Amazon & Zappos: An Odd Couple Chris Poley 7/24/2009 38 comments It's questionable whether Amazon can support the hip and customer-oriented business model Zappos brings to the table
Amazon & Yahoo Go Shopping Editor's Blog 7/23/2009 5 comments Amazon spends nearly $1 billion to acquire online shoe retailer Zappos, while Yahoo drops $20 million on Xoopit to try to reemerge in the Facebook era
Deal With It: Being Online Is Risky Security Clan Editor's Blog 7/22/2009 19 comments Being online is a lot like everyday life – you make yourself vulnerable and accept the risks that come with it
Forecasting the Future for Latin America Stephen Saunders 7/22/2009 13 comments I recently completed an online Q&A with users of the BBC World Service's Spanish American Service. There were some terrific questions, and I hope you enjoy the answers I gave
Private Polling Internet Evolution Poll 7/20/2009 3 comments Privacy is a hot topic when it comes to the Web, but we want to know... Is there really any such thing as privacy online?
The Right Place for Social Networking? The Big Report 7/18/2009 3 comments IT leaders are wrestling with how to bring informal collaboration into rigorous processes such as global project management and product development
Hackers For Charity Runs Afoul of PayPal Security Clan Editor's Blog 7/15/2009 6 comments A change in account status triggers a freeze on funds, which gets blogged, tweeted, and re-tweeted to a happy ending
SSN Researchers Add to Social Insecurity Security Clan Editor's Blog 7/8/2009 8 comments Two Carnegie Mellon researchers created an algorithm that's remarkably accurate at predicting some people's Social Security numbers
Internet Radio Gets a Second Chance Editor's Blog 7/8/2009 9 comments Internet radio and the music industry strike a deal that will save Webcasters from certain death for the time being
The Day the eMusic Died Rob Salkowitz 7/8/2009 10 comments Troubling changes at a major music site set an example for how not to run an online business
VC Fund Puts Andreessen on Hot Seat Chris Poley 7/6/2009 14 comments All eyes will be on whether the Netscape co-founder and his partner will succeed with an ambitious new Internet venture fund
Amazon & Zappos: An Odd Couple Chris Poley 7/24/2009 38 comments It's questionable whether Amazon can support the hip and customer-oriented business model Zappos brings to the table
Amazon & Yahoo Go Shopping Editor's Blog 7/23/2009 5 comments Amazon spends nearly $1 billion to acquire online shoe retailer Zappos, while Yahoo drops $20 million on Xoopit to try to reemerge in the Facebook era
Deal With It: Being Online Is Risky Security Clan Editor's Blog 7/22/2009 19 comments Being online is a lot like everyday life – you make yourself vulnerable and accept the risks that come with it
Forecasting the Future for Latin America Stephen Saunders 7/22/2009 13 comments I recently completed an online Q&A with users of the BBC World Service's Spanish American Service. There were some terrific questions, and I hope you enjoy the answers I gave
Private Polling Internet Evolution Poll 7/20/2009 3 comments Privacy is a hot topic when it comes to the Web, but we want to know... Is there really any such thing as privacy online?
The Right Place for Social Networking? The Big Report 7/18/2009 3 comments IT leaders are wrestling with how to bring informal collaboration into rigorous processes such as global project management and product development
Hackers For Charity Runs Afoul of PayPal Security Clan Editor's Blog 7/15/2009 6 comments A change in account status triggers a freeze on funds, which gets blogged, tweeted, and re-tweeted to a happy ending
SSN Researchers Add to Social Insecurity Security Clan Editor's Blog 7/8/2009 8 comments Two Carnegie Mellon researchers created an algorithm that's remarkably accurate at predicting some people's Social Security numbers
Internet Radio Gets a Second Chance Editor's Blog 7/8/2009 9 comments Internet radio and the music industry strike a deal that will save Webcasters from certain death for the time being
The Day the eMusic Died Rob Salkowitz 7/8/2009 10 comments Troubling changes at a major music site set an example for how not to run an online business
VC Fund Puts Andreessen on Hot Seat Chris Poley 7/6/2009 14 comments All eyes will be on whether the Netscape co-founder and his partner will succeed with an ambitious new Internet venture fund
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.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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.
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.
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.
Ushering in a new era of cognitive computing systems, IBM announced today the IBM Watson Engagement Advisor, a technology breakthrough that allows brands to crunch big data in record time to transform the way they engage clients in key functions such as customer service, marketing, and sales.
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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. CLICK FOR MORE
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. CLICK FOR MORE
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. CLICK FOR MORE
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. CLICK FOR MORE
