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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: 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: How Fast is Fast? - lpricci49 - 9/30/2008
Comment: Twit Power - Murugan - 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: Make it a democracy - Murugan - 9/30/2008
Comment: Going past the fence - Murugan - 9/30/2008
Comment: Isn't it exciting? - Jason_13 - 9/30/2008
Comment: The Truth is.... - hounhosp - 9/29/2008
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
Comment: REally? - EliteC - 9/29/2008
Comment: Internet gets blame - viboons - 9/29/2008
Comment: Really? - rsheel - 9/29/2008
Comment: Re: Return Counter - rsheel - 9/29/2008
Internet Gets Blame for Market's Plunge
Editor's Blog  
9/29/2008   13 comments
As a result of the rejection of the economic bailout plan in the House, the stock market has plunged 600 points today. And the Internet might be partially to blame
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
Too Much Text, Not Enough Social
Todd Watson  
9/29/2008   Post a comment
Study reveals it's time to talk less about corporate social networking and do it more
Comment: good and bad - Natalies_mommy - 9/29/2008
Comment: New versus old media. - cjon316 - 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
Letter Calls for 'Internet-Friendly Debates'
Editor's Blog  
9/26/2008   25 comments
2008 Presidential Debates: Keeping them above the belt and Internet-friendly
Comment: Double Lives - Eileen_Kramer - 9/26/2008
Scott Kveton, Chairman, OpenID Foundation
Dialogue  
9/26/2008   1 comment
Scott Kveton, chairman of the OpenID Foundation, talks about OpenID's security and implementation challenges, frustrations with the Data Portability Working Group, and his love for making pizza
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
(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: Ignoring Politics - cjon316 - 9/25/2008
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: Ignoring Politics - RebeccaGill - 9/24/2008
Comment: The Dynamite - Murugan - 9/24/2008
Yes, Hard to Believe: Narcissism on Facebook
Editor's Blog  
9/24/2008   9 comments
Have a lot of friends on Facebook? Scientists say you may be a narcissist
Comment: Re: Get On Board!!! - dlavie - 9/24/2008
Comment: Re: Cool no more... - reiter - 9/24/2008
Comment: Re: Get On Board!!! - viboons - 9/24/2008
Comment: 2nd life on TV - kochsner - 9/24/2008
Comment: Cool no more... - kochsner - 9/24/2008
Comment: IP No Evil... - kochsner - 9/24/2008
Comment: pretty funny - jonnomh - 9/23/2008
Comment: Get On Board!!! - Paul Whyte - 9/23/2008
Comment: definition of privacy - tech_ed - 9/23/2008
Your Appliances Are Smarter Than You
Editor's Blog  
9/23/2008   24 comments
Newly formed alliance, the IP for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance, hopes to promote the adoption of IP-enabled inanimate objects
Comment: Re: Commercial Value?? - reiter - 9/23/2008
Comment: Re: Good observation - viboons - 9/23/2008
Comment: Commercial Value?? - Raza - 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: Good observation - viboons - 9/22/2008
Virtual Worlds: New Life for Interactive TV
Michael Mascioni  
9/22/2008   1 comment
How the Web can enhance and even change your favorite TV shows
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
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: Information overload - kalwar.g - 9/20/2008
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
Comment: Re: The loss of self - reiter - 9/19/2008
Comment: Re: The loss of self - jwallace - 9/19/2008
Comment: Re: The loss of self - reiter - 9/19/2008
Comment: The loss of self - kurniawan - 9/19/2008
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: RIP CPMs? - Terry Sweeney - 9/18/2008
New Group to Quantify Value of Social Networks
Thomas August Gerace  
9/18/2008   7 comments
A new group of advertisers and social networkers plans to standardize metrics for marketing campaigns on social networks
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
Comment: Re: Yah yah - BryanPerson - 9/17/2008
Comment: Re: Dual personalities - Asad - 9/17/2008
Comment: Dual personalities - 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
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: 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
A New Take on Internet-Based AI
Yihong Ding  
9/16/2008   10 comments
Artificial intelligence as envisoned by startup Imindi relies on machines to help people be smarter
Comment: Identity and Rule - 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
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
Show Me the Money... Really
Todd Watson  
9/15/2008   Post a comment
Maybe your money is safer in the mattress
Comment: Re: 'Podcast'? - Mr. Roques - 9/14/2008
Comment: Re: it's about property - ecsd - 9/14/2008
Comment: Re: an opinion - dlavie - 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: an opinion - Mashka - 9/13/2008
Comment: Low Tech Tweeters - rjh - 9/12/2008
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?
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
Pondering 9/11 in a Web 2.0 World
Editor's Blog  
9/11/2008   15 comments
If the events of 9/11 were to happen in today's always-on Web 2.0 world, would we have been better or worse off?
Comment: Re: 'Podcast'? - lenrosen - 9/10/2008
Comment: Chrome - kalwar.g - 9/10/2008
Comment: Product pitches - Mary Jander - 9/10/2008
The Online Community Approach to IT Marketing
David Vellante  
9/9/2008   4 comments
Forget white papers and podcasts. Today's IT influencers need help applying your technology, instead of product pitches
Word-of-Mouth Marketing Goes Online
Deborah Nason  
9/9/2008   13 comments
People will talk – offline or on
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 Clients Want From Their Digital Agencies
Todd Watson  
9/8/2008   Post a comment
Marketers want their agencies to have a greater knowledge of the digital space
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
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
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
Get Ready for the Touchy-Feely Internet
Editor's Blog  
9/4/2008   1 comment
Weiden+Kennedy's Renny Gleeson says, for brands, a presence on social media is not enough to establish a connection
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
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
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
Spammers Operate in Alphabetical Order
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
9/3/2008   2 comments
New research on spamming techniques shows the beginning of the alphabet more front-loaded with non-existent email addresses
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
Comment: He's unstoppable! - M Hulot - 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 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
Comment: Childproof Internet - kalwar.g - 9/2/2008
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
Comment: Getting Past 2.0 - lpricci49 - 9/2/2008
Comment: Re: middle man? - jwallace - 9/1/2008
Counterpoint: Filtering Is Needed to Childproof Internet Porn
Mary E. Shacklett  
9/1/2008   25 comments
Filtering traffic may be controversial, but it's vital to the safety of children on and off the Internet
Inverge Promises 'Web Plus Everything'
Editor's Blog  
9/1/2008   6 comments
Interactive convergence: It's about more than just Web 2.0 – content's king again, and now comes the hard part of distributing it far and wide




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Ron Miller   5/17/2013   15 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.
Alan Reiter
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.
Harry Hawk
Harry Hawk   5/15/2013   20 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.
Rasheen A. Whidbee
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.
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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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Todd Watson   5/17/2013   1 comment
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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
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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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
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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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
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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Websites Should Consider Tougher ID Verification Policies
Alan Reiter
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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