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ZDNet, traffic and the blogosphere

Beginning with an investment blog, SeekingAlpha, and followed by a post on TechCrunch, a meme is making the rounds asserting that CNET Networks, which includes ZDNet, is bleeding traffic. Traffic is down in some areas and up in others. Bleeding or hemorraging traffic isnt the characterization I would use, but...

Tags: blog, blog network, blogging, blogosphere

Blog posts 2006-10-18

Have you seen the ZDNet blog network?

Have you seen the ZDNet blog network?AgreedI agree with you completely. And wish to thank all of ZDnet's Blogger's for the information and commentary.But, I hope you haven't jumped the shark with this shameless self promotion.RE: AgreedHeh, hopefully not. I get a lot of my readers from Adobe's blog aggregator,...

Tags: Blogging, blog network, blog, network

Discussion threads 2006-08-25

Additional Resources

VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper

It would not be an exaggeration to say that yesterday was a very bad day for VMWare. My friend and fellow tech blogger colleague at ComputerWorld, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols, thinks the company will be down for the count when they take their next hit, that essentially, the...

Tags: Software, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Hardware, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Should free broadband be neutral?

A lot of politicians are bandying about the idea of licensing unused or underutilized radio frequencies to create a free, nationwide broadband network. As the US gets repeatedly dinged for a lack of broadband penetration, especially in the inner city and rural areas, an initiative like this would have...

Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Don't doubt Deputy Dan

Well, it would seem that Tom Ptacek may have figured out something to do with Dan Kaminsky's earlier DNS flaw, and this may actually be the vulnerability to fear that we had originally heard.  Let's just say this, I've read Tom's postings on the Matasano blog for quite some time...

Tags: DNS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash

I was 90% sure I was going to buy an iPhone 3G on Friday, but a couple of things changed my mind tonight and I decided I will not be buying the device on Friday. One of my main motivations for buying the iPhone was to be able to write...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., MSM Apple iPhone Review, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Congress looks at next-gen ad networks

The Center for Democracy and Technology will testify Wednesday about the privacy concerns over ad networks like NebuAd, which has come under fire over a deal with Charter Communications to deploy user-tracking technology, ChannelWeb reports. "For years, Web sites have entered into agreements with advertising...

Tags: Advertisement, Network, U.S. Congress, Ad Network, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08

It would seem there's a bigger story to that MS08-037 flaw that came out for Patch Tuesday today. From Dave Lewis over at the Liquid Matrix security blog: Today Dan Kaminsky released a first, as far as I can recall. A coordinated patch was released today...

Tags: Black Hat, DNS, CERT, Flaw, Mogull, Updates, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Microsoft addresses 9 security vulnerabilities with 4 "Important" bulletins

Microsoft announced 4 "Important" security bulletins today that cover 9 separate vulnerabilities. Of note were vulnerabilities reported in Windows DNS server and client, and within SQL Server. Briefly, the vulnerabilities involve: Cache poisoning and insufficient socket entropy flaws in Microsoft DNS Server A remote...

Tags: Attacker, Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Outlook, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

A Modest Privacy Proposal

The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on Privacy Implications of Online Advertising. Appearing before the committee headed by long-time Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) are lawyers for Google and Microsoft, as well as Facebook's chief privacy officer -- and Robert R. Dykes, the chairman...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-08

One month later and the HTC Touch Diamond has lost some shine

I just passed the one month mark with the HTC Touch Diamond and it has been a love/hate relationship that is now ending with me sending the device to a friend to check out. I was pretty blown away by the Teeter game, TouchFLO 3D, FM radio, and many other...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, HTC Touch, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Software, Online Communications, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Apple hasn't learned from past security mistakes

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Aviv Raff Apple's Safari for Windows is a nice browser. It really is. It has slick user interface, some pretty cool features, and benchmarks show that it is really fast. But, saying that...

Tags: Security, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-08

iPhone hacked to run Flash Lite

According to a post over at Gizmodo, Belgian programmer Thomas Joos has hacked together a way to run Flash Lite on the iPhone. It requires a lot of work, mostly via b.Tween and eyeGT and its not sanctioned by either Adobe or Apple, but either way it gives us hope...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Blogging, Development Tools, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-08

ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrar

As we commented on, ICANN, the group that manages top-level domain TLD naming systems for the web, recently had several of its domains hijacked by a Turkish hacking group.  ICANN has now commented that the hijacking was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs.  From...

Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

ICANN says registrar was hacked

Two weeks after ICANN's own domains were hijacked by Turkish hackers, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers says it was its registrar -- not ICANN's servers themselves -- that were attacked. On June 26, a number of ICANN sites popped up with this message: ...

Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Web 3.0 - the future of social networking

Note: re-posted after withdrawing post a few days ago; no changes made since then. I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the...

Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Does Google need a standards office pronto?

Google is increasingly in the middle of multiple efforts like Android and standards development. The problem: Google doesn't have a centralized standards office to manage its efforts. According to open source consultant Stephen Walli, Google needs a standards office as its reach grows. Walli writes in a...

Tags: Google Inc., Standards Office, Walli, Team Management, Blogging, Management, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Enterprise IT and the hypercompetition boom

Corporate information technology has led to more winner take all markets and a super competitive business environment where players often flame out as quickly as they showed up. That's the big conclusion from Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson in this month's Harvard Business Review. ...

Tags: Laggard, Information Technology, Leader, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-08

PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0

PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Live Webcast: Unified Communications Beyond IP Telephony

No one can doubt the value of Unified Communications. From small and medium businesses to even the largest commercial enterprises, organizations of all sizes are now migrating to IP telephony solutions in record numbers. Some might even call it a communications revolution. But beyond simple voice and...

Tags: Telephony, Webcast, Unified Communications, IP Telephony, IP, Unified Communications Beyond IP Telephony, Collaboration, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

Webcasts 2008-07-08