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Shining examples of how mainstream media doesn't 'get it'

I laughed at them. I cried. Last night, on the way home from Dave Winer's eat-meet-and-greet in Cambridge, I listened to a replay of Thursday morning's episode The Future of the American Newspaper of NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Along with Terry Gross also of NPR,...

Tags: NPR, Janet Babin

Blog posts 2006-01-06

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Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?

Exxon Mobil got "brand-jacked." About two weeks ago, someone named "Janet," believed to be a spokesperson for the oil company, started posting one-liner comments about the company on Twitter. There was no reason to doubt the legitimacy of the Twitter account. There are a lot of big-named...

Tags: brand, internet, exxon mobil corp., twitter, janet, branding, marketing, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-07

The social media corporate identity crisis

The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...

Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Is Facebook an open source hero or Microsoft clone?

Neither. Facebook is a currently popular site with very personal information stuck in the crosshairs of dueling expectations. The Canadian Inquisition is, for all the heated rhetoric attached to it, not that big a deal. Canadian authorities want to use Facebook to set rules...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Corp., Canadian Inquisition, Software As A Service (SaaS), Government, Blogging, Channel Management, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decision

It's becoming clear that the Atlantic v. Howell decision is a major big deal in the RIAA lawsuit landscape, as the heavy hitters are starting to comment. William Patry just published a seven-volume treatise on copyright law, Patry on Copyright (yours for just over $1,500). He's also...

Tags: Copyright Law, Judge, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Will privacy keep Health 2.0 from the starting gate?

The Health 2.0 conference in San Diego this week was a sell-out, and the schmoozefest was filled with the kind of promise which Janet Dillione of Siemens spoke about last week. (Picture from the Health 2.0 wiki.) But will privacy concerns strangle Health 2.0 in its crib?...

Tags: Privacy, Fact, Health Care, Personal Health Record, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-05

Prevention killing the health care system

In all the debates about health care inflation the core problem is not being addressed. Ben Franklin said an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and catching disease before it spreads does cut the cost of treatment. The problem is the cost...

Tags: Problem, Health Care, AdvaMed, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-03

Cell images on Times Square?

If you're in New York this coming week, don't miss the images which will be displayed on the high-definition TV NBC screen at Times Square. General Electric -- which owns NBC -- launched last year a competition for the best images taken with its IN Cell Analyzer systems. GE received...

Tags: General Electric Co., Image, Cell, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-01

Siemens' Dillione is HIMSS' smartest executive

It's hard to avoid stupidity in technology, especially medical technology, where niches are established and profits have been growing for years. Janet Dillione, CEO for health solutions at Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, Penn., offered HIMSS a vision of interoperability, open standards, and SOA today so far from...

Tags: Siemens AG, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Leaked Intel Nehalem performance projections over AMD Shanghai

Leaked Intel Nehalem performance projections over AMD ShanghaiAMD is the top performerSorry dude, but the reality is that AMD chips perform a lot better than Intel chips at the same Hz.If you compare two CPUs at different speeds w/ different cash memory sizes, you are not comparing performance on the...

Tags: Processors, Intel CPUS, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., WARF, CPU

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

Jane Fonda just used the unbleeped "C" word on Today Show: what's next?

During the Today show, well, today, guest Jane Fonda talked about "The Vagina Monologues" with host Meredith Viera. While referring to the play, Jane let a word slip out that rhymes with what U.S. football teams often do on fourth down. ...

Tags: C, Gender And Diversity, C/C++, Internet, Team Management, Programming Languages, Human Resources, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-15

Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?

Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?You tell me and we'll both know."The question is, what will be that next evolutionary step that resets things so that we have the final word on such sensitive information."You tell me and we'll both know.It's the golden rule...Those...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, henhouse, Chartered, FTC, fox, telemarketing, ZIP code

Discussion threads 2007-12-17

The best ever images of the Milky Way

The Science and Technology Facilities Council in the UK reports that an international team of more than 50 astronomers from Europe, the U.S. and Australia has released the largest digital survey of the Milky Way, composed of some 200 million unique stellar objects. The IPHAS (INT Photometric H-alpha Survey of...

Tags: Astronomer, U.K., Survey, Image, IPHAS Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-12

HP Notebook PC Education Solutions: Janet Bradburn

The presenter of this webcast talks about a number of different features that are built into HP notebooks, and how they can benefit students and teachers.

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Notebook Computer, Benefits, Notebooks, Human Resources, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Webcasts 2007-12-01

OpenDocument Format community steadfast despite theatrics of now impotent 'Foundation'

When in mid-October 2007, the OpenDocument Foundation (ODf, yes, that's a little "f" that's not to be confused with the OASIS- and 400-member strong OpenDocument Alliance-backed big F-ODF: the OpenDocument Format) announced that the World Wide Web Consoritum (W3C)-backed Common Document Format CDF was the heir-apparent to what it believed...

Tags: W3C, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., OpenDocument Foundation, ODf, Matusow, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-29

A light-powered toothbrush?

Would you like to use a light-powered toothbrush which needs no toothpaste and no batteries? It's already available in Japan and North America and it costs about $30. Its rod contains titanium dioxide that generates a plaque-removing electrochemical reaction. This 'solar' toothbrush of the future 'works by releasing electrons that...

Tags: Electron, Light, Rod, Soladey, Engineering, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-24

Queen to appoint Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee to England's Order of Merit

Although he is already a Knight, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web is about to have an even more prestigious honor bestowed upon him. According to World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) spokesperson Janet Daly, Sir Tim will, on Thursday, be appointed to England's Order...

Tags: Web, W3C, Tim Berners-Lee, England, Semantic Web, Wiki, Internet, Online Communications, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-09

What Yahoo's bio for co-founder and 'Chief Yahoo!' Jerry Yang says

Yesterday, some folks here at CNET Networks asked if I had anything to say about Jerry Yang replacing Terry Semel as CEO at Yahoo. Yahoo's media relations site lists Yang as co-founder and "Chief Yahoo!." I couldn't think of anything to say that hadn't already been said. ...

Tags: Web technology, General

Blog posts 2007-06-19

Firewall Implementation at JANET-connected Organisations

The Internet is a double-edged sword: it is an excellent technology for communication and collaboration, but at the same time threats are created by this connectivity. Tools to protect against malicious and otherwise unwanted network traffic began to be developed very early in the history of the Internet. Firewalls to...

Tags: Network, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking

White papers 2007-06-11

Google is failing the Microsoft litmus test

Google is failing the Microsoft litmus testIs there a double standard when it comes to Google and Microsoft?YesShould there be?No--rjI still like GoogleI am not a big fan of the recent Google investment in 23andMe, but overall, I am still on the Google bandwagon.Well putI've had to think of certain...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-23