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Comment: Re: Can only hope - Jart Armin - 12/31/2009
Comment: Ultra local blogs - RamonAntonio - 12/31/2009
China Gets Tough on Porn & Cyber Bad Guys
Jart Armin  
12/31/2009   18 comments
Aiming at gambling and porn as much as malware, China is enforcing stringent new requirements for users of .cn domains
Comment: Ride the Wave - mathemagician - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: 5 trends - dlavie - 12/31/2009
Comment: Search Engine Usage - gowriraman - 12/31/2009
Comment: 5 Tech Trends - gowriraman - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: 5 trends - ChrisTOP - 12/30/2009
Comment: 5 trends - EliteC - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: The Death of Print? - cbrown - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: The Death of Print? - sbondy - 12/30/2009
Comment: The Death of Print? - KMT568 - 12/30/2009
Five Tech Trends to Watch in 2010
Rob Salkowitz  
12/30/2009   18 comments
Here are a handful of crystal-gazings worth considering for 2010
Comment: Future Forecast: 2010 - DHagar - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: Right Direction - Alan Reiter - 12/28/2009
Comment: Re: Too restrictive! - SeanFromIT - 12/28/2009
Comment: Re: Right Direction - Mr. Roques - 12/28/2009
Comment: Re: Right Direction - pjpugliese - 12/27/2009
Comment: Re: Right Direction - Alan Reiter - 12/27/2009
Comment: Right Direction - pjpugliese - 12/26/2009
Comment: Re: Tuxedo - Alan Reiter - 12/26/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/26/2009
Comment: vote for Nook - ivka - 12/26/2009
Comment: Tuxedo - cjon316 - 12/25/2009
Comment: Re: great - hrcohen - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - hrcohen - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - hrcohen - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - ChrisTOP - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: lazy readers - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: lazy readers - Mashka - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: great - Alan Reiter - 12/24/2009
Comment: great - Mashka - 12/24/2009
Amazon Fosters Emergence of 'Digital+Physical' Sales
Alan Reiter  
12/24/2009   36 comments
Disc+ On Demand should spark companies to consider new ways to sell and distribute electronic and physical product combos
Another Step Toward Multimedia Books
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
12/22/2009   2 comments
New iPhone apps from Mobile Roadie represent one small step toward 'smart' electronic books
Future Forecast: 2010
Internet Evolution Poll  
12/21/2009   5 comments
Which of the following technologies would you vote "Most Likely to Succeed" in 2010?
Comment: Re: Deck the Web - Mike Acker - 12/21/2009
Comment: Deck the Web - Auntie NoNo - 12/20/2009
Comment: Re: sign me up! - pjpugliese - 12/20/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - pjpugliese - 12/20/2009
Comment: Re: Where's Susan? - Mashka - 12/20/2009
Comment: LOL!!! - Mashka - 12/20/2009
Comment: I can only assume - ChrisTOP - 12/19/2009
Comment: Re: Where's Susan? - James Malone - 12/19/2009
Comment: Re: Where's Susan? - Paul Whyte - 12/19/2009
Comment: Re: Where's Susan? - James Malone - 12/19/2009
Comment: Re: Holiday Bubble - lpricci49 - 12/19/2009
Comment: Where's Susan? - DavidSilversmith - 12/19/2009
Comment: Your Xmas Carol - Frank Barbetta - 12/19/2009
Comment: Holiday Bubble - lpricci49 - 12/19/2009
IE Goes Caroling With 'Deck the Web'
Editor's Blog  
12/18/2009   15 comments
That's right: We've gone all Glee for the holidays
Big Cloud Barriers
Full Nelson  
12/16/2009   Post a comment
If you listen to the hype, clouds are everywhere. But if you look at the data, it turns out most customers say they still wouldn't use cloud computing for mission-critical apps or data. What's holding them back? Fritz investigates.
Comment: just health - Chris Poley - 12/15/2009
Comment: argh. - jennwallace07 - 12/14/2009
Comment: Majority speaks - nathanwosnack - 12/14/2009
The Season of Getting
Internet Evolution Poll  
12/14/2009   7 comments
Which tech device do you want the most for the holidays this year?
Comment: lol - nathanwosnack - 12/14/2009
Comment: Re: Pantone's problem - Insultant - 12/14/2009
Comment: Re: local color - Alan Reiter - 12/12/2009
Comment: local color - M Hulot - 12/12/2009
Comment: Thank you, God!!! - magneticnorth - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Pantone's problem - Leland - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Great article! - mtechie - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Pantone's problem - M Hulot - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Pantone's problem - Insultant - 12/11/2009
Comment: Pantone's problem - Mary Jander - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Great article! - ginger coons - 12/11/2009
Comment: Great article! - nathanwosnack - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - Insultant - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - Insultant - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - M Hulot - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - Insultant - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Hex wins - tech_ed - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Hex wins - mtechie - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Hex wins - ginger coons - 12/11/2009
Comment: Hex wins - SeanFromIT - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: Freedom's Perils - M Hulot - 12/11/2009
Comment: Freedom's Perils - M Hulot - 12/11/2009
Web Boosts the Cause of Free Color
Ginger Coons  
12/11/2009   42 comments
Open-source graphics apps have raised awareness that the colors used in online graphics are controlled by one firm
Comment: Hulu etc. - Nicole Ferraro - 12/10/2009
A Hulu Lulu
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
12/9/2009   7 comments
Hulu is spectacularly popular with users and a total disaster for its owners.
Publishers Partner Up for a Digital Future
Editor's Blog  
12/8/2009   6 comments
Five major publishing companies launch a digital content storefront for mobile devices
Viva Web 2.0!
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
12/7/2009   2 comments
Saunders interviews Leo Prieto, the founder of one of the largest social networks in Latin America.
Comment: Blogger Beats Twitter - jabailo - 12/3/2009
Comment: Pandora is a victim! - jwallace - 12/3/2009
Comment: Re: Thanks! - Nicole Ferraro - 12/3/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - M Hulot - 12/3/2009
Comment: Saunderssism. - jwallace - 12/3/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - robjvargas - 12/3/2009
All Hail Rupert Murdoch!
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
12/3/2009   4 comments
Other media organizations can learn from his futile plan to use micropayments to charge for access to his network.
Comment: Your Klout! - jwallace - 12/3/2009
Comment: Re: Thanks! - Nicole Ferraro - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: Thanks! - Paul Whyte - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: Thanks! - Nicole Ferraro - 12/2/2009
Comment: The what now? - cbrown - 12/2/2009
Comment: Wrong wrong wrong - UntoldEnt - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: Well said! - Mary Jander - 12/2/2009
Comment: Thanks! - daniellesamantha - 12/2/2009
Comment: Search engine usage - chayes - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: Well said! - Terry Sweeney - 12/2/2009
Comment: What smirk? - Terry Sweeney - 12/2/2009
A Bug in Pandora's Box
what.the.ferraro  
12/2/2009   10 comments
There's a loophole in Pandora's music service that lets users dodge the 40-free-hour limit.
Comment: Yahoo even worse - Mary Jander - 12/2/2009
Comment: Well said! - Mary Jander - 12/2/2009
Comment: A growing monster - Mary Jander - 12/2/2009
Comment: wondering.... - Chris Poley - 12/2/2009
Online Game Developers Cash In
Matthew Mikus  
12/2/2009   7 comments
Other kinds of businesses can learn from the revenue model adopted by makers of casual online games
List of Top Bing Searches Will Stir Twitter Tailwinds
David Vellante  
12/2/2009   15 comments
Microsoft has revealed the top search terms for Bing over the last year, showing the ongoing influence of Twitter
Comment: Re: sign me up! - KMT568 - 12/1/2009
Comment: sign me up! - Auntie NoNo - 12/1/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - M Hulot - 12/1/2009
Comment: Re: wait wait - Mike Moran - 12/1/2009
Better Web Video & the End of Net Neutrality
Sweeney Blog  
12/1/2009   8 comments
As long as all Internet traffic is treated identically, online video will remain sub-standard.
Comment: wait wait - M Hulot - 12/1/2009
Google's Plan for Mobile Domination
Mike Moran  
12/1/2009   16 comments
Google plans to disrupt the mobile ad sales market now dominated by iPhone and the mobile service suppliers




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Joe Stanganelli   5/20/2013   8 comments
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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George Taylor   5/20/2013   7 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?
Ron Miller
Ron Miller   5/17/2013   19 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   31 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.
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

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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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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
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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
As
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