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What is a company blogger good for?

I often hear from companies that want to "be social" or "hire a blogger." Usually, there hasn't been any effort put into the question of what they'd like to accomplish from the effort, so I send out the following. Now, you can call me to talk when you have an...

Tags: Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Industry New, Internet, Management, Marketing, Mitch Ratcliffe, Site, Strategy

Blog posts 2008-06-30

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FCC demands details of Verizon $350 early termination fee

Good for starters...we need more of thisEarly termination feesPaying for text messaging in addition to a data plan it uses the same airwavesLocking a cell phone into only one carrier without having to void the warranty or bricking it for another carrier *cough* IPhone *cough*...The cell phone industry is the...

Tags: Federal government, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Free trade, Verizon Communications Inc., early termination fee, FCC, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-12-04

Why you should shoot RAW format for your holiday photos

Log in?Seems like you have to log in to https://ssl.cnb.cnet.com/blogs/digitalcameras/wp-admin/post-new.php?tag=col1;post-2272RE: Why you should shoot RAW format for your holiday photosYes.. shoot in RAW format, purchase bigger SD cards everyone... I am sure you will be able to tell the difference between those RAW and JPG photos cause I KNOW you...

Tags: camera, RAW-format, JPG, raw file, holiday photo

Discussion threads 2009-12-04

Microsoft's latest promotion: Buy Office 2007 now; get Office 2010 for free

freei just got an email yesterday saying that Microsoft will give me a free copy of Office 2007 enterprise for signing up for the "Windows Feedback Program" during the beta period of Windows 7. Can I trade it for a copy of office 2010 ;)I'll take 2007 if they...

Tags: Investment, stock, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Buy Office 2007

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Pre-Copenhagen name-calling

Columbian Coal?I followed your link, and sure enough...mountains of coal are imported from Columbia. What weird twist of economics makes this possible? The US is about made of coal, for heaven's sake. Any serious explanations out there? sadly Harry Canada PM is the heir for the king...

Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Asus 1005HAGB-BBY-BK01X

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.As one of the most popular, and critically hailed Netbooks to ever hit store shelves, the Asus 1005HA has been a go-to choice for...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, 3G, Asus 1005HA, ASUS, netbook

Product reviews 2009-12-01

Self-censoring upcoverting DVD player filters inappropriate content

Why not?I'd love to watch The Matrix and have the DVD player skip the sex part and adjust some of the filters for other parts of the movie (I'm okay with vulgar and violence).I'm in for a kick-a$$ music without me having to do some skipping. :)ClearPlay is AWESOME!!I've had...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, MIB, ClearPlay, DVD, movie, DVD player

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

$300 CrunchPad is no more, legal mess all that remains

Cold blooded Fusion Garage - boycott timeI have followed the CrunchPad development from very early on, long before Fusion Garage got involved. I can't imagine that there is ANY way they can justify coming onto a project long after it started and then stealing it to produce on their own....

Tags: Financial accounting, CrunchPad, legal mess, Arrington

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Swoopo: a lottery disguised as an auction?

Swoopo, SSDsHi Robin - Thanks for headsup on Swoopo. - I've been reading your excellent articles on SSDs and look forward to an update.- My iPod Touch has an 8 gig SSD and it's performance has been outstanding for a year. No degradation with heavy write usage. I copy a...

Tags: Swoopo, auction, lottery

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Politics of global warming in U.S.

Harry's not too bright.Global Warming/Climate Change is a myth, and the climategate emails have revealed that fact. You cannot "cheery pick" data and call it science.Government involvment in the market place / economy. If governments could legislate wealth they would have done it a long time ago. ...

Tags: Government, GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-29

Comodo Internet Security 3.13.121240.574 (Windows)

Comodo Internet Security, Comodo's award-winning free security suite, offers prevention-based, Default Deny Protection DDP technology to prevent malware in your PC. Conventional security suites ignore prevention, focusing only on the eventual detection of viruses. Basically, this means that it will allow all applications to access your PC resources by default...

Tags: PC, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Comodo, Comodo Internet Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms

Software downloads 2009-11-29

British team chooses design for 1000 mph car

Track?1000 mph = 16+ miles per minute...it doesn't sound like a 10-mile track will be long enough, counting acceleration and braking distances.There are faster things than the Typhoon :D.There are faster things than the Typhoon ;).Like the F-22 Raptor :D.Interesting that they can compare it to a fighter jet, though.What's...

Tags: Strategy, ICT Infrastructure, team, Information and Communication Technology, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Peak oil panic? Dubai or not Dubai?

Harry, please ignore the deniersThey will try to quash any voice of reason. I believe they hope to maneuver themselves into a position where they can argue that they should not be affected by the consequences because they don't believe in man-made climate change. Pure selfishness.Keep it coming. We are...

Tags: Food & Beverage, food, oil

Discussion threads 2009-11-26

East Anglia chronology, so far

RE: East Anglia chronology, so far Obfuscate the information,often condemming, in the documents and concentrate on the trivial how they got on line. The denialists are mirroring the tobacco industry?s defense decades agoAttack is always the best defense.Deny the data, the melting glaciers, and concentrate on politics...to stop us...

Tags: payroll solutions, payroll

Discussion threads 2009-11-26

Sorry Kindle owners, the new firmware still doesn't support local public libraries

Library DRM'ed contentThat is one of the few circumstances where DRM actually makes sense, legally as well as traditionally/historically. Maybe the publishing industry should compete with libraries in this regard - DRM'ed content for dirt cheap, valid for a couple of weeks. On top of that they should offer non-DRM'ed,...

Tags: E-books, firmware, e-book, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Law firm interested in hearing from banned Xbox Live gamers

Maybe "law" can become a GDP driverNow that America has seen virtually every domestic industry go down the toilet, maybe it can provide law services to the rest of the world.If this self-righteous lawsuit is any indication, the is no need to fear the loss of American innovation and savvy;...

Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, EULA, Microsoft Corp., cheater, contractual obligation, terms of service, law firm, Microsoft Xbox

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser

It is a dumb idea.WAIT! Firefox and Chrome teams are looking to do the same?What a brilliant idea!I smell a large scale patent war brewingThis will be one that catches everybody's attention, not just the people who work in the industry.I'd bet that Office goes hardware-rendered, tooI'd bet that Office...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, IE9, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, hardware, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

What open source can teach medical practice

Great article, Dana.You did in such a short piece what CNN, MSNBC, FOX and other media journalists failed to do: tell the story as it really is. You didn't take what was news worthy and sensationalized it, nor played up a negative reading of it to frighten those possibly affected,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, open source, medical practice, CNN

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Live Webcast: Turbo-charge your SOA

While the value proposition of SOA is no longer the question, achieving maximum returns on SOA investments remains an art. In the new release of the SOA Suite (11g), Oracle has delivered the next generation SOA platform that greatly simplifies the development, deployment, management and monitoring of service-oriented architectures,...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Webcast, SOA, Dave, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2009-11-24

Fawning over Chatter and how SAP missed its chance

What Salesforce did was pricing, not features...What I was talking about that most people missed wasn't the feature set. Of course that isn't new. Even Benioff pretty much admits he stole the idea from Facebook and Twitter.But at the Techcrunch Real Time Crunchup on Friday Benioff said Salesforce was working...

Tags: Pricing, Sales force management, Marketing research, Strategy, Chatter, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2009-11-23