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- For business uses, Second Life is a fad and a crock
- For business uses, Second Life is a fad and a crock2nd Life HarbingerIt's not that 2nd Life can't sell these products, its that these manufacturers can't figure out what products to sell to the new Web 2.0 generation.Russ, you're speaking out of your arseNormally I appreciate your articles, but I...
- Tags: NOAA, Autodesk Inc., American Apparel, Virtual Environments, Second Life, fad, crock, business use
- Discussion threads 2007-07-15
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- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisition
- Microsoft said Friday that it will acquire Greenfield Online, which owns Ciao, a price comparison, shopping and reviews site in Europe, for $17.50 a share, or $486 million. The goal: Expand Live Search in Europe. Greenfield Online, which also owns an Internet survey business, will be split...
- Tags: Acquisition, Europe, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Survey, Ciao, Survey Business, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Perot: Making Sure "Everybody Has Access To The Truth"
- Perot: Making Sure "Everybody Has Access To The Truth"that's anti American FUD!I wodn't lose any sleep over over these issues.Perot did not see the 3 easiest solutions.1.Just don't pay the debt and settle it for a few penies on the dollar.2.Print enough dollars to make the deficit smaller relative to...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Perot
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Resurrecting E-voting
- Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...
- Tags: SECURITY, Resurrecting E-voting, risk, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Clean-tech gets political while China moves into first place
- Clean-tech is getting more and more political. With so much money and government subsidy, or not, at stake, it was inevitable. A leading greentech venture capitalist spoke at the Democratic Convention. And the governor of Montana spoke about declaring energy independence for America, and added we Americans...
- Tags: China, Medal, Clean Technology, Montana, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat
- Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seatgood for him - stop patent pirates! and "patent" deformdoes this not seem like an appropriate action for an inventor to take? if i copy your article without your permission, do I get a pass? probably not because you...
- Tags: Litigation, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., patent, inventor
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- A way to assign copyright globally
- A way to assign copyright globallySo would you sign an FLA?Not yet. I don't know what the safe guards are. Sometimes the change from that which is free to that which is out of freedom's reach is one of small unnoticed steps. The Open Source code base...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, developer, Fla
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Dancing on E-voting's grave
- Dancing on E-voting's graveAgreed - but consider the slippery slopeBecause once you recognized the problem in kind, you ended up arguing (accurately, I think) about degree.Why client-server can't workBecause the expert has to say "yes" to the question in court - no matter how difficult or impractical it may actually...
- Tags: Fair Use, e-voting, client-server, Fairness Doctrine
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Average American tips 19% at a restaurant
- Although 75% of surveyors cite poor service as their main complaint, Philadelphians are the most generous tippers in the nation, leaving 19.6% versus the countrywide average of 19.0%. In comparison, diners in New York City tip the average 19.0% and in Los Angeles they tip 18.4%, Zagat found. by AM
- Tags: Zagat, AM
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot
- Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross PerotIf you dont care for perot, his charts, or want another source... how aboutthe comptroller general?A movie released last goes over the same type of stuff. We have a massive defecit, one that will eat our country whole if its not dealt with....
- Tags: Free trade, Perot, Ross Perot, Magna Charta, Welcome Back, Magna
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Sign language over cell phones in the U.S.
- Thanks to University of Washington UW computer scientists, hearing-impaired users might soon be able to use sign language over a mobile phone, like in Japan or Sweden. The research team received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to start a 20-person field project next year in Seattle. Of...
- Tags: Team, Professor, Phone, Cell Phone, Video, UW, MobileASL, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testing
- Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingBest overview of LHC ever.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtMRE: Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingAhhh, this is just awesome news. I'm so glad the Europeans are picking up the ball on High Energy Particle Physics, as Bush seems hell-bent on catastrophizing particle physics research here in the US, just...
- Tags: Large Hadron Collider, stem-cell, theory, LHC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- SAP: show the love your customers crave
- Jim Spath of Black and Decker, an SAP Mentor in the SAP Community and a volunteer on the American SAP User Group ASUG posts this video see above in advance of TechEd 2008. He asks: "If companies make positive contributions, answer other people's questions on SDN, would they be enabled...
- Tags: SAP AG, Free Trade, Corporate Communications, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- News to know: RIP enterprise data center; Red Hat breach; Google
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dion Hinchcliffe: Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center? Joe McKendrick: Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval'...
- Tags: Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Palm Inc., Video, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- The Perils of Showboating
- My friend David Spark sent me the link to the above video while we were chatting online this morning, and I facetiously commented it was a little like TechCrunch vs ZDNet. The bizarre contest above, which appears to be between a Capoeira performer and a boxer,...
- Tags: Contest, Online Collaboration, Collaboration, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-08-24
- Get out the vote: American Express to fork over $2.5 million for "positive impact" idea
- Get out the vote: American Express to fork over $2.5 million for "positive impact" ideaCHEAPSKATES!Ballmer said they could do a lot more!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
- Tags: Get Out The Vote, American Express Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-23
- Get out the vote: American Express to fork over $2.5 million for "positive impact" idea
- The Members Project, organized by American Express, is running an online nomination and voting campaign aimed at funding ideas that will have a "positive impact" on the world. There are several different categories, including a bunch of projects focused on energy, green tech and alternative fuels. At this link, you'll...
- Tags: Idea, American Express Co., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-23
- This week's rants
- This week's rantsYou've got it.I never tire of Robin Harris telling the world that MS has lost all their data...a classic. Even when he admits other filesystems are worse. Why then MS? Well they are the biggest and deserve to be blamed...so there..pouted Robin in reply to that question. ...
- Tags: Linux, Blogging, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld
- Discussion threads 2008-08-23
- It looks like HTC made the Palm Treo Pro
- It looks like HTC made the Palm Treo Proyou think this is a good thing?When I see the specs for the treo pro I see tired, old, and sad specs. I see a worthless PDA that would lose a fight to even the cheapest knock-off PDA found on the...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, treo, Palm Treo, Palm Inc., Palm Treo Pro, High Tech Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- 2012 Olympics: Give Us Webcams On the Wall
- 2012 Olympics: Give Us Webcams On the WallInteresting proposalI like your idea. some thoughts:First: two separate approaches 1) a media center PC to output to the TV & 2) use consolesSecond: Allow for user created chat rooms (audio/text) like IRC channels with audio. That allows the end user...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Webcam, Phelp
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
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