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Blogger ethics, public relations... and you

Two different conversations that are connected at the core by the way the news media continues to grow and change. Bloggers have a significant responsibility in wielding their keystrokes, whether they have 10 readers or 10,000. Public relations professionals are still grappling with how to best work with this new...

Tags: Ethics, Blogger, Public Relations Professional, Public Relations, Blogging, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-10-07

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No drama, Obama? Sounds dramatic to me...

In today's radio address, the President-elect specifically said he intends to add jobs in the greentech sector. Here's the specific passage: "We'll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing schools that are failing our children, and building wind farms and solar panels; fuel-efficient cars...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-22

Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week

Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, the Flip Video MinoHD, and the BlackBerry Storm. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Handhelds, Hardware, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-11-22

Facebook scores SEC exemption

Facebook has been granted an exemption by the Securities and Exchange Commission that allows the company to not comply with the same law that pushed Google into becoming a public company. The exemption, reported by Business Week today, was granted on October 14 and allows the company to continue to...

Tags: Facebook, Exemption, SEC, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Taleo's November to forget

An HR Soap Opera This month hasn't been a good one for Taleo. Here's the timeline of events and an analysis of the lawsuits that are originating from recent events. On 11/3/2008, the company announced its Q3 earnings and they didn't delight Wall...

Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Stock, Revenue Recognition, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Ulteo offers server based computing solution for Linux desktops, apps

Ulteo is now offering what Microsoft and Citrix will not: a server based computing solution for the Linux desktop and Linux applications. The company, which late last year launched the first OpenOffice open source desktop online, has announced the availability of the Open Virtual Desktop...

Tags: Linux Desktop, Citrix Systems Inc., Server, Ulteo, Open Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Terminal Server, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-11-21

iPhone 2.2 firmware released

As expected, Apple released iPhone firmware 2.2 today. The 246MB update includes the following published features: Enhancements to Maps Google Street View Public transit and walking directions Display address of dropped pins Share location via email ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Firmware, Apple iTunes, E-mail, Digital Music, Digital Media, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Go ahead...Hang out on MySpace. Wait, what?

The MacArthur Foundation just released a study suggesting that, not surprisingly, given the integration of social media into business and modern culture, the time kids spend with so-called new media, is generally neither wasted nor particularly harmful. In fact, as one of the lead researchers points out in the...

Tags: Youth, Media, Social Media, MySpace, Barack Obama, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd had Vista concerns

HP CEO Mark Hurd told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an e-mail last year that HP's call centers were "being overrun" by customers who were having difficulties upgrading to Windows Vista, a detail that was revealed in the unsealing of a court filing in the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Mark Hurd, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Online activities at work and home

Activity Have ever done this At work only At home only Both work & home Some other place Have not done this Buy a product online, such as books, music, toys or clothing 76% 3% 53% 19% 1% 24% Watch video on a video-sharing site like...

Tags: Blog, Journal, Home, Corporate Communications, Blogging, Games, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-20

It's official: No IE 8 until 2009

After one more public test build early next year, Microsoft plans to release the final version of Internet Explorer 8 in calendar 2009. Microsoft officials shared the updated timetable via a November 19 post on the IE Blog. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Diigo for education

I posted several bookmarks via Diigo on Wednesday. Although I had planned to use delicious, I find the interface to be really kludgy, so I set about looking for another social bookmarking site. Although plenty of teachers in my district post lists of links on their blogs or...

Tags: Education, Bookmark, Social Bookmarking, Teacher, Diigo, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 10 camcorders

This year's hottest product category is arguably digital video, and there are a ton of options available on the market. So which camcorder should you choose? To aid you in your search for the best gadget for your visual adventures, here's my list...

Tags: Camcorder, Video, Canon Inc., Canon HG10, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-19

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 3

This is the 3rd in a series of 5 posts about an iPhone programming course I'm taking this week. The course is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. To make things more interesting I'm writing about how iPhone development differs from Android development, a subject with which I'm...

Tags: OpenGL, Apple iPhone, Android, Timers, Textures Textures, MultiTouch, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-19

What really happened to the candidates' computers?

Now that two weeks have passed since the end of the presidential campaigns, it is worthwhile to take a look at what I think should have one of the biggest cybercrime stories of the year. As Ryan blogged the day after the election, both the McCain and the Obama...

Tags: BusinessWeek, Computer, Attack, Government, E-mail, Vertical Industries, Security, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-18

LG INCITE Windows Mobile 6.1 device now available from AT&T

Wow, I just can't keep up with AT&T's high end mobile phone releases. Today, AT&T and LG announced the availability today of the LG INCITE Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device. This is the first entry into Windows Mobile in the U.S. by LG and it looks like a direct competitor...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, LG Electronics Inc., AT&T Corp., Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Matthew Miller, LG INCITE

Blog posts 2008-11-18

SAP Trimming Head Count, "Can't Rule Out" Layoffs

Since the world's economic crisis began in September, SAP AG has adopted a "we do not hire, we do not replace" employment policy. The early results are in. And when you exclude acquisitions (see Business Objects, January 2008), there is one area of the world where...

Tags: Layoff, SAP AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-18

CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!

Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least.  So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...

Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Is there anything teachers or students need that Google Apps can't do?

I'm giving serious thought to switching our school to Google Apps from our current ISP's email system this coming summer. Only teachers and staff have access to district email right now; the switch would provide students, teachers, and staff with school email accounts and access to the suite of...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Archiving, Teacher, Cloud Computing, E-mail, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Insiders' Guide to Evaluating Remote Control Software

As businesses continue to look to technology to streamline processes and improve efficiency, remote control software has grown in importance as the universal remedy for providing superior support while minimizing costs. Remote control software, once a "nice to have" solution, has become an integral part of any IT infrastructure....

Tags: Software, Solution, CrossTec NetOp, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2008-11-18