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Government e-mail wars

In the past, most constituents contacted members of the U.S. House of Representatives by snail mail and received a written response. But today, an e-mail war has erupted. As Bob Artner explains, advocacy groups are spamming the House, which in turn uses equally impersonal methods to respond.

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Whiteboards 2005-10-17

Government e-mail wars

In the past, most constituents contacted members of the U.S. House of Representatives by snail mail and received a written response. But today, an e-mail war has erupted. As Bob Artner explains, advocacy groups are spamming the House, which in turn uses equally impersonal methods to respond.

Tags: Internet, e-mail war, e-mail, Online Communications

Whiteboards 2005-10-17

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Yahoo to Icahn: You misunderstand

Yahoo's board has responded to activist investor Carl Icahn: "Your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal." That letter--delivered by Icahn earlier Thursday Techmeme--has one theme: Yahoo's board botched the Microsoft deal and hasn't served shareholder interest. In its...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Facebook: Google Friend Connect violates our privacy standards

The social networking ground war is well underway. Facebook said Thursday that it will block Google's Friend Connect services because it "redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users' knowledge." Facebook's Charlie Cheever writes regarding Google Friend Connect: We're excited that our industry partners...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Standards, User Information, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-15

DIY phishing kits introducing new features

What are some of the main factors for the increase of phishing attacks, and their maturity from passive emails to blended threats attempting to not just steal personal information, but also infect with malware by embedding client-side vulnerabilities at the pages? It's all a matter of perspective, which in this...

Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?

As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...

Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-15

News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...

Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Britain releases its X-Files

The truth may be out there, but so far it's not in the government files. The British government posted the first batch of its X-Files to a website today in a project that will eventually see the Ministry of Defence turn over to the National Archives 160 files on UFO...

Tags: Officer, Britain, Alien, Missile, UFO, Government, Vertical Industries, Aerospace & Defense, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Hardware, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Icahn reportedly preps his board slate for Yahoo

That Yahoo proxy war looks like it's on, but with a new cast of characters. According to Reuters, billionaire investor Carl Icahn will move ahead with an alternate slate of board of directors. The goal: Turn over Yahoo's 12 directors at once and sell Yahoo to Microsoft--or...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Get the AOL Succubus Off My Back!

Pursuing a career in Information Technology comes with certain responsibilities and baggage -- among these are having to act as a personal, unpaid member of the Geek Squad whenever a friends and family computer is ill. Yesterday I got a phone call...

Tags: America Online Inc., Internet, E-mail Providers, Channel Management, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Dell: We're greener than HP

Dell said Wednesday that it is designing its laptops and desktops to consume up to 25 percent less energy by 2010 compared to today. Welcome to the latest in the "we're greener than you" game where green technology intersects with marketing-speak. Green IT is fashionable, but increasingly...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Power Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Green Technology, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Latest Flock Beta delivers Digg, Pownce and AOL Mail support

Having launched in late 2005 amidst a tsunami of web 2.0 hype, it was always going to be difficult for social web browser Flock to keep up with expectations. But after getting through what seemed like an unhealthy period of stagnation, update by update the software is really starting to...

Tags: Digg, America Online Inc., Twitter, E-mail, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Internet, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Off topic: The facade of objectivity

This Wired-TechCrunch war is interesting for the media wonks out there, but larger question is this: Does objectivity exists? Does it even matter? Here's the short version. The Washington Post inks a syndication deal with TechCrunch. Wired notes that it's odd that the Post picks up a...

Tags: Disclosure, TechCrunch, Wired Inc., Objectivity, Blogger, Post, Personality, Blogging, Business Ethics, Construction, Internet, Leadership, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Frequent open source miles

Matt Asay's piece on "open source free- riders" got my goat this morning because we're on opposite sides of the market. Matt's a vendor, a high-ranking executive with Alfresco who by his own testimony spends a heavy chunk of his life in hotels and airports. ...

Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Business PCs are going nowhere fast

"Everything that can be invented has been invented." If Charles Duell, in 1888 the Commissioner for the U.S. patent office, actually said that, then he would, of course, have been wrong; but I think the claim may have some applicability to the business PC in 2008....

Tags: PC, Business PC, Unix, Desktops, Hardware, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Photos: Microsoft previews 2008 Xbox games

Microsoft's Spring Showcase shows off some of its forthcoming 2008 title releases to journalists in San Francisco.Microsoft took over Dogpatch Studios in San Francisco for the Showcase event. The company set up stations around the studio to show off games like Too Human, Ninja Gaiden, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and...

Tags: Journalist, San Francisco, Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Microsoft Xbox, Games, Personal Technology, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-13

The MS Office 2008 for Mac scandal continues

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Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Groupware, Entourage, MS Office 2008, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Will Jobs unveil a new iPhone at the WWDC keynote on June 9th?

Will Jobs unveil a new iPhone at the WWDC keynote on June 9th?I think you're rightWhy else would the current stocks be dried up?Another Blow To Windows MobileI'm getting my next gen IPhone this fall and giving Windows Mobile the boot.I've had it with a second rate garbage OS....everyone I...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Keyboards, Handhelds, Cellular phones, job, Apple iPhone, WWDC, mobile, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Microsoft vs. Google: Are all monopolies created equal?

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Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Monopoly, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Icahn reportedly eyes Yahoo proxy fight

Just when you thought the Microhoo saga was over billionaire investor Carl Icahn wants in on the act. According to CNBC, Icahn has amassed as many as 50 million shares of Yahoo and is mulling over a proxy war. He has until Thursday to declare an alternate...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13