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Comment: Re: Good points - Anand Y - 1/31/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit's black box - modza - 1/31/2012
Comment: Gotta love it - scucci - 1/31/2012
Comment: Re: Twitter, ACTA - taimur_tz - 1/31/2012
Comment: Re: Good points - modza - 1/31/2012
Comment: Re: funny - taimur_tz - 1/31/2012
Comment: Re: Twitter, ACTA - Mr. Roques - 1/31/2012
Comment: Re: It's a bit much - Kim Davis - 1/31/2012
Comment: Good points - Nicole Ferraro - 1/31/2012
Obama Hangs Out on Google+
Editor's Blog  
1/31/2012   39 comments
Five Americans were chosen to participate in a Google+ Hangout with President Obama on Monday evening
Comment: Twitter, ACTA - nathanwosnack - 1/31/2012
Twitter's Clever Censorship Policy
Robert McGarvey  
1/31/2012   23 comments
Far from damaging free speech, Twitter's latest policy on tweets is likely to enable users to outsmart totalitarian government censors.
Comment: Re: Longitude - George Taylor - 1/31/2012
Comment: overturned conviction - cjon316 - 1/31/2012
Comment: Re: People tracking - scbennett - 1/31/2012
Comment: funny - slfisher - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Change is slow - robjvargas - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - Alan Reiter - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Us vs. Them - KMT568 - 1/30/2012
Comment: Change is slow - KMT568 - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit vs Slashdot - KMT568 - 1/30/2012
Clouds for Scientific Research Spark Debate
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
1/30/2012   14 comments
As scientists move toward collaboration and open access to data, clouds are a logical next step -- one likely to spur debate.
Comment: Re: tough choices - Paul Whyte - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - Alan Reiter - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - Kim Davis - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - Alan Reiter - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - Alan Reiter - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - Alan Reiter - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: People tracking - taimur_tz - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - Paul Whyte - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - dcuperus - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - dcuperus - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: tough choices - Alan Reiter - 1/30/2012
The Web Could Transform Science (If Allowed to Do So)
George Taylor  
1/30/2012   30 comments
Academic publishers threaten to obstruct the progress of science in the name of profit for peer-reviewed journals.
Comment: tough choices - Nicole Ferraro - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Well stated - dcuperus - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: People tracking - scbennett - 1/30/2012
Twitter Caves to Censors but Isn't the Enemy
Reiter's Block  
1/30/2012   13 comments
Twitter said it could block tweets on a country-by-country basis. But avoid knee jerk reactions!
Comment: Re: People tracking - scbennett - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit's black box - kq4ym - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: GPS versus a Tail - antonis - 1/30/2012
Comment: Reddit's black box - Ron_Miller - 1/30/2012
Comment: Re: It's a bit much - antonis - 1/30/2012
Why Reddit Rules in the Social Media Age
Wagner James Au  
1/30/2012   32 comments
Reddit has become a hub of Internet influence, thanks to some unique characteristics that differentiate it from Twitter and Facebook.
Comment: tell you what I want - slfisher - 1/28/2012
Comment: Re: GPS versus a Tail - jabailo - 1/28/2012
Comment: Re: Well stated - nasimson - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: GPS versus a Tail - jabailo - 1/27/2012
Comment: Re: Well stated - Kim Davis - 1/27/2012
Comment: Well stated - Mary Jander - 1/27/2012
Comment: GPS versus a Tail - jabailo - 1/27/2012
The EU Gets Hawkish on Privacy
Editor's Blog  
1/27/2012   11 comments
The EU's proposed directive on Internet privacy puts data control back in the hands of consumers.
Comment: Defining privacy - Mary Jander - 1/27/2012
SCOTUS GPS Decision Stirs Privacy Questions
Steven C. Bennett  
1/27/2012   79 comments
A recent Supreme Court decision on the admisability of GPS evidence may have farther-reaching consequences than may be initially apparent.
Comment: Re: Getting Paid - kq4ym - 1/27/2012
SOPA: Forget Technical, Think Constitutional
Second Shooter  
1/27/2012   5 comments
The problem is that the basic concept is a violation of due process.
Taking a Look at Tech Trade Groups
Christopher Olson  
1/26/2012   9 comments
Looking for connections in Washington? Want to chat up policy makers and key figures in the industry? Check out these tech advocacy groups.
Comment: Reality 101 - The Dream Chaser - 1/26/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - q5sys - 1/25/2012
Comment: Re: just wondering.... - kq4ym - 1/25/2012
Comment: Re: 10 Web Tools - Brian Newby - 1/25/2012
Comment: Re: End Goal of Cyberwar - Gigi - 1/25/2012
Comment: Fake IDs are it - magneticnorth - 1/24/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/24/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - pcharles - 1/24/2012
Comment: Music 2.0 - The Dream Chaser - 1/24/2012
Comment: Re: 10 Web Tools - Brian Newby - 1/24/2012
Comment: Re: Tough lesson - Kim Davis - 1/24/2012
The Art of Cyberwar
Kenneth Geers  
1/24/2012   25 comments
Cyberwarfare demands a fresh look at military theory. Traditional approaches to warfare may not extend to the Net.
10 Web Tools for Following the 2012 Election
Editor's Blog  
1/24/2012   18 comments
We've rounded up 10 digital tools for following the 2012 battle for the United States presidency.
Comment: Re: Real-name problems - Gigi - 1/24/2012
Comment: Re: Another prediction - Gigi - 1/24/2012
Comment: Another prediction - hounhosp - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Tough lesson - cjon316 - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - Brian Newby - 1/23/2012
Five Predictions for Cloud Computing
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
1/23/2012   10 comments
Think you know where cloud computing's headed? See if you agree with these top five predictions, gleaned from the news and expert opinion.
Comment: Re: Who Won? - The Dream Chaser - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Post Blackout - cjon316 - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: playing hardball - Ariella - 1/23/2012
China Cracks Whip on Microbloggers... or Does It?
Robert McGarvey  
1/23/2012   7 comments
China's requirement that microbloggers register their real identities with ISPs could go the way of that nation's ineffective smoking ban.
Comment: Re: Too true - Brian Newby - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: playing hardball - Kicheko - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: playing hardball - Kicheko - 1/23/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - Kicheko - 1/23/2012
Comment: Tough lesson - cjon316 - 1/22/2012
Comment: Insightful letter - cjon316 - 1/22/2012
Comment: Piracy defined - cjon316 - 1/22/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - Brian Newby - 1/22/2012
Comment: what surprises me - slfisher - 1/22/2012
Comment: Great Contribution - abdlah - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: True that!!! - abdlah - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: True that!!! - Ron_Miller - 1/21/2012
Comment: True that!!! - abdlah - 1/21/2012
Comment: playing hardball - Chris Poley - 1/21/2012
Comment: Who Won? - The Dream Chaser - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Effect on Sites - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Effect on Sites - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Effect on Sites - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - SecTech - 1/21/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - The Dream Chaser - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - Mary Jander - 1/20/2012
Comment: Effect on Sites - Kim Davis - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - The Dream Chaser - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: Too true - hounhosp - 1/20/2012
Comment: Too true - Nicole Ferraro - 1/20/2012
Of SOPA, the DOJ, & Anonymous
Karla Marciszewski  
1/20/2012   56 comments
The hacker group moves aggressively as the Department of Justice takes down an infamous Asia/Pacific site.
Comment: 2 Questions - dcuperus - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: MegaUpload - Ron_Miller - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: Post Blackout - Kim Davis - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: defining piracy - Kim Davis - 1/20/2012
Comment: Re: MegaUpload - dcuperus - 1/20/2012
Comment: Let's Define Piracy - DHagar - 1/19/2012
Comment: MegaUpload - The Dream Chaser - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - pcharles - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: defining piracy - pcharles - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: User Awareness - pcharles - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: defining piracy - Kim Davis - 1/19/2012
Comment: defining piracy - Ariella - 1/19/2012
Let's Define Piracy
Ron Miller  
1/19/2012   78 comments
Content piracy isn't what the big media companies would have you believe. It's time to take a look at what it really means.
Comment: Re: Post Blackout - Kim Davis - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/19/2012
Comment: Feeling OK? - Nicole Ferraro - 1/19/2012
Comment: Post Blackout - Chris.Browne - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Kim Davis - 1/19/2012
January 18: A Day of Action
Kim Davis  
1/19/2012   8 comments
An update on the day Wikipedia, Reddit, and BoingBoing went dark to protest SOPA.
Comment: Well done - Nicole Ferraro - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: Boredom - Mr. Roques - 1/19/2012
Comment: Re: User Awareness - Mr. Roques - 1/19/2012
Tech Group's Open Letter to Its Congressman
Jonathan Hochman  
1/19/2012   19 comments
A group of Internet marketing professionals in New England outlines their concerns with SOPA and PIPA.
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Getting Paid - ScreenWriter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Getting Paid - The Dream Chaser - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Kim Davis - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: The War - Alan Reiter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Well said - Alan Reiter - 1/18/2012
Comment: Well said - Nicole Ferraro - 1/18/2012
Eliminating Congressional Cockroaches
Reiter's Block  
1/18/2012   24 comments
We must consider anti-Internet politicians and lobbyists the same way we all do cockroaches.
Mobile Websites Do/Don't Show SOPA Blackout
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
1/18/2012   2 comments
Regular desktop sites and mobile sites differ in how they are actually blacking out the Internet to protest SOPA.
Comment: Shumer supports it? - Kim Davis - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Need some help - aum007 - 1/18/2012
Comment: Re: Wikipedia - dmcnish - 1/18/2012
Comment: The point - Michael P. Kassner - 1/18/2012
Comment: Passed Out - The Dream Chaser - 1/18/2012
Comment: Wikipedia - Nicole Ferraro - 1/18/2012
Comment: This is good.... - Chris Poley - 1/18/2012
Comment: safety vs... - Mashka - 1/17/2012
Comment: Chinese censorship - bmccull - 1/17/2012
Comment: Re: SOPA Opera - knoxzoo - 1/17/2012
Comment: Dan Gillmore - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: SOPA Opera - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: Re: Twitter - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: Re: Twitter - Mary Jander - 1/17/2012
Comment: Heads Up - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: Re: Twitter - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
Comment: Twitter - Joe Stanganelli - 1/17/2012
Comment: Blackout - The Dream Chaser - 1/17/2012
SOPA Blackouts Continue Despite White House Pushback
Editor's Blog  
1/17/2012   54 comments
Some sites will go dark tomorrow in protest of SOPA.
DOJ's 'Clarification' of Wire Act Adds to Confusion
Dan Cypra  
1/17/2012   4 comments
A recent opinion letter from the Department of Justice has confused the status of online gambling, rather than clarifying it.
Comment: How Can You Tell... - knoxzoo - 1/16/2012
Why Europe's 'Clean IT' Plan Isn't
Michael Bennett Cohn  
1/16/2012   14 comments
A program sponsored by EU members conceals several elements that could provide too much Internet control to government agencies.
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Ron_Miller - 1/15/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - robjvargas - 1/15/2012
Comment: Re: Going Dark - taimur_tz - 1/15/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Ron_Miller - 1/14/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Mary Jander - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Mary Jander - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Ron_Miller - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Speak Softly - Ron_Miller - 1/13/2012
Comment: Speak Softly - The Dream Chaser - 1/13/2012
Comment: Going Dark - The Dream Chaser - 1/13/2012
To the MPAA, All Critics Are Pro-Piracy
Ron Miller  
1/13/2012   60 comments
The Motion Picture Association of America aggressively seeks out content pirates -- perhaps too aggressively.
Comment: Re: The War - Mr. Roques - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Words as Weapons - Gigi - 1/13/2012
Comment: Re: Words as Weapons - mhhfive - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: Words as Weapons - mhhfive - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: Us vs. Them - Paul Whyte - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: Us vs. Them - Kim Davis - 1/12/2012
Comment: Us vs. Them - The Dream Chaser - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Ron_Miller - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Kim Davis - 1/12/2012
Comment: Contradictions - Kim Davis - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Mary Jander - 1/12/2012
The Great Chinese Blogger Mystery
Robert McGarvey  
1/12/2012   14 comments
A new book by a Chinese blogger doesn't portend any loosening of China's Great Firewall -- or its government's cultural attitude.
Comment: Re: Reddit - Ron_Miller - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - antonis - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Ron_Miller - 1/12/2012
China's State-Owned Websites Set for IPOs
Xuefei (Michael) Peng  
1/12/2012   13 comments
China's State Council Information Office has created separate enterprises out of multiple state-owned news sites; now it's taking them public.
Comment: Re: SOPA - scucci - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - antonis - 1/12/2012
Comment: Re: SOPA - Ron_Miller - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: SOPA - Mary Jander - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: DOA - Kim Davis - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Ron_Miller - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Ariella - 1/11/2012
Comment: DOA - Bolingbroke - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Ron_Miller - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: SOPA - Ron_Miller - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - mhhfive - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: SOPA - The Dream Chaser - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Ron_Miller - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Nicole Ferraro - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: Reddit - Ron_Miller - 1/11/2012
Comment: Reddit - Nicole Ferraro - 1/11/2012
Comment: Re: SOPA - Ron_Miller - 1/11/2012
Comment: SOPA - The Dream Chaser - 1/11/2012
The Government's Cloud Security Program
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
1/11/2012   6 comments
The FedRAMP controls issued this week as a baseline for federal government cloud security represent very early steps in an ongoing process.
Comment: Great topic - Nicole Ferraro - 1/11/2012
Reddit Will 'Go Dark' to Protest SOPA. Right On!
Ron Miller  
1/11/2012   44 comments
The popular user-curated site has announced a plan to go down for 12 hours on January 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
Comment: Re: Curious, Jerry - antonis - 1/11/2012
Comment: Let the people decide. - aum007 - 1/11/2012
Comment: Power to the user - antonis - 1/11/2012
It's Time to Choose Sides in Battle for the Internet
Jerry Bishop  
1/11/2012   30 comments
The Internet is the focus of a battle for control by governments and commercial interests. It's time for users to choose sides.
Comment: Reminds Me Of A Quote - knoxzoo - 1/10/2012
Comment: this was inevitable... - robin - 1/10/2012
How Governments Are Hurting the Web's Progress
Editor's Blog  
1/10/2012   6 comments
The Internet Evolution team has published a report on the myriad ways governments worldwide are seeking to control the Web.
Comment: Re: The War - Alan Reiter - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The War - Kim Davis - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The War - Alan Reiter - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The War - The Dream Chaser - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The War - Alan Reiter - 1/9/2012
The Government vs. the Web
The Big Report  
1/9/2012   23 comments
Governments worldwide are demonstrating their intent to destroy the Web as we know it.
Comment: Re: The War - The Dream Chaser - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: The War - Alan Reiter - 1/9/2012
Comment: The War - The Dream Chaser - 1/9/2012
Comment: Re: Totally agree - Kurtkeys - 1/7/2012
Comment: Re: This is scary - Kurtkeys - 1/7/2012
Comment: just so you know - slfisher - 1/7/2012
Comment: Re: IP - Alan Reiter - 1/6/2012
Comment: Re: IP - SecTech - 1/6/2012
Comment: Re: This is scary - SecTech - 1/6/2012
Comment: Re: IP - Alan Reiter - 1/6/2012
Comment: Re: IP - SecTech - 1/6/2012
Comment: Re: Encryption? - Ron_Miller - 1/6/2012
Comment: Re: This is scary - Ron_Miller - 1/6/2012
Comment: Re: IP - Alan Reiter - 1/6/2012
Comment: Encryption? - mhhfive - 1/6/2012
Comment: This is scary - SecTech - 1/6/2012
Just a Random Friday
Todd Watson  
1/6/2012   Post a comment
A New Year's roundup by Todd Watson.
Comment: Re: Totally agree - Kim Davis - 1/6/2012
Comment: Re: Catching Up - Ron_Miller - 1/6/2012
Comment: Catching Up - The Dream Chaser - 1/6/2012
Comment: Totally agree - Nicole Ferraro - 1/6/2012
Internet Not a Human Right, Says Google
Kim Davis  
1/6/2012   9 comments
Google Internet Evangelist Vinton G. Cerf is right.
Ad Site Crimes: Shutdown Isn't the Solution
Robert McGarvey  
1/6/2012   13 comments
A string of murders in Detroit tied to ads on Backpage.com shouldn't lead to shuttering of the site, this author says.
Comment: Re: IP - SecTech - 1/6/2012
Comment: symbolic - Mashka - 1/5/2012
Comment: Re: IP - Alan Reiter - 1/5/2012
Comment: IP - Kim Davis - 1/5/2012
Comment: IP - Kim Davis - 1/5/2012
It's Time for the Courts to Catch Up With Technology
Ron Miller  
1/5/2012   59 comments
A recent ruling by a federal judge upholds the right of law enforcement to apply a GPS tracking device to a car without a warrant.
Comment: Re: Roman General - SecTech - 1/5/2012
Comment: Orderly Chaos First! - mhhfive - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Cry havoc (etc)! - SecTech - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Fantastic - Nicole Ferraro - 1/4/2012
Hackers in Space
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
1/4/2012   17 comments
German hackers want to coordinate an alternative satellite-based Internet.
Comment: Re: Fantastic - SecTech - 1/4/2012
Pressing the Iowa Horse Flesh
Todd Watson  
1/4/2012   Post a comment
The latest on the Iowa caucuses.
Comment: Re: Fantastic - Nicole Ferraro - 1/4/2012
Comment: Cry havoc (etc)! - Kim Davis - 1/4/2012
Hell Unleashed: The Internet-SOPA War
Alan Reiter  
1/4/2012   65 comments
If the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) passes, it could kick off a war between Internet constituents and legislators.
Comment: Re: Remember BofA? - SecTech - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Remember BofA? - aum007 - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Remember BofA? - SteveGNYC - 1/4/2012
Comment: Remember BofA? - robjvargas - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Thought - Ron_Miller - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Thought - SecTech - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Fantastic - SecTech - 1/4/2012
Comment: Re: Thought - Gigi - 1/4/2012
New Cyberstrategy Highlights UK Weaknesses
George Taylor  
1/4/2012   9 comments
Sadly, a new government-sponsored strategy highlights UK's lack of ICT infrastructure and education.
Comment: Re: Thought - The Dream Chaser - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Thought - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
Comment: Thought - The Dream Chaser - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Quite amazing - SteveGNYC - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Alan Reiter - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Thanks! - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
The Iowa Caucuses
Todd Watson  
1/3/2012   Post a comment
Let the caucusing begin!
Comment: Re: Observations - Kim Davis - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Alan Reiter - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Kim Davis - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Observations - Kim Davis - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Quite amazing - knoxzoo - 1/3/2012
Comment: Thanks! - knoxzoo - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Consuming - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Fantastic - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Fantastic - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Consuming - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Fantastic - Nicole Ferraro - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Fantastic - Nicole Ferraro - 1/3/2012
Comment: Consuming - The Dream Chaser - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Fantastic - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
Comment: Fantastic - Nicole Ferraro - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Quite amazing - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Quite amazing - SecTech - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Quite amazing - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Quite amazing - Ron_Miller - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Quite amazing - Kim Davis - 1/3/2012
Consumers Flex Online Muscles
Ron Miller  
1/3/2012   53 comments
Using social networks, consumers have changed unpopular policies in at least two instances lately.
Comment: Re: Observations - Alan Reiter - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Soap~Opera - Alan Reiter - 1/3/2012
Comment: Cybercrime?? - Mary Jander - 1/3/2012
Comment: Re: Freedom rocks!!! - aum007 - 1/2/2012




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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.
Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   8 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.
George Taylor
George Taylor   5/20/2013   10 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?
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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

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.
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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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