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jimmy Wales and Enterprise Wikis: At the Summer Davos in Dalian, China, I was able to speak to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, about wikis in the enterprise. Wikipedia has become not only the world's most popular wiki, but the ninth most popular web site in the world. Jimmy is here as a Young...; Tags: Difference, Wiki, Wikipedia, Enterprise, Jimmy, MediaWiki, JN, JW, Wikia, John Newton; Blog posts 2007-09-14

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Will the Internet remain neutral?: Probably not. What Net Neutrality advocates forget is what has kept the Internet neutral so far has been market discipline, not government. Most customers want neutrality, and will "vote with their feet" against those carriers who violate it. Assuming, that is, they have a...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-18
For Unix: hire a leader; for others: hire a manager: For Unix: hire a leader; for others: hire a managerbad guys - good point: made the change (NT);)Classic MBTIOne recommendation : "So how do you tell the 1-5% of good guys from the 95 -99% of bad guys? Don't use "bad guys" just use "the rest".Your distinctions of Leader and...; Tags: Leadership, leader, J-type, P-type, Unix; Discussion threads 2008-03-28
Network Solutions censors anti-Koran film site: Network Solutions censors anti-Koran film siteyou're sure its racist?on what basis?you not only deem yourself judge and jury, but you are also EXECUTIONER without seeing the evidence!RIDICULOUS.you should retract that idiotic tripe and apologize. until you see it and know, what you have done here is wrong.RE: Network Solutions...; Tags: Richard Koman, Network Solutions Inc., anti-Koran, Wilder; Discussion threads 2008-03-23
Sony drops its $49 "no crapware" fee: Sony drops its $49 "no crapware" feeAnd ...... the fact that this is only offered on Viusta Business? Another bit of "internal miscommunication?"Also, the Sony store is still taking $50 off people for this option.RE: Sony drops its $49Rule of thumb: don't buy a Sony in the first place.RE:...; Tags: Rootkits, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Sony Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-03-21

Money, Politics and Energy: Menage That Screws the American Consumer: I don't think anybody is naive enough these days to think that the future of green tech or alternative energy is based on fair competition in some imaginery free marketplace. Don't we all know that economic competition in America, and elsewhere, is heavily weighted in favor of those with...; Tags: Green Technology, Dollar, NREL, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-14
New Silverlight 2 extension adds support for dynamic languages: At Mix '07, Microsoft promised it would add dynamic-language support to Silverlight. As of this year's Mix '08 conference, it has done so. The way Microsoft is delivering support for Ruby, Python and other dynamic languages with its Adobe-Flash competitor is via a Silverlight add-on called Dynamic...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Silverlight 2 Extension, DSL, Scripting Languages, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Networking, Software Development, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-11
Wikimedia Foundation Defends Wales: During her guest appearance on CNET Live, Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, defended Wikipedia co-creator Jimmy Wales. He's under fire for allegedly misusing foundation funds.; Tags: CNET Live, Wikipedia; Videos 2008-03-06
McAfee: Trojan targets Windows Mobile: McAfee has unearthed a Windows Mobile PocketPC Trojan that disables security, installs via a memory card, can't be uninstalled and makes itself your home page. According McAfee's Avert Labs blog, the Trojan has been discovered in China. Here's how it works according to researcher Jimmy Shah: ...; Tags: McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Memory Card, Mobile, Trojan Horse, Microsoft Windows, Shah, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-26
2009: The year of enterprise social networks: While some companies are trying to keep Facebook and MySpace out of the office, Research In Motion co-chief executive Jim Balsillie thinks that the social networking phenomenon is coming soon to an enterprise near you. "Once social networking becomes a B2B phenomenon--not unlike IM and texting--I believe every single social-networking...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Network, Forrester Research Inc., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Don't get excited over cable breaks. Yet.: Don't get excited over cable breaks. Yet.Oh come on......The US could invade Iran, with or without the internet still active. Though the internet can be used as a recruiting tool for groups like Al Queda and Hamas, it's also used to carry communications for the Military, along with satellites.Does that...; Tags: INTERNET, Network technology, cable break, cable; Discussion threads 2008-02-04
(Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?): (Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?)Looks like Bigfoot..or whatever that creature loping through the forest was in the opening credits of [i]In Search of[i/]They steal my thoughtsSales of tinfoil are about to go through the roof!Considering it's distance from the rover..It's only a few inches tall!...; Tags: Markings; Discussion threads 2008-01-23
Hollywood unions and the digital revolution: Hollywood unions and the digital revolutionMovies by 12 year oldsSeveral years ago I had to to some final quick edits of a short movie.Nothing spectacular there - except for the fact that the movie had been made and edited by a bunch of 12 year old kids in an everyday...; Tags: industry, movie, job; Discussion threads 2008-01-07
How common are medical kickbacks?: Wright Medical Technology has been subpoenaed in a probe of kickbacks on joint replacement systems going back almost 10 years. (Picture from a fine 1999 article about contracts between consultants and device makers.) The company is best-known for its ads starring former tennis player Jimmy Connors. Yesterday it...; Tags: Device Manufacturer, Patient, Difference, Laser, Wright Medical Technology, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-12-12
Google, CDT call for more searchable government: It's time -- high time -- for government agencies to make their websites much more friendly to web search engines. That's what Google and Wikipedia plan to tell a homeland security Senate committee Tuesday, according to the Washington Post. The Center for Democracy and Technology and...; Tags: Google Inc., Search Engine, Agency, Privacy, Center For Democracy And Technology, Wikipedia, OMB, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Wiki, Marketing, Online Communications, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2007-12-10
Here's why teachers who ban Wikipedia are misguided: Speaking at a conference in the UK the other day, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales poured it on pretty thick against teachers who ban the IMHO overly-criticized online encylopedia Wikipedia in the classroom. "You can ban kids from listening to rock 'n' roll music, but they're going...; Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-12-08
Opening act for Gibson's self-tuning guitar: Opening act for Gibson's self-tuning guitarSounds fancyHow lazy would you have to be to use one of these? Really, tuning is not the hardest or most time consuming thing in the world.Now show me a 'robot' that can tune a guitar with a floyd rose and level the bridge and...; Tags: Robots, guitar, Gibson, self-tuning guitar, tuning; Discussion threads 2007-12-04
If kids don't have electricity, will a laptop change their lives?: If kids don't have electricity, will a laptop change their lives?Children Between Two Rocks and a Hard PlaceI am betting that the OLPC will be the spark that sets their imaginations on fire and symbolize hope for a chance at having a better life.Let's keep that hope going. That's...; Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2007-10-12
Storm Worm botnet numbers, via Microsoft: If the statistics from Microsoft's MSRT (malicious software removal tool) are anything to go by, the Storm Worm botnet is not quite the world's most powerful supercomputer. The tool -- which is updated and shipped once a month on Patch Tuesday -- removed malware associated with Storm...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Worm, Machine, MSRT, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-09-24
Photos: Tech camp for kids: Thousands of kids are attending iD Tech Camps on college campuses around the country this summer. Jimmy McChristy, 17, shows off video animations he''s created with Adobe AfterEffects for a four-minute film takeoff on the movie The Matrix.McChristy, a Santa Fe, N.M., high school senior, is one of thousands of...; Tags: Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Corporate communications, It', photograph, game, iD Tech Camps, iD Tech, computer, Jimmy McChristy, Stanford University, camp, video game, hog, dorm, 3D modeling, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., programming, backward, Stanford, robotics, Web design, Universi; Image galleries 2007-08-09