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56% of Moms self-protect from spam by reading From and Subject lines

A survey by EmailLabs and Lucid Marketing says that 56% of mothers determine which emails to open based on both From: and Subject: line. 40% of Moms with one child were less likely to find value in newsletters, while Moms with multiple children are 50% more likely to find their...

Tags: Moms, Mom

Blog posts 2005-06-26

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California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude

Next week a California law will require the use of hands-free phones and ban cell phones entirely for drivers under 18--but there's a loophole that allows texting while driving. LOS ANGELES--Next week California will try to wrest cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from movie starlets...

Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Democratic Lawmaker, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Reuters, cell phones, legal, hands-free, text messaging, California

News items 2008-06-27

Top Five Digital Cameras to Get for Mom

Still scrambling to figure out what to get your favorite mom for Sunday? A little help: Here are my top picks for the perfect Mother's Day gift (hint, hint). Best Budget Camera: Canon PowerShotA470 This 7.1-megapixel camera is a steal, especially if you snap it up...

Tags: Mom, Olympus Corp., Digital Camera, Camera, Image Stabilization, Flip, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Spin patrol: Curious timing on AOL's 'we're growing like gangbusters' announcement

Spin patrol: Curious timing on AOL's 'we're growing like gangbusters' announcementYeah, a BIG surprise to me too!Esp. when you overhear last weekend conversations that they're 'hangin in there' at Sat. morning soccer games Moms will talk and talk in Ashburn... Leak, lose-lips or freedom of speech - whatever. Move...

Tags: America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

What Yahoo could bring to Microsoft: Some media sense

Yahoo launched Shine, a fashion and beauty site targeted at women, and the move illustrates one of the biggest assets the portal could bring to Microsoft--some media sense and the ability to target demographics. In fact, if Yahoo really wants Microsoft to raise its bid perhaps it...

Tags: Women, Yahoo! Inc., Media, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Finance, Gender And Diversity, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Microsoft confirms Word attacks

Microsoft confirms Word attacksNo, in Jet>>Microsoft has confirmed reports of vulnerability in WordGrammatical issue aside, the vulnerability is in the Jet engine, not Word. Word is the vector.Vista is NOT vulnerable: yet another reason to use Vistayet another reason to use VistaRE: Microsoft confirms Word attacksThere is NO reason to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft confirms Word attack, Microsoft Confirms, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2008-03-24

Eyealike tackles video copyright problem

Eyealike tackles video copyright problemAnotherParasite Company, who a software that as no legal purpose of any kind... who is going to paid for that grossly overchage piece of crapware? The legal user who paid for is movie.....GreatNow Youtube can finally be held accountable for the videos they host through use...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Eyealike

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

My Windows 7 "three wishes"

My Windows 7 "three wishes"How long?Whatever your wishes for Windows 7 may be, it looks like you'll have a long wait. http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/29325/Windows-7-not-likely-till-2012Keeping up with hardwareStart with the assumption that people want to buy Microsoft products. Especially a new version of Windows. Add the assumption that the hardware makers...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, wishe, hardware, software

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

The most exciting cameras at CES, continued...

The most exciting cameras at CES, continued...As a photographer...the Samsung holds no interest - I use a camera to take photographs and create images. Samsung would not be a name I would even look at let alone consider.exciting camerasAs a long time amateur photographer I agree the Samsung is not...

Tags: Nikon D300, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., camera, movie feature

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

Sprint customer: Dad on our calling plan just died. Sprint: prove it

Sprint customer: Dad on our calling plan just died. Sprint: prove itWhile I agree that the individuals taking the calls were insensitiveI don't have a problem with them asking for a death certificate as proof of the death. After all, it's this sort of thing that we need death certificates...

Tags: Sprint Communications, death certificate, Sprint Customer, Dad

Discussion threads 2008-01-05

Cell phone users tying up traffic

Cell phone users tying up trafficWell duhdespite not wanting to admit it, cell phone users who drive at the same time are less attuned to proper driving, less defensive and aware of traffic conditions surrounding them, less likely to be considerate of other commuters, pedestrians and bikers, and as multi-taskers...

Tags: Cellular phones, cell phone, phone

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

Dad's sale of pot-smoking son's game sparks Web debate

Dad's sale of pot-smoking son's game sparks Web debateThe father must do what is right in raising his offspringbut whether that includes making it a public spectacle is another thing altogether. It, depending on country, state, providence or township may have different legal ramifications for not just father but...

Tags: Games, Dad, game, Web

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

Tiger update brings Safari headaches

Tiger update brings Safari headachesBut it IS Apple's fault[i]Some commentators, such as John Gruber, say we should know better than rely on such hacks. And I agree to a point. It’s not all Apple’s fault when it introduces something that breaks an “unsupported” feature provided by a third-party developer —...

Tags: Web browsers, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Safari headach, Web browser, headach

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

EU proposes new powers to split up telephone companies

EU proposes new powers to split up telephone companiesNeeded in the US tooThis kind of radical thinking is needed in the US as well to shake things up and break things up, starting with the cellphone industry to move away from subsidising handsets, make sure people own their handsets, dont...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, phone, Android, spectrum, tax, handset

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

Day 2: Joel Spolsky Live at EclipseCon

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Tags: Dating Agency, Click Here

Discussion threads 2007-09-28

Can we build the unfillable disk drive?

The disk guys are going to try. This year's Diskcon proves the storage device industry's ambitions are as lofty as ever. The engineers are working on really large disk drives. Would a 10 TB - 10 million megabytes - 2.5" notebook drive hold you? Don't...

Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Storage, Video, Jennifer, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-09-24

'Halo' no longer just a game for Microsoft

'Halo' no longer just a game for MicrosoftLong live HaloSorry, couldn't resist...SighHow quickly they are forgotten once they are absorbed.Bungie, we knew ye well...Its a good game.....what can I say?Hey I love the series and yes....even the novels and comics...But to say that Bungie has lost thier way, thats just...

Tags: Games, Game players, Microsoft Corp., Halo 3, Halo, game

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

BlogHer07: A 2.0 human community

About a year ago, I was a neophyte blogger. My first few posts were force-fed into my blog. They were a "should" chore -- I should be blogging. I approached "the blog" as unfamiliar technology. I didn't yet realize that blog posts are born from passion, and that "should blog" is an...

Tags: Web, Women, Blog, Maurene Caplan Grey

Blog posts 2007-08-10

(Photos: Compact digicams for the SLR set)

(Photos: Compact digicams for the SLR set)A couple of pointsFirst, there is a BIG difference between true optical stabilization (moving lens groups, etc.) and so-called "digital stabilization" which just boosts the ISO to hopefully gain a higher shutter speed.I think "digital stabilization" was dreamed up by the same crowd that...

Tags: camera, stabilization, SLR, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-07-20

The T-Mobile Wing's predictive text functionality beats the iPhone's technology

The T-Mobile Wing's predictive text functionality beats the iPhone's technologyYou're wasting your time pointing things like this out Matthew...When confronted with Apple fanaticism, no other device will ever come close.Do not underestimate the power of [url=firstinline.wordpress.com]Greg Packer[/url]While this is a good review of the Wing...You seemed to have thrown the...

Tags: Model Driven Architecture, Telecom & Utilities, Miller, Apple iPhone, T-Mobile Wing, model-driven architecture, phone, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2007-06-28