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Comment: Re: my $00.02 - cjon316 - 2/29/2012
Comment: Re: hahahahah! - jwallace - 2/29/2012
Comment: Re: hahahahah! - KMT568 - 2/29/2012
Comment: Re: hahahahah! - nathanwosnack - 2/29/2012
Comment: Re: hahahahah! - Brian Newby - 2/29/2012
Comment: Re: User Awareness - pcharles - 2/29/2012
Comment: hahahahah! - nathanwosnack - 2/29/2012
Comment: Ten$ion - The Dream Chaser - 2/29/2012
RIAA CEO Hopes SOPA Protests Were a 'One-Time Thing'
Editor's Blog  
2/29/2012   38 comments
RIAA CEO Cary Sherman responds to my asking whether he really thinks an informed, democratic public is a bad thing.
Comment: Re: The War - Alan Reiter - 2/29/2012
Comment: Re: User Awareness - Mr. Roques - 2/29/2012
Comment: Re: The War - Mr. Roques - 2/29/2012
Comment: Re: Externalities - slfisher - 2/28/2012
Comment: count your blessings - slfisher - 2/28/2012
Comment: it's too bad - slfisher - 2/28/2012
Comment: simple question. - Thread - 2/28/2012
Comment: Update from China - Mary Jander - 2/28/2012
Comment: FIA's Poison Pill - robjvargas - 2/28/2012
Comment: Fair Use - Kim Davis - 2/28/2012
Comment: Re: let count - aum007 - 2/28/2012
Comment: Re: let count - aum007 - 2/28/2012
Comment: Rots ov ruck - Chris Poley - 2/28/2012
Free Internet Act Could Launch Positive Change
Joe Stanganelli  
2/28/2012   15 comments
A large segment of the Internet is upset and feeling underrepresented -- and is attempting to do something productive about it.
Comment: Re: Wearable? - aum007 - 2/28/2012
Comment: Re: Wearable? - Nicole Ferraro - 2/28/2012
Comment: Re: Wearable? - aum007 - 2/28/2012
Comment: Re: Big Brother - aum007 - 2/28/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - Brian Newby - 2/27/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - Nicole Ferraro - 2/27/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - Brian Newby - 2/27/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - Nicole Ferraro - 2/27/2012
Comment: Re: Wearable? - Nicole Ferraro - 2/27/2012
Comment: Re: Big Brother - modza - 2/27/2012
Comment: Big Brother - The Dream Chaser - 2/27/2012
Justified Hacktivism?
Internet Evolution Security Clan Poll  
2/27/2012   Post a comment
Proposed legislation like SOPA/PIPA and now the Child Pornography bill seem to pose a serious threat to a free Internet.
Comment: Re: #11 - Kicheko - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - Brian Newby - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - Kicheko - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: And...AGAIN! - Kicheko - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - Brian Newby - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - aum007 - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - Chris Poley - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: And...AGAIN! - kq4ym - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - kq4ym - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: And...AGAIN! - nimantha.de - 2/26/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - aum007 - 2/25/2012
Comment: Re: #11 - aum007 - 2/25/2012
Comment: Re: Wearable? - aum007 - 2/25/2012
Comment: #11 - Chris Poley - 2/25/2012
Comment: Role of lawyers - cliffbdf - 2/25/2012
Comment: Re: IANAL - cliffbdf - 2/25/2012
Comment: Re: IANAL - aum007 - 2/25/2012
Comment: Google headgear - Mary Jander - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Wearable? - Nicole Ferraro - 2/24/2012
Comment: Wearable? - Mary Jander - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Funny! - Nicole Ferraro - 2/24/2012
Comment: Funny! - Kim Davis - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - Kim Davis - 2/24/2012
10 New Surveillance Methods
Editor's Blog  
2/24/2012   57 comments
Increased connectivity means increased surveillance. Here are 10 new ways you're being watched online.
Comment: Re: Touchy - Nicole Ferraro - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - Nicole Ferraro - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - Nicole Ferraro - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - Kim Davis - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - The Dream Chaser - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - Paul Whyte - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - Kim Davis - 2/24/2012
Comment: Re: Touchy - Mike Acker - 2/24/2012
Comment: Host(ile) hosts! - antonis - 2/24/2012
Comment: Touchy - Nicole Ferraro - 2/23/2012
Obama's Internet Bill of Rights
Editor's Blog  
2/23/2012   14 comments
The White House's framework for Internet privacy legislation faces hurdles with industry and Congress.
Comment: Re: And...AGAIN! - Kim Davis - 2/23/2012
Comment: Re: Space Birds - Bolingbroke - 2/23/2012
Comment: Due process is a must - abdlah - 2/23/2012
Comment: Re: And...AGAIN! - Kim Davis - 2/23/2012
Comment: Section 230 - Kim Davis - 2/23/2012
Comment: Re: let count - Ron_Miller - 2/23/2012
Comment: Re: let count - Mashka - 2/23/2012
Comment: Look- - The Dream Chaser - 2/23/2012
Comment: Re: And...AGAIN! - antonis - 2/23/2012
Comment: Re: let count - Ron_Miller - 2/23/2012
Comment: Re: let count - Mashka - 2/23/2012
Comment: Re: let count - Ron_Miller - 2/23/2012
Comment: Changing world - cbernard - 2/23/2012
Comment: let count - Mashka - 2/23/2012
Unwarranted Site Takedown Prompts Questions
Joe Stanganelli  
2/23/2012   25 comments
A popular Web form-building site was taken down by its host, GoDaddy, without any requirement by law enforcement officials.
Comment: Re: Space Birds - Kim Davis - 2/22/2012
Comment: and..... - Chris Poley - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: East is east! - Ron_Miller - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: Space Birds - Bolingbroke - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: Space Birds - Kim Davis - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: Space Birds - dcuperus - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: Space Birds - Kim Davis - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: Space Birds - dcuperus - 2/22/2012
Comment: Election Year - knoxzoo - 2/22/2012
Comment: Beyond belief - Nicole Ferraro - 2/22/2012
Lamar Smith, Anonymous & the Perfect Storm
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
2/22/2012   24 comments
With Anonymous already spoiling for a fight, Lamar Smith's new attempt to impose surveillance on Web browsing seems set to throw fuel on the fire.
Comment: Re: Space Birds - Mary Jander - 2/22/2012
Comment: Individuals Only? - Bolingbroke - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: Very difficult - kq4ym - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: East is east! - kq4ym - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: Space Birds - Mary Jander - 2/22/2012
Comment: Re: Many happy returns - kq4ym - 2/22/2012
Comment: Space Birds - Nicole Ferraro - 2/22/2012
Angry in Space
Kim Davis  
2/22/2012   19 comments
We've come 50 years from John Glenn's first orbit to the launch of "Angry Birds in Space."
Comment: Externalities - davidmanheim - 2/22/2012
The High Cost of Data Breaches Is Getting Higher
Maria Korolov  
2/22/2012   12 comments
A series of legal decisions and regulations are putting companies in the hot seat when it comes to warning customers about -- and paying for -- data breaches.
Comment: Costly!! - abdlah - 2/22/2012
Comment: Many happy returns - nasimson - 2/22/2012
Online 'E-Filing' of Taxes Rising Fast
Chris Poley  
2/22/2012   30 comments
More taxpayers than ever are filing online, using popular software solutions.
Comment: Re: East is east! - Ron_Miller - 2/21/2012
Comment: Re: East is east! - Mr. Roques - 2/21/2012
Comment: Re: East is east! - Ron_Miller - 2/21/2012
Comment: East is east! - nasimson - 2/21/2012
Comment: Re: And...AGAIN! - Mary Jander - 2/21/2012
Comment: Re: And...AGAIN! - SteveGNYC - 2/21/2012
Apple's China Problem Deeper Than Foxconn
Ron Miller  
2/21/2012   31 comments
Apple is facing more than accusations of Band-Aiding its labor problems in China.
Comment: And...AGAIN! - Kim Davis - 2/21/2012
Comment: Piracy on the rise - nasimson - 2/21/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Ron_Miller - 2/21/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Ron_Miller - 2/21/2012
Piracy Staggers in Megaupload Wake, Despite Claims
Joe Stanganelli  
2/21/2012   18 comments
Despite some claims, the shutdown of Megaupload indeed affected the piracy underworld, though what that means in the long run is debatable.
Comment: Re: SOCA - Mashka - 2/21/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Mashka - 2/20/2012
Comment: Re: Very difficult - Mr. Roques - 2/20/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Mr. Roques - 2/20/2012
Report: Google 'Tricked' Millions of Browsers
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
2/20/2012   38 comments
Google and three other online advertising companies have been accused of deploying software to bypass Apple's Safari privacy settings.
Comment: Re: IANAL - Joe Stanganelli - 2/20/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - The Dream Chaser - 2/19/2012
Comment: my $00.02 - Kurtkeys - 2/18/2012
Comment: Re: Very difficult - Kurtkeys - 2/18/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Ron_Miller - 2/18/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Ron_Miller - 2/18/2012
Comment: IANAL - slfisher - 2/18/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Mashka - 2/17/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - The Dream Chaser - 2/17/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - The Dream Chaser - 2/17/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - Kim Davis - 2/17/2012
Comment: Many obstacles - Mary Jander - 2/17/2012
Where to Find Spectrum if LightSquared's Dead
Reiter's Block  
2/17/2012   4 comments
The FCC wants to kill LightSquared. How else can companies obtain spectrum?
Comment: Re: SOCA - Ron_Miller - 2/17/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - The Dream Chaser - 2/17/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Ron_Miller - 2/17/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Mashka - 2/17/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - The Dream Chaser - 2/16/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - Mary Jander - 2/16/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - The Dream Chaser - 2/16/2012
Comment: Very difficult - Kim Davis - 2/16/2012
Comment: Re: Beyond Hope - smkinoshita - 2/16/2012
Comment: Re: Beyond Hope - Kicheko - 2/16/2012
Comment: cops and social medias - Gigi - 2/16/2012
Comment: EFF - cliffbdf - 2/15/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Ron_Miller - 2/15/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - Ron_Miller - 2/15/2012
Comment: Beyond Hope - The Dream Chaser - 2/15/2012
Comment: Multiple layers - Mary Jander - 2/15/2012
Cops + Social Media = Disaster
Joe Stanganelli  
2/15/2012   40 comments
Law enforcement groups are finding the need for tougher social media policies in the wake of some high-profile snafus.
Comment: Re: Heavy burden - Mary Jander - 2/15/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - SteveGNYC - 2/15/2012
Senators Get Cold Feet on Cybersecurity
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
2/15/2012   6 comments
A group of senators is trying to delay legislation aimed at defending the nation's critical cyber infrastructure.
Comment: Re: SOCA - The Dream Chaser - 2/15/2012
Comment: Re: SOCA - antonis - 2/15/2012
IPads: Instruments of Political Concealment?
Robert McGarvey  
2/15/2012   14 comments
In Petaluma, Calif., a war is being waged against the use of iPads by city officials in public meetings.
Comment: Re: Crazed Politicians - KMT568 - 2/15/2012
Comment: Re: Good Fodder Ron! - Gigi - 2/15/2012
Comment: SOCA - The Dream Chaser - 2/14/2012
Comment: Crazed Politicians - widdiedumb - 2/14/2012
Comment: Re: Battle of Life - Ron_Miller - 2/14/2012
Comment: Re: Battle of Life - Ron_Miller - 2/14/2012
Comment: Re: Good Fodder Ron! - kq4ym - 2/14/2012
Comment: Heavy burden - Nicole Ferraro - 2/14/2012
Comment: Re: Battle of Life - Ron_Miller - 2/14/2012
Comment: Good Fodder Ron! - Chris Poley - 2/14/2012
Comment: Re: Well said, Ron - Ron_Miller - 2/14/2012
The Epic Battle for the Soul of the Internet
Ron Miller  
2/14/2012   47 comments
A battle is raging worldwide, in various pieces of government legislation and among patent trolls, for the freedoms of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Comment: Re: Eye opening - Mary Jander - 2/13/2012
Comment: Re: Bang For The Buck - Kicheko - 2/13/2012
Yes, Data in the Cloud Is Your Responsibility
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
2/13/2012   4 comments
No cloud contract fits all. It is up to the enterprise subscriber to ensure that your expectations for data ownership match your provider's.
Comment: FOIA For All - Bolingbroke - 2/13/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - Kim Davis - 2/13/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - The Dream Chaser - 2/13/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - Chris Poley - 2/13/2012
Comment: Re: Bang For The Buck - antonis - 2/13/2012
Comment: Clarification - Joe Stanganelli - 2/12/2012
Comment: Re: Well stated - Tom Nolle - 2/12/2012
Comment: Re: Good points - nathanwosnack - 2/11/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - Nicole Ferraro - 2/10/2012
Comment: Re: Eye opening - Jason Mick - 2/10/2012
Comment: Re: Eye opening - Mary Jander - 2/10/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - Kim Davis - 2/10/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - Mary Jander - 2/10/2012
Comment: Eye opening - Kim Davis - 2/10/2012
Comment: Re: Go Max! - Kim Davis - 2/10/2012
Comment: Go Max! - Mary Jander - 2/10/2012
Comment: Update - Joe Stanganelli - 2/10/2012
In Defense of Process Patents
Joe Stanganelli  
2/10/2012   73 comments
Not all inventors who patent processes can be labeled as "patent trolls."
The Feds Owe Us Proof in Megaupload Case
Jason Mick  
2/10/2012   19 comments
It will be critical for the feds to establish how much of Kim Dotcom's money came from illegal business.
Facebook's European Nightmare
Kim Davis  
2/10/2012   14 comments
An Austrian law student has been hauling Facebook over the coals for its data protection practices.
Comment: Re: Whoops - Kim Davis - 2/9/2012
IE Radio: We're Live With Erik Martin!
Editor's Blog  
2/9/2012   Post a comment
We're live on IE Radio with Erik Martin, general manager at Reddit. Come over!
Comment: Re: Whoops - Nicole Ferraro - 2/9/2012
Comment: The irony! - Mary Jander - 2/9/2012
Join Us for IE Radio With Erik Martin at 2 PM ET
Editor's Blog  
2/9/2012   Post a comment
We're interviewing Erik Martin, general manager at Reddit, today at 2 PM ET. Tune in!
Comment: Re: Whoops - Kim Davis - 2/8/2012
Comment: Whoops - Nicole Ferraro - 2/8/2012
Comment: The New Patent Law - jabailo - 2/7/2012
Comment: Labor Tariffs - jabailo - 2/7/2012
Comment: Re: I wondered - Bolingbroke - 2/7/2012
Comment: Re: money - Alan Reiter - 2/7/2012
Comment: Re: money - Kurtkeys - 2/7/2012
Comment: Re: money - Alan Reiter - 2/7/2012
Comment: Re: I wondered - Bolingbroke - 2/7/2012
Comment: money - Kurtkeys - 2/7/2012
Comment: Possibly - Michael P. Kassner - 2/7/2012
The Anti-Piracy War Rages On
Editor's Blog  
2/7/2012   7 comments
SOPA and PIPA may have lost round one, but politicians and figureheads worldwide are working hard to draft and pass similar legislation.
The Internet's Most Wanted List
The Big Report  
2/7/2012   31 comments
For the Internet to have a prosperous future, these 10 politicians, lobbyists, and media big-wigs need to step away from it.
Foxconn Won't Put Users Off Apple – & Maybe It Shouldn't
Joe Stanganelli  
2/7/2012   20 comments
Critics of Apple's use of China's Foxconn seem blind to certain facts about the situation.
Comment: Re: Cloud Risk - Kim Davis - 2/2/2012
Comment: Re: Pass the hat - Mary Jander - 2/2/2012
Comment: Re: Pass the hat - Kim Davis - 2/2/2012
Comment: Re: Pass the hat - Mary Jander - 2/2/2012
Comment: Pass the hat - Kim Davis - 2/2/2012
Comment: Cloud Risk - Kim Davis - 2/2/2012
Comment: Re: Push back - WaqasAltaf - 2/2/2012
Comment: Re: Push back - hounhosp - 2/2/2012
Comment: Push back - Michael P. Kassner - 2/2/2012
Comment: Keystone Kops - modza - 2/2/2012
Legit Sites Caught in Megaupload Fallout
Joe Stanganelli  
2/2/2012   25 comments
A number of legitimate users who subscribed to Megaupload for cloud storage are finding themselves unable to retrieve lost data.
Feds Provide Solution to Android's Security Problems
Wisdom of the Big Chair  
2/2/2012   6 comments
The NSA has developed a system that tries to close up Android's security holes.
The Facebook IPO: An Executive Take
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
2/1/2012   18 comments
Facebook's imminent IPO proves beyond doubt the value of social networking to business.
Comment: Glad handing - Kim Davis - 2/1/2012
Comment: Re: It's a bit much - antonis - 2/1/2012




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Mary E. Shacklett
Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
Dan Cypra
Dan Cypra   5/23/2013   18 comments
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
Matt Heusser
Matt Heusser   5/23/2013   7 comments
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
David Weldon
David Weldon   5/22/2013   15 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.
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   4 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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In the 1970 science fiction thriller
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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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