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Rape Victim Betrayed on Twitter
Robert McGarvey  
4/30/2012   24 comments
Ethical issues have surfaced in the case of a UK rape victim whose name surfaced on Twitter after appearing in a Sky News video feed.
Comment: not helpful - Mashka - 4/29/2012
Comment: Cyber PATRIOT Act? - scucci - 4/28/2012
Imagining the Web, Post-CISPA
Editor's Blog  
4/27/2012   44 comments
The contentious Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act has passed the House and threatens to change the future of the Web.
Comment: Re: Yikes - Beau Brendler - 4/25/2012
Comment: Re: Yikes - Mary Jander - 4/25/2012
Comment: Re: Yikes - Beau Brendler - 4/25/2012
Comment: Yikes - Nicole Ferraro - 4/25/2012
Comment: Re: Pretty scary - scucci - 4/24/2012
Comment: Re: Pretty scary - scucci - 4/24/2012
New Blackhole Kit Targeted Accountants
Beau Brendler  
4/24/2012   4 comments
Blackhole 1.2.3, the latest version of the black-market exploit kit, has been used to convince accountants they were about to lose licenses.
Comment: Re: Pretty scary - Mr. Roques - 4/23/2012
Comment: Re: Pretty scary - Dana Blouin - 4/23/2012
Comment: Re: Pretty scary - syedzunair - 4/23/2012
Comment: Re: Pretty scary - scucci - 4/23/2012
Comment: Privatized Internet - cvargas - 4/22/2012
Comment: Re: Pretty scary - Dana Blouin - 4/22/2012
Comment: Re: Pretty scary - scucci - 4/21/2012
Comment: Corporations' role - WaqasAltaf - 4/21/2012
Comment: Iran and its darknet - nasimson - 4/20/2012
Comment: Re: Pretty scary - Dana Blouin - 4/19/2012
Comment: Pretty scary - Nicole Ferraro - 4/19/2012
Iran Needs a Darknet Before Going Dark
Dana Blouin  
4/19/2012   29 comments
Whether or not Iran is considering cutting Internet access, its citizens need an alternative network.
Comment: Re: Sad but true - Mary Jander - 4/19/2012
Comment: Sad but true - Chris Poley - 4/19/2012
Comment: Re: Security - Mary Jander - 4/18/2012
Executive Takeaways From the GSA Scandal
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/18/2012   13 comments
Enterprise execs should get more than schadenfreude from the organizational problems that threaten the very existence of the GSA.
Comment: Re: The Basics? - Mansur Hasib - 4/17/2012
Comment: Re: Security - Mansur Hasib - 4/17/2012
Comment: The Basics? - Kim Davis - 4/17/2012
Comment: Security - Nicole Ferraro - 4/17/2012
Tech Adoption Accelerates in Healthcare
Mansur Hasib  
4/17/2012   13 comments
The use of electronic records, online prescriptions, and specialized portals are just a few of the ways digital technology is changing healthcare.
Comment: Re: We shall see! - Mary Jander - 4/16/2012
Comment: More ICANN woes - Mary Jander - 4/13/2012
Comment: Overture - Joe Stanganelli - 4/12/2012
Comment: Re: Good news, Dana - Kim Davis - 4/11/2012
Comment: Re: Good news, Dana - Kurtkeys - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Good news, Dana - Kurtkeys - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Good news, Dana - Kim Davis - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Good news, Dana - kq4ym - 4/10/2012
Arctic Cable Could Cut Net Latency, Boost Profits
Dana Blouin  
4/10/2012   17 comments
A set of undersea fiber optic cables to be laid along Canada's Northwest Passage could improve rates worldwide and spur growth for businesses that rely on low latency.
 Teri Takai, CIO, Department of Defense
IE Radio  
4/5/2012   126 comments
Teri Takai is the CIO of the Department of Defense. In that role, she provides strategy, leadership, and guidance to create a unified information management and technology vision for the Department and to ensure the delivery of information technology based capabilities required to support the broad set of Department missions. Previously, Ms. Takai was the CIO for the State of California where she helped modernize and transform the way the state does business with its citizens.
Comment: Please note - Nicole Ferraro - 4/5/2012
Join Us for IE Radio With Teri Takai at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
4/5/2012   1 comment
The CIO of the Department of Defense joins us as our IE Radio guest at 2 PM ET today.
Terrorism Expert Says US Gave Away Stuxnet Tech
Beau Brendler  
4/4/2012   9 comments
Richard Clarke say the US was responsible for the Stuxnet worm that attacked Iran.




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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   7 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   9 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   |   1 comment


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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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
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.

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