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- The Ultimate Wisdom of Crowds Platform
- The wisdom of crowds - the collective opinion of people about something - is obviously quite valuable, and arguably, often more valuable than the opinion of a single expert, even though admittedly, it is not always the case. If properly harnessed, the wisdom of crowds has the potential of becoming...
- Tags: Wisdom, Crowd, Clupedia
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Global warming? "Time to chill out" and the debate ensues
- A Danish academic has started an online barrage of comments that summarize the polarized nice pun opinions on disappearing polar caps and global warming. His commentary summarizes the situation thusly: "We must accept that climate change is real and that we've helped cause it. There is no hoax. But...
- Tags: Crowd, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
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- Apple: Perception is Reality
- When a technology columnist known for his critical views on Apple makes statements to the effect that the company should consider defining and publicly communicating a succession strategy, many Apple fans might consider the subject too close to home and inappropriate. It will generate heated discussion...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- D-Link Xtreme N Duo Media Router DIR-855 - wireless router
- We pitted the D-Link Xtreme N Duo Media Router DIR-855 against the only other true dual-band router we've reviewed, the Linksys WRT610N. The DIR-855 beat the WRT610N in overall throughput performance, but its design and desktop setup application couldn't compete. Both routers offer about the same range; the WRT610N provides...
- Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, WCN, wireless, wireless router, D-Link DIR-855, D-Link Systems, router, Linksys WRT610N
- Product reviews 2008-07-18
- Why does open source need a villain?
- Why does open source need a villain?It doesn't need a villianIt just needs competition. And Apple provides some, but they also leave the door open for F/OSS given their restrictive policies.villain or hero?Linus Torvalds"By giving away his software, the Finnish programmer earned a place in history""Some of Torvalds' supporters portray...
- Tags: open source, villain, open source need, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- In America money is life
- In America money is lifeWhat a crock[i]while the U.S. is both rich and powerful, it is “woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life.”[/i] OK, let me get this straight. There is someplace else in the world that...
- Tags: Warm-Weather, Woody Allen
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'So Linus admits that there are security flaws in linux as well as other bugs? I've been saying that for a long time but the fanboys wouldn't believe me. Now that their leader finally admits to it perhaps...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, L.D., Name-calling, Linus, Torvalds, security, attack, IT industry, OpenBSD
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'
- The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys",...
- Tags: Information Technology, Industry, OpenBSD, Bug, Attack, Linux Creator, Torvalds, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Linux, Security, Software, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, Liam Tung, ZDNet Australia
- News items 2008-07-17
- Confirmed: Twitter buys Summize
- Confirmed: Twitter buys SummizeTwitter uses Web Data MiningThis makes much sense, because Summize offers great Sentiment Analysis technology.With Summize Twitter is now a gold mine for Web Data Mining and Web Monitoring. Ford could ask Twitter, how their products do. If the people like their new car or not. Ford...
- Tags: Channel management, Twitter, Summize
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Twitter confirms Summize acquisition
- Twitter confirms Summize acquisitionTwitter could make money with Data MiningThis makes much sense, because Summize offers great Sentiment Analysis technology.With Summize Twitter is now a gold mine for Web Data Mining and Web Monitoring. Ford could ask Twitter, how their products do. If the people like their new car or...
- Tags: Channel management, Twitter, Summize
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateAnd you will find some reason why Linux is worse.Just watch and enjoy the spin.They'll find some reason why Windows is worse.Just watch and enjoy their spin.RE: Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateI always did find it amusing at how the Ubuntu crowd simultaneously defend the sudo...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- The full cost of ADHD includes ignorance
- The full cost of ADHD includes ignoranceare you a real doctor or like a Doctor Pepper?From your column "In females it displays differently, often as passivity, which means it often goes undiagnosed."Passivity? FYI, "passivity" is one of the symptoms of ADHD. Concentrate and try to answer the question, do you...
- Tags: Games, ADHD
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- EPIC iFAIL
- My wife Rachel has been awaiting the iPhone 3G for several months. Even though I am wedded to my beloved BlackBerry, she wanted to be able to carry a single device to play her music, act as a phone, and to be able to check her email. At the $199...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Customer Service, Phone, EPIC, AT&T Corp., 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Product Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- iPhone Fatigue
- iPhone FatigueZDNet is too obsessed with the iPhoneNo matter what you think of the iPhone ZDNet is way too obsessed wit considering their market share prior to today and their market projections after today.The coverage that you guys are giving is ridiculous compared to their market share.I was beginning to...
- Tags: 3G, Apple iPhone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- The iPhone 3G rollout: Assessing the wild cards
- Update 2:35 p.m. ET: Looks like one of these wild cards--the snafus--turned out to be a big issue today. We've got iBricks, struggling servers and other issues with the rollout. Jason O'Grady was first on the case from a store in Atlantic City, N.J. After a rough go at the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Card, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Sales Strategy, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Yahoo's desperate search times call for open source
- Yahoo has opened its search for developers to customize in its latest step in what it calls its Open Strategy, a plan to make Yahoo a platform. The effort is dubbed Yahoo Search BOSS, which allows "allows developers and companies to create and launch web-scale search products...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., BOSS, RealNetwork, Open Source, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Attacking phishing at the source
- Attacking phishing at the sourceDomainKeys--it's a startNow if mandated changes were in effect 'with teeth' that enforced usage of PGP or GnuPG or S/MIME for signed encrypted email, that would take down the spam to 0%!RE: Attacking phishing at the sourceSince phishing has cost countless pains to so many people,...
- Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, inactivism, Attacking phishing, restraint
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Mossberg, Pogue and Baig pass judgment on the iPhone 3G
- Mossberg, Pogue and Baig pass judgment on the iPhone 3GRE: Mossberg, Pogue and Baig pass judgment on the iPhone 3GGood thoughts and exact to the point. People forget that this is just a phone.......an overpriced one at that. It may look pretty and some gadget gurus and women...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, Apple iPhone, Baig, Apple Inc., 3G
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Software's drive to become like television
- Software's drive to become like televisionTypoFrom the comment:Free as in cost software, however, has the advantage of achieving large market share very quickly, as the consumption barrier is practically non-existent. That’s the recipe for the success of both Adobe and Flash, two products that clearly dominate their respective categories, but...
- Tags: TV, advertisement, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea
- Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular ideaAnd, yet againWe see the asinine argument that the path to energy independence isn't to produce energy, but to restrict use.But this is no surprise. Like all environmental issues, it really isn't about what it says it's about. Energy independence isn't about...
- Tags: energy independence, Energy Independence Day, popular idea
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
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