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MySpace partners with Yahoo, Twitter and eBay in "data portability" initiative: MySpace partners with Yahoo, Twitter and eBay in "data portability" initiativeSo...you're saying Twitter is going to get a MySpacelift?; Tags: Twitter, data portability, MySpace, eBay Inc., Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Guest post: Introducing the Open Data Definition: This is a guest post by Ben Werdmuller who is the CTO of Curverider and one of the leads behind the Elgg open source social application engine. The Open Data Definition is a new format for the import and export of data from within social applications....; Tags: Software, Format, Data, Open Data Definition, Data Portability, Service Closure, Chances, Semantic Web Community, RDF Parser, RDF, Semantic Web, XML, RSS, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Microsoft in "spam" partnership with five social networks: I'm not sure whether to call this data portability or just making it easier for social networking services to spam a user's contacts. But either way, Microsoft have announced partnerships with LinkedIn, Tagged, Hi5, Bebo and Facebook, to enable Windows Live Messenger users to looks for contacts on either of...; Tags: Partnership, Network, Microsoft Windows Live, Spam, Microsoft Corp., Data Portability, Social Networking, Microsoft Windows, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Why Facebook will drag its heels over data portability: As companies rush to express their support for openness by joining DataPortability.org Microsoft is the latest, we need to ask ourselves: what's in it for them? For if data portability -- the ability for users to easily move their data from one site to another -- were to become a...; Tags: Facebook, Data Portability, Social Networking, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Management, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-01-23
Facebook to Scoble: all your data belong to us.: Intentionally or unintentionally, celebrity blogger Robert Scoble has put himself right at the center of the data portability issue, and at the same time is helping to expose the fascicle nature of Facebook's claims of openness. Scoble is one of Facebook's most heavy users, both in terms...; Tags: Facebook, Robert Scoble, Data Portability, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-01-03

A Bill of Rights for Users of the Social Web: Preempting the Data Sharing Summit kicking off tomorrow which aims to address the issue of interoperability between social networks, Marc Canter and co. have published the first draft of a proposed Bill of Rights for participants on the social Web. The idea of the "bill" is to push forward an...; Tags: Social Networking, Web, Network, User, Bill, Data Portability, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2007-09-07
Do ordinary users care about data portability? And if not, should they? Four social networks respond.: Do ordinary users care about data portability? And if not, should they? Four social networks respond.Not reallyReaOf course they do -- they just don't know itUntil they try and leave their established social networks, that is. Up until the past year or so, social networks were at a stage...; Tags: social networking, network, data portability; Discussion threads 2006-12-13
Do ordinary users care about data portability? And if not, should they? Four social networks respond.: Social networks operate on the premise that it should be as easy as possible for a user to input their data into the system: user profiles, blog posts, media etc, but if they try to move their data someplace else or simply want to make a backup, more than often...; Tags: network, web 2.0 crowd, Web 2.0, data portability, VoX, Web, portability, social networking; Blog posts 2006-12-13

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How to ... install Ubuntu 8.04 on a USB flash drive: From the Hardware 2.0 mailbag: Can you install Ubuntu on a USB flash drive? Yes, yes you can. Here's what you need: Ubuntu 8.04 Live CD USB flash drive (4GB+) If you don't have an Ubuntu 8.04 Live CD then...; Tags: Ubuntu, USB Flash Drive, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-16
RIM's Lazaridis on why Qwerty's still working: RIM's co-CEO tells Silicon.com why he believes smartphones are the future, why Qwerty is so exciting, and why the Bold has nothing to do with the iPhone. BlackBerry maker RIM has been very busy this week hosting the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla. One of the announcements...; Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Phone, Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, Qwerty, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Monitors & Displays, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Silicon.com, Consumer electronics; News items 2008-05-16
Photos: Video cameras eye Richmond Port: Northern California's busy Port of Richmond has completed installation of a wireless mesh digital video surveillance system.The Port of Richmond, located about 15 miles northeast of San Francisco, has completed installation of a wireless mesh digital video surveillance system with the help of security firm ADT and a $2.3 million...; Tags: Video Surveillance, Richmond, Video Camera, Video, Photograph, Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-16
Ready for the iProd?: I felt certain this was an April Fool's joke, but apparently there's a real patent application behind it. (Picture from New Scientist.) Call it the iProd. The idea is you load it with answers to health-related questions, which the device uses to create a...; Tags: Monitor, Health Care, Monitors & Displays, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Hardware, Components, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Automatic eyeglasses prescriptions?: For its space missions, NASA wants astronauts with excellent vision without corrective lenses or glasses. This doesn't prevent its Vision Science and Technology Group to study human vision of ordinary people like you and me. Two members of this group recently discovered that a new formula connecting optical quality with...; Tags: NASA, Vision, Model, Metric, Strategy, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder (updated): Did you hear that John Mayer is cheating on Apple again? That's right, Apple's poster boy blogged that he's using a Blackberry Bold. Not really surprising considering that RIM sponsored his 2007 tour. Note to Cupertino: send him a 3G iPhone, like, today. Although RIM hasn't said...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Electronista, 3G, Cellular Phones, Keyboards, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Dynamic documents as two-way end points help bind people and processes to SOA: Read the full paper. Listen to the podcast. Sponsor: JustSystems North America. Making services oriented architecture SOA a fixture across larger swaths of enterprise IT and business processes has grown into a top goal. Finding additional innovation to amplify a SOA's value is therefore always welcome. ...; Tags: Document, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Facebook flap: Google's side: Amid the Facebook move to block Google's Friend Connect, the search giant has responded. As expected, Google had a few issues with Facebook's privacy assessment of Google Friend Connect. There's a lot of debate on Techmeme about the issue and it's a big one as all of...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Google Friend Connect, User Privacy, Third Party App, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Introduction to BIT: This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...; Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature: There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...; Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Comcast, Cox block BitTorrent 24/7: Comcast and Cox are blocking BitTorrent traffic, regardless of the time of day or day of the week, students from the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems report. And despite suggestions that BitTorrent blocking is widespread across ISPs, the Institute's Glasnost test found that the two cable...; Tags: BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack: Microsoft won't be delivering database backup as one of the new features promised for the first "PowerPack" update for Windows Home Server when it ships later this year. The independent "We Got Served" Home Server blog acknowledged the feature cut in a May 9 entry. According to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Backups, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-15