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U.K. groups seek share in concert ticket resales

U.K. groups seek share in concert ticket resalesThis is like charging you AGAIN ...This is like charging you again to let your friends watch a movieyou already purchased the DVD for. Scalping tickets should justplain be illegal! It is like the opportunists buying all theavailable drinking water during...

Tags: scalper, Scalping, concert ticket resale, X-2

Discussion threads 2007-12-04

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Significant workplace inroads for Enterprise 2.0?

According to a random poll I recently conducted on Facebook, just over a quarter of 300 respondents -- 27% of them in all -- answered in the affirmative that they are provided with an easy way at work to post on a blog or put information on a wiki. ...

Tags: Web, Workplace, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, Wiki, Hyperlink Infrastructure, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2007-10-30

SaaS and Office 2.0 evolving towards Enterprise 2.0?

Yesterday on the Boston waterfront at the Reinventing the Enterprise summit, a lively panel of industry luminaries discussed and debated the topic of the event: How enterprises are dealing with the powerful transformational forces from the Web 2.0 era that are reshaping the workplace today. The issues and concerns...

Tags: Application, Software-as-a-service, Enterprise 2.0, Office 2.0, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2007-10-27

Court bars RMG from using Ticketmaster's system

Court bars RMG from using Ticketmaster's systemLike its RMG's fault?Classic case of blaming the wrong guy. Ticketmaster is the problem for their monopoly on tickets and their serious money grabbing and ridiculous convenience chages. RMG is just using their system. If they would get rid of ticketmaster...

Tags: RMG, Ticketmaster Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

Apple and AT&T sued

Apple and AT&T suedYou know what she's upset about don't you?Because of the price drop, people who are selling them second hand, like those on eBay, can't get back the money that they paid for them because of the price drop.Basically, she's suing them because it's now more difficult to...

Tags: eBay Inc., phone, price drop, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-02

Several iPhone presale offers up on eBay

Several iPhone presale offers up on eBayWhats wrong with scalping?If there are willing buyers and willing sellers, what is the problem?What's wrong with scalping?If you have willing buyers and willing sellers, what is the problem?Employees?Perhaps these people are employees of either Apple stores or Cingular/AT&T stores who will have access...

Tags: Apple iPhone, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-06

Several iPhone presale offers up on eBay

Although the Apple iPhone officially goes on sale June 29, a number of eBay sellers are posting preorder offers for the much anticipated device.Since it is widely assumed that the opening rush will deplete iPhone, inventories for as many as a few weeks after the floodgates open, it is rather...

Tags: News, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-06

eBay to buy StubHub for $310 million

eBay to buy StubHub for $310 millionHow will that affect the Fan Protect Guarantee? Ebay changed its policyA day before the Stubhub purchase was official, Ebay announced they would no longer offer purchase protection for transactions other than those purchased with paypal. I read that on reuters. How will that...

Tags: eBay Inc., StubHub Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-01-11

Would you spend $1 to buy a $35 coupon from eBay?

Would you spend $1 to buy a $35 coupon from eBay?Absolutely!You should mention some of these money-saving web sites that do a good job, like TechBargains.com.As long as the money saved makes it worth the effort, you're crazy not to. The purchase price and the money saved has to be...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Cyberthreats, benefit, coupon, eBay Inc., Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-19

Chipped like a dog

Chipped like a dogI'd quit my jobIf my employer wanted to inject something under my skin in the name of security, I'd put in my notice and walk out the door. At some point, this device will be abused. I wonder how many people developed skin irritations or...

Tags: RFID, chip, job, security

Discussion threads 2006-02-14

With search engine subpoenas in the news, searchers turn wary

You knew Google records every search. Every click. Sets cookies that last years. Stores your gmail forever. Scans your hard drive. And so on. You also realize that there's really no personally identifying information in the mountainous gobs of URLs and search queries the government is asking for. Even so,...

Tags: WEB SITES, government

Blog posts 2006-01-25

Geldof condemns sale of Live 8 tickets on eBay

Geldof condemns sale of Live 8 tickets on eBayeBay's fault?Why is eBay to blame for this, rather than those selling the tickets? Couldn't those ticket holders just as easily have sold the tickets in newspaper ads or on street corners?Should eBay have rules restricting the sale of certain items? If...

Tags: Even Linux, Bob Geldof, Geldof, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-06-14

Microsoft unprepared for SP2 support nightmare?

Microsoft unprepared for SP2 support nightmare?Needs to be released firstAny new release could cause a problem, if so it will be dealt with and fixed. From a security standpoint it is a good call. But it is impossible to predict the future of what [might] happen.And that is as it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Firewalls, Network security, firewall, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Corp., security

Discussion threads 2004-04-05