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KFC UNThinking at the UN

Honestly, the professional PR brigade never cease to amaze me with some of the nuttiest ideas for brand enhancement that all too often turn out to be just the opposite. My ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow was spammed today by a top PR agency with...

Tags: Brand, KFC Corp., UN General Assembly, Yum, Branding, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-10-22

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Internet Governance Forum goes to Egypt and hits a few snags

Yeah, leave it to the Arab countries to defend freedom.ntAllow the UN to practice "Governance" over the Internet?I will never understand the sort of cognitive disconnect required in order to think that it's a sane idea to let the world's premier body of corruption, mostly run by the world's political...

Tags: Internet Governance, Internet Governance Forum, Totalitarianism, Article 29, Human Rights, Universal Declaration, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

The Semantic Enterprise

The Semantic EnterpriseYou cannot find what you did not store...I agree with Oliver about the challenges and the opportunities in this space. I would like to add, from my experience at SAP, that you cannot find what you did not store in the system. Sounds simple, but it is not.As...

Tags: Strategy, ontology, Semantic Enterprise, grass roots innovator

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and ChryslerWell - Microsoft IS General MotorsDecades ago - Microsoft arrived - using a novel yet familiar business model.They rushed into new, immature markets with poorly designed products & aggressive marketing – and cornered us into accepting their design philosophies before we (or...

Tags: Microsoft Word, TVs, Word processors, TV & Home Theater, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Ford Motor Co., Chrysler LLC, Microsoft Corp., General Motors Corp., TV

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Cyber terrorists to face death penalty in Pakistan

According to a recently signed "Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2008" in Pakistan, any person who commits cyberterrorism causing the death of other people will face death penalty or life imprisonment : "Whoever commits the offence of cyber terrorism and causes death of any person shall be punishable with...

Tags: Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Five reasons Chrome will take over the world

Five reasons Chrome will take over the worldFive reasons Chrome will take over the worldYou know what ZDNet needs? More articles about Chrome! 12 over the last 24 hours just isn't enough so why not add to that number.Chrome isn't taking over anything because its terribly broken. It doesn't render...

Tags: Development tools, Web browsers, chrome, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Human Rights: An Inconvenient Truth

The debate on business and human rights is set to heat up this year with the 60th anniversary of the UN General Assembly resolution adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR. The Beijing Olympics and a sharpened focus on the potential winners and losers in the climate change crisis...

Tags: James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-02-25

GPL 3 isn't the 'last call;' FSF locks in on Microsoft-Novell

GPL 3 isn't the 'last call;' FSF locks in on Microsoft-NovellSeveral thoughts...I guess the first thing that stands out to me is the depth of the legalize. The size of the new licnense Users have always had a difficult time understanding and applying the GPL properly (several law...

Tags: Free Software Foundation, GPL 3, Microsoft Corp., corporate world, open source, GPL, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-28

Asia tsunami warning system feasible

Asia tsunami warning system feasibleForget OS's and "who's the best"...How about major software companies banding together (and DONATING $$$) to bring about some sort of warning system to the poorer countries that don't already have a system in place. After all, I'd much rather see all countries (which could...

Tags: Tesla, earthquake

Discussion threads 2004-12-27

UN looks to control the Net

UN looks to control the NetUN is the New World OrderWe just need a new world order leader now.UN is doing WHAT??WHATTT? WHAT does the UN have to do with it?, No one Touches American MADE!! TAXING EMAIL?!?! ARE YOU CRAZYThe wombats are out!This whole article is flamebait.On top of...

Tags: INTERNET, Government, Cyberthreats, wombat

Discussion threads 2004-03-30

Microsoft cracks down on source-code traders

Microsoft cracks down on source-code tradersMicrosoft is missing a golden opportunityAs the article states, the genie is already out of the bottle. Rather than fretting over the trading of the source code and the illegal use thereof, they should just see what comes of this public release.Perhaps the evaluation...

Tags: SECURITY, trader, Microsoft Corp., OSS, source code

Discussion threads 2004-02-18

Dot TV: Buys Tuvalu's way into U.N.

The island nation of Tuvalu makes $50 million, enough to fulfill its dream of admission to the United Nations, by selling its .tv domain name. From Park Avenue all the way east in Manhattan on Tuesday, the streets were jammed with protesters, police and official delegates all buzzing about...

Tags: Nation, TV, U.N., Tuvalu, Internet, Domain Names, Lisa Napoli, Technology News

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