - 12/1/2008




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David Weldon   5/22/2013   9 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.
Paul Korzeniowski
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   15 comments
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
Joe Stanganelli
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   3 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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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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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
As
Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.

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