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- Chirp displays a social screen saver
- Chirp displays a social screen saverIt's alrightI just installed it on my spare workstation in my office and it's ok. I imagine I'll be turning if off rather quickly as there appears to be pretty much zero control for specifying what you want popping up and how you'd like...
- Tags: screensaver, social screen saver, Chirp
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
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- 42% of Internet users do not know what social networking is
- Across the 17 global markets surveyed, 42% of people know what online social networking is, says Synovate. The Dutch were most likely to know the term with 89% answering ‘yes’, followed by Japan at 71% and Americans with 70% answering in the affirmative. 26% across the markets surveyed are members...
- Tags: Internet User, Internet, Network, Social Networking Site, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, AM
- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- What's up, what's down on our warming planet?
- Glaciers are down, the ocean is up. Here are some details: Europe is losing its Alpine snowmass. Glaciers in Europe have lost 25% of their snowmass since 1980. It's more than agony for skiers. Huge sections of rock and rubble are leaving...
- Tags: Meter, Glacier, Business Ethics, Government, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- Video: Office 2.0: Creating successful online communities
- At the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, panelists discuss how to keep interest in an online community and how to use game theory--rewarding and recognizing exceptional users in the community. Speakers include: Ross Mayfield of Socialtext, Chris Andrasick of Tacit Knowledge, and moderator Robin Carey of Social Media Today....
- Tags: Community, Theory, Video, Office 2.0, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- DDoS + Web 2.0 == Buckets o' traffic
- Denial of Service attacks are based upon a simple idea: generate the maximum amount of traffic using the minimum amount of work. At one time this was as simple as sending a spoofed ICMP echo packet to a broadcast address or similar shenanigans. Modern DDoS attacks rely upon...
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Network, Distributed Denial Of Service, Social Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Preview: Plusmo Pro Football Live app (updated)
- As you already know I really want a good NFL application for the iPhone. Now that it's NFL season and it would be great to track teams, players and games in progress – especially when you can't be in front of a television. As I've I mentioned...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, NFL, App, Plusmo Pro Football Live, Plusmo NFL App, Games, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Office 2.0: Creating successful online communities
- At the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, panelists discuss how to keep interest in an online community and how to use game theory--rewarding and recognizing exceptional users in the community. Speakers include: Ross Mayfield of Socialtext, Chris Andrasick of Tacit Knowledge, and moderator Robin Carey of Social Media Today.
- Tags: Community, Theory, office 2.0, online community, game theory, users, ross mayfield, chris andrasic, robin carey, virtual
- Videos 2008-09-05
- What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?
- What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?That explains it....The client was invisible to the user as a cost-saver, rather the cost savings were apparent to the video distributor. So, how does the client app make itself valuable? Joost had several interesting features besides this P2P media capability, but it also...
- Tags: Joost, desktop client, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?
- The news broke today that Joost, the company which in a lot of ways was on the forefront of rich media, is canning its signature desktop client in favor of a purely web based portal. As a big proponent of desktop applications in general, and especially these hybrid applications which...
- Tags: Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Enterprise password management really isn't a good idea
- Being at a university and working for a government department allows me to understand this concept well. There are shared resources here, there and everywhere, provided by different people and providers, all open to a "certain type" of person - employees or students. By having a single sign-on SSO point...
- Tags: Software, Password Management, Mozilla Firefox, Password, Single Sign-on, RoboForm Enterprise, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial ... vague, baffling and unfunny, but highly riffable!
- Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial ... vague, baffling and unfunny, but highly riffable!It was OKThe ID made me laugh. Not being a Seinfeld fan, I'll assume there were other jokes that I just didn't get.The Apple ads tell you as much about OSX as this did about Windows, but this ad...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet
- Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?
- XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?Mostly valid points Christopher, but, you should give OLPC more credit fortransforming the market. And, I would like to see more OLPC features in computers like the Dell Mini. I DO want a sunlight readable screen. I DO want a more durable laptop. I...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Dell repair adventure, conclusion
- Well, our hero's story had a happy ending. The service tech came out to my office and replaced both the motherboard and the screen on my Dell laptop. After than magic was performed, the system booted up and ran just as it did before. I appreciate the help provided by...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Supplier, Digital Equipment Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome already beating Opera
- Google Chrome already beating OperaWaiting for Windows Mobile 6 version... if they can create a version for Windows Mobile to rival safari on iPhone, they'll have me seriously thinking about it.Otherwise, it's just another browser for the desktop by another large conglomerate.Full screen problemI have my task bar on the...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, work-around, Google Inc., Chrome, Google Chrome, Opera Software
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Microsoft Student Technology Day UK
- Note Wednesday 1st October 2008, a little over 3 weeks away from today in your diary. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and a whole load of influential partners and companies will be in London for the Microsoft Student Technology Day. It's a day about and for students,...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Adobe and NBC to provide live streaming of NFL games
- Adobe and NBC to provide live streaming of NFL gamesSilverLight gets shown upBallmer must be throwing chairs somewhere in Redmond.RE: Adobe and NBC to provide live streaming of NFL gamesThat is pretty coOLNFL coming to a browser near you thanks to Flashping back from http://bits.samiq.net[... As Ryan Stewart notes, the...
- Tags: NFL, NFL Game, live streaming, NBC, Adobe Systems Inc., game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Deploying and managing online communities: Who, how and why?
- Deploying and managing online communities: Who, how and why?Read the book Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh BernoffRead the book Groundswell if you want great insight into how to do this properly and there are also lots of case studies and stats in the book.In respect of the product ratings...
- Tags: Groundswell, Dell Computer Corp., Direct2Dell
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Adobe and NBC to provide live streaming of NFL games
- Adobe just announced that the NFL is going to use Flash to deliver live, online streaming video for NBC Sunday and Thursday night football games. You can go watch the games on NBCSports.com right now. It looks like they used Flex to build the player and I assume they're using...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NBC, NFL, Video, Live Streaming, Video Quality, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
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