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Is it a news story or is it a press release?: Is it a news story or is it a press release?Perhaps all that is required......is a greater level of transparency regarding the source of the article.If the aggregators attribute the source and author well and make it easy to link through to relevant affiliations and disclosure then the public can...; Tags: news story, IS IT; Discussion threads 2007-10-23
Is it a news story or is it a press release?: Google news, Yahoo news, and other news aggregators, sometimes pick up press releases and distribute them alongside news stories produced by journalists. Some PR people have noticed this flaw in the news aggregators and are quite happy to exploit it. They brag that their press releases can...; Tags: Press Release, News Story, Public Relations, Business Ethics, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2007-10-23
A proposal for a new kind of "fair use": News aggregators and bloggers that carry third party content should carry at least one advertising link associated with that content. It would be the fair thing to do and a large aggregator such as Google News could help establish this practice. Google News publishes the headline and the first...; Tags: Blogging, Google Inc., news story, advertisement, Google News, ADLINK; Blog posts 2007-03-25
Thirty-second kids for a one-minute culture: Thirty-second kids for a one-minute cultureLess is more...That's what I've found about online journalism. When I was at the Financial Times we wrote to fill space. We had 200 and 450 word news stories, 650 word news analysis, 1200 word features, etc. We filled "holes" in the page. If a...; Tags: Thirty-second, news story; Discussion threads 2007-03-17
Behind Wal-Mart's support of Microsoft-Novell's deal: Behind Wal-Mart's support of Microsoft-Novell's dealStop trying to steal other bloggers thunder.It looks sad and pathetic...Interesting detailsSo this IS an "inside deal".So Turner was Wal-Mart's CIO before he went to work for MS. WOW! What coincidence....Sounds like manufactured support for an otherwise bad, unethical deal.Good to see that Wal-Mart will...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, news story, U.S. Congress, Lexmark International Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-01-23

The urgent need for verifying sources and creating a "trust trackback": The LonelyGirl15 story was fascinating because it is a glimpse into our future: a world where we aren't sure of the source of the information, or it's truth.LonelyGirl15 was found out to be a fake video blogger--scripted by a Hollywood production team--because many millions had watched it, and many thousands...; Tags: INTERNET, Phishing, news story, Google News; Blog posts 2006-09-17
Google cherry picks the best: Google News is cherry picking, it picks the best stories, and it picks the very best, and most valuable part of a news story: the headline, the first paragraph, and often, an accompanying photograph. As journalists we are taught to write an inverted triangle. We write news stories assuming that...; Tags: news site, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2006-05-17
Can blogging replace journalism?: I used to work as a software engineer 25 years ago so I have some idea of what that job is like. But I sometimes wonder if bloggers, many of whom are software engineers, know much about how journalists do their jobs.Let me tell you a bit about my job...; Tags: news story, IBM Corp.; Blog posts 2006-02-07
Kama Sutra worm set to bite next week: Kama Sutra worm set to bite next weeki'm scaredAll the dopes who use their computer just to trade stupid joke emails and chain letters half of which are AOL users will get this virus. They will deal with it, not the people who read zdnet news.You know you have...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Outlook, News Story, computer, Kama Sutra worm; Discussion threads 2006-01-27
What Vonage customers care about: Independently offered but promoted by Vonage as an online help resource and user community, The Vonage Forum has just passed three million page views.I wanted to see what current, prospective and ex-Vonage users were talking about. So, I registered with this forum.Once you're in, you get access to a Top...; Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp.; Blog posts 2004-12-08

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Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog: Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...; Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Judge refuses to reduce 'rogue' admin's bail: Breaking news: A San Francisco judge just refused to lower Terry Childs' bail from $5 million, the SF Chron reports. Prosecutors said that by rigging the network so that key programs were held in memory so that they would be deleted when the network was shut...; Tags: Bail, Administrator, Network, Sheriff, Prosecutor, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
'Spam King' escapes from federal prison: Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson left, also known as the "Spam King, made a run for it when his wife visited him last Sunday and is now officially...; Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Restitution, Federal Prison Camp, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA: Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application. In doing so they saw a big increase in conversion numbers and the customers have responded well to having the...; Tags: Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Video Game, Video, CRM, Desktop Application, Games, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-23
NY gov signs game bill into law: New York State legislation that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed was signed into law. A bill that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed into law Tuesday by New...; Tags: Law, Minor, Games, Personal Technology, video games, video game violence, Nintendo DS, New York, Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot; News items 2008-07-23
Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games: Taking a page from Facebook and YouTube, Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console. SEATTLE--Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types...; Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Reuters, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox; News items 2008-07-23
Another student hacks another police website: Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...; Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-23
News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources; Blog posts 2008-07-23
WordSmart Toolbar (zip): The WordSmart tool bar provides users direct access to the Word of the Day, WordSmart Challenge, and the new WordSmart 5.0 site. This tool bar includes great features like Google search, a Pop-Up Blocker, RSS Reader, Zoom In / Out features, a link to Yahoo, and access to various news...; Tags: Tool, WordSmart, Productivity, RSS, Microsoft Word, Internet, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-23
Deals abound for back to school: I took a walk through Circuit City today to see where consumer PCs stood. We'll be back to school in a matter of weeks and parents are already asking about laptops for their high school and college-bound students. The good news is that for $700 you can pick...; Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-22