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- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO
- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCOMisplaced sympathySeveral years ago, someone where I was working a Unix house was lemanting about how Microsoft had treated poor IBM. At the time IBM's profit was bigger than MSs turnover. As if IBM could not look after itself after 90 years!Many have willingly taken adopted Google...
- Tags: Sort-of, Sarah Palin, Astroturfing, SCO Group Inc., Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- New Netscape.com focuses on news
- New Netscape.com focuses on newswhere is digg.com mentioned?did yalll didn't do your homework right .. no mention of Digg.com or Kevin Rose founder of Digg.com and Diggnation podcast and SYSMRead Page 1Try the first, fourth, and fifth paragraphs of the article on page 1.Showcase for Novell Directory ServicesPay for content...
- Tags: Directory services, Web browsers, Astroturfing, Netscape Communications Corp., criminal person
- Discussion threads 2006-06-15
- Yahoo launches customized IE 7 beta
- Yahoo launches customized IE 7 betaAnd Google gets slapped down.So much for their anti-trust whining.How are these distributed?Is this by download only? Is it only for the XP version? Will it come pre-installed on Vista? With Microsoft moving in to compete on the "Search" front, how likely is that these...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Management, Astroturfing, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo Launch
- Discussion threads 2006-06-12
- Out of '05 and into '06, Eclipse is on a major roll
- Out of '05 and into '06, Eclipse is on a major rollDeveloper Experience Trumps Corporate MembershipsUnfortunately, collecting a membership list with conflicting interests doesn't make it easy to build a great developer experience into Eclipse.At least three major Eclipse projects are way behind their competitors - the Web Tools Project...
- Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Astroturfing, Sun NetBeans, Eclipse
- Discussion threads 2006-01-04
- Why companies monitor blogs
- Why companies monitor blogsAstroTurfing. Yahoo - stop handing out email addressesThe use of blogs as a replacement for surveys has to be tempered with the notion of AstroTurfing. AstroTurfing is wrong doing in the form of public relations. It is the attempt to fool the analysts into believing that there...
- Tags: Public relations, Blogging, Astroturfing, e-mail address, blog, e-mail, technique
- Discussion threads 2006-01-03
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- Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveaway
- Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveawayRE: Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveawayOdd way to grow share by limiting the number of people who can join. You're assuming that you need to pay them to search with you a dangerous precedent and by limiting...
- Tags: SEARCH, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, search engine, Microsoft Tries, giveaway, searcher, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Nintendo and the Windows Mindset
- Nintendo and the Windows MindsetWhat does it have to do with Windows, retard?It amazes me how you managed to get a blog at ZD with constant load of garbage posts like this.RE: Nintendo and the Windows MindsetSeems as if the only type of article you can write is one in...
- Tags: Games, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, game, mindset, Windows Mindset, Nintendo Co. Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO
- When politically motivated conservative bloggers back tracked some Palin smear videos circulating via internet sites like youtube, they found key executives at a major international public relations business with their hands deep in the cookie jar - and I couldn't help but see what they had done as a logical...
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., Wikipedia, Wiki, Linux, Open Source, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR
- PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PRMaybe I'm misunderstanding.......but I don't think that "pitches" are what journalists and bloggers are looking for. Informed commentary yes; reliable information on the company's plans and policies, yes; official positions on news items involving the company, yes; pitches, no (that's...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, PR Practitioners, PitchEngine, public relations, bad apple, public beta
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skip
- Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skipYes and NoYou make a great point based on your confirmations. Though I think what makes more sense, and dollars, isn't just information. Mediabrokerr seems more fitting to play each side, as actions speak more loudly than just words...
- Tags: public relations
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Bill Gates bids farewell
- Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- MOLI: Yet another social networking service
- MOLI: Yet another social networking serviceAWESOME B2B TOOL!MOLI is what I've been looking for to promote myself, my business and networking muscle. I see great things coming from this concept and website and know this will be a great success.RE: MOLI: Yet another social networking service"MOLI is targeting individuals, groups...
- Tags: MOLI, Moli, social networking
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- Save Internet freedom--from regulation
- Save Internet freedom--from regulationIf only.....it were that simple.What the writer fails to acknowledge is the fact that ethics subverted by greed within some companies have done harm to people for the sake of expanding profit thereby inviting regulation on themselves by the representatives of the people whom they were abusing.Given...
- Tags: Regulations, Telecom & Utilities, Rogers Cable, regulation, Save Internet freedom, telecommunications, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- Scoble's Apple rant
- I stopped reading Robert Scoble's blog a long time ago but I couldn't help but notice that he caused a bit of a stir over the past few days by posting a couple of Apple-related rants. The first post, published sometime Friday, details some issues he's been...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Truth, Technology, Scoble, Desktops, Public Relations, Hardware, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-18
- Brand jealousy, Scoble has it bad
- The Scobleizer vents his frustration with the Apple Brand Juggernaut in his post today. He seems upset that Mac users are so vehement in defense of Apple products. Well, after years of seeing the Wintel duopoly dominate PC development it's about time a contender is creeping up on it...
- Tags: Brand, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Scoble, Branding, Marketing, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2007-11-17
- iPhone's untapped potential
- iPhone's untapped potentialWell I can see why not iSync using WiFi....It would require a service running that has a TCP port open for listening on, this creates a security hole, where as bluetooth does not present that big of a security hole. I used to Sync my T610 and also...
- Tags: Bluetooth, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Syncing Calendar, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Hey, Chris...Where can I get a copy of Office?
- Hey, Chris...Where can I get a copy of Office?Ah, but that's why Microsoft turns a blind eye to people downloading MS OffAh, but that's why Microsoft turns a blind eye to people downloading MS Office in Asia. They know people would rather use MS Office and better have them...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, blind eye, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- It's official: Apple to ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26
- It's official: Apple to ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26Many delays?How about 1 delay, that had to do with the iPhone?What other "delays" were there?Ed's ImpressionismThese really are vague and indistinct impressions of Apple. Apparently a lack of professional experience with the gear makes ZDNet contributors more objective?...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Leopard, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
- What's on tap for tonight's Zune launch?
- What's on tap for tonight's Zune launch?So they should have gave up on Word and Excell?I mean it took years for them to take the market away from WordPerfect and Lotus 123.I think your silly if you believe what you wrote. Unseating the encumbant takes time, money, and effort....
- Tags: Media players, Word processors, Digital music, Digital media, M$$, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
- DRM: The hearse is right on schedule
- DRM: The hearse is right on scheduleRe: Where's Apple?Right where they wanted to be to begin with.Selling iPods.RIP DRM ...DRM doesn't sell ... so much for the tail wagging the dog strategy. No amount of effort on the part of the content industry and no amount of effort on...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, recording industry, digital-rights management, Apple Inc., industry
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
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