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Wikipedia: Should students trust it?

Wikipedia: Should students trust it?DiscretionIt shouldn't be banned. Students should be informed and reminded that anyone can put anything on Wikipedia, and it is not necessarily a credible source. However, they need to be able to make this choice for themselves.Professors missing the point completely...Colleges shouldn't "ban" Wikipedia, or "the...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Chinese Wikipedia, administrator

Discussion threads 2007-01-27

Why China censors Wikipedia

The Washington Post today features a fascinating account of citizens building the Chinese Wikipedia and why the government chooses to censor. The trouble centers naturally around Tiananmen Square, but really it's about the trouble that top-down governments have with the grass-roots collaboration that Wikipedia offers. A few excerpts: ...

Tags: Chinese Wikipedia, Wikipedia

Blog posts 2006-02-20

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Bing's search boost continues, but will the gains hold?

Bing's search boost continues, but will the gains hold?All I can say isThis only bodes well for consumers. No matter which search you use, any search page gaining tracktion over another only forces the ones losing tracktion to do thngs better, or fall to obscurity.I normally use Google myself,...

Tags: Wiki, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employee

GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employeeProfit is easy.When all you have to do is print more money.Google and MicrosoftMaybe it just takes more people to do what Microsoft does then Google? Microsoft actually make things, Google just sell ads and fool around with some...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., tech firm, MSFT

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

China and IP: the piper will get paid

China and IP: the piper will get paidThe poetic justice is this....Our greedy US corporations sent all of their manufacturing to the far east and thus trained them on how to create these knock-offs. When you lay down with dogs....Chinese government is not just looking the other way, they are...

Tags: IP, Federal Reserve Board, intellectual property

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

G.E. discovers how to put 500GB on a disc; eventual Blu-ray killer?

G.E. discovers how to put 500GB on a disc; eventual Blu-ray killer?Double edged swordWith the ISPs boosting fees and limiting monthly usage the "instant media download" scheme will never take off. The "flash" thing is still too expensive and unreliable (what would a 500 gig flash module cost). ...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Flash Media, DVD archive, killer, G.E., disc, DVD, disk, Flash Movie

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Digital storm of protests for New York Times defense of AIG bonuses

Andrew Ross Sorkin, a reporter at the New York Times, took a contrarian position on Tuesday, writing an opinion piece that defended the multi-million dollar bonus payments by AIG. . . . If government officials were to break the contracts, they would be “breaking a...

Tags: China, Journalist, Journalism, Yahoo! Inc., American International Group Inc., New York Times Co., Taxes, Free Trade, Wiki, Personal Finance, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Microsoft's Kumo: It's a little early for the obit isn't it?

Microsoft's Kumo: It's a little early for the obit isn't it?It's results that matterSometimes I actually use the built in help for Windows or Word or Excel. But I usually regret it.I don't know how Google does it, but somehow, Google always seems to find just what I'm looking...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., obit, Kumo, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Google: Go tell Apple to shove it.

I was surprised to hear of recent confirmed reports that Apple confronted Google management and insisted that they refrain from implementing a similar "Multi-Touch" UI feature in their Android device OS -- or else. Not wanting to harm their relationship with the company, Google relented, and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Multi-touch, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-02-11

What’s a wealthy nation spend its money on?

What’s a wealthy nation spend its money on?NOT a clue about China....I guess the author of the story has not read that China has been spending BILLIONS on its massive Military...http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/mar/03/china-speeds-pace-of-military-buildup/http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/01/20/china_fears_containment_as_defense_spending_rises_1232443538/Another case of slighted biased media against the United States.In a free country people can buy what they want, when...

Tags: wealthy nation

Discussion threads 2009-01-25

Obama and Ed Tech

Obama and Ed TechNice one Chris...Handing out an Acer Aspire One connected to Wi-Fi broadband to every child is not going to solve education problems. What about inept teachers? What about poorly designed curriculums? The problem with you Chris is that you think your current fad is the ubiqutious solution...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET, obama, Obama, computer

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

Hackers exploiting (unpatched) IE 7 flaw to launch drive-by attacks

Hackers exploiting unpatched IE 7 flaw to launch drive-by attacksCmon Loverock, Comment On This One!That's right, you selectively avoid stories like this. If it's anti-Linux, you pounce right on it.IE7 is a joke.So this doesn't affect XP SP3 or Vista?[i]The Web attacks, first reported by Bob McMillan, takes aim...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, SECURITY, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, exploit, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

British ISPs block Wikipedia over album cover

British ISPs block Wikipedia over album coverIt IS indecent.Any ethical business person or artist would not have placed that photo on a public album cover.Too bad. "Ethical" is an adjective that has less and less use in today's world. "Greedy" is very popular, though.No question: obsceneI'm surprised the album was...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Wiki, album cover, Wikipedia, Internet Service Provider, image

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Microsoft aiming to deliver Vista SP2 before Windows 7

Microsoft aiming to deliver Vista SP2 before Windows 7You must be new around here.Providing details, specifics, or examples is not the way anti-Vista people work. They'll just re-word their vague "examples" and then start up with the personal attacks if you don't accept them.I sometimes get similar issueswhen I change...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista SP2, Service Pack 2

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'

China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'Learn from M$, Google and YahooThey cooperated with the local bully, they were allowed to run business over there. Don't p*ss of their government, that's the key in China. Yahoo went so far they handed in evidence to China government to help...

Tags: Tibetan family, Han, census, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Might Office be where Microsoft gets socked with Chinese antitrust charges?

Might Office be where Microsoft gets socked with Chinese antitrust charges?So now removing your own product is anti-competitive???[i]limiting consumer choice by restricting the availability of Windows XP on new PCs[/i]What? Seriously... what? Was Chevrolet being anti-competitive when they stopped making the Camaro?Besides, if you believe all the anti-Vista FUD, I...

Tags: Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., antitrust, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Google's secret project turns out to be Second Life

Google's secret project turns out to be Second LifeIt it's Second Life but with so much moreAs you said, Google's Lively is pretty much a version of Second Life but it'll be 10x more successful. It won't be based on features, but on Brand power. "Google's brand in itself, represents...

Tags: Google Inc., Second Life, secret project

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Yahoo's strategy: Torpedo the Microsoft deal or up the offer?

Yahoo's strategy: Torpedo the Microsoft deal or up the offer?You're so funnyFor such a doomed company, their stocks are soaring higher than ever."only works when you can eat or harm other companies"Same for Google : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_acquisitionsFor such an un-innovative company, I guess you've never seen Live Image and Video...

Tags: Branding, Financial accounting, strategy, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

The glide path to an open society

The International Olympic Committee IOC, the Switzerland-based group responsible for Olympic event planning, has been putting pressure on China to open the Internet during the games in Beijing as part of host-nation commitment to media openness. As Ars Technica reported, the results have been decidedly mixed. Though Chinese Internet users...

Tags: China, Government, Vertical Industries, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-04-07

China allows access to English Wikipedia

China allows access to English Wikipediawhy don't we censor china?Heres a fun idea kids. Let's block china from accessing the American Internet. All I ever see come out of China is spam and lead tainted products. Im all for banning all Chinese ip space on our networks, who's with me?Already...

Tags: NETWORKING, English Wikipedia, login attempt

Discussion threads 2008-04-07