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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

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Is Michael Jackson telling us not to use Google Apps?

Michael Jackson, of course, isn't telling us much of anything anymore. However, when news of his death brought Internet news sites to a crawl and hurt traffic Internet-wide, one has to worry about the effects of serious traffic spikes on cloud-based, mission-critical applications. A fire at...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Michael Jackson, Internet, Cloud Computing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-04

Android set to launch in Japan, 1.5 deployment "nearly complete"

The first Android-powered phone will launch in Japan on July 10th. New Japanese customers will have immediate access to free applications in the Android Market, with paid apps following sometime later. That's according to a notice sent from Google's Eric Chu to Android app developers late Wednesday. Bulgaria and Romania...

Tags: Google Android, Japan, App, Publisher Website, Mobile Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-07-03

Camfrog Video Chat 1.9 (Mac)

Camfrog Video Chat allows you to join real streaming video chat rooms where you can hear, see, and chat with many people at a time. Instant message a user to get to know them before you Webcam chat, and add them to your contact list. This videoconferencing software also works...

Tags: Video Chat, Apple Macintosh, Webcam, Video, Camshare, Camfrog Video Chat, Video Chat Room, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-03

MovieRecorder 1.2b3 (Mac)

MovieRecorder, MovieRecorder DV and MovieRecorder Control, provide Apple Macintosh users with powerful and cost effective ingest capabilities as well as multi-station ingest control. Users very often need their media to be "edit-ready" even while the event that is being recorded continues. MovieRecorder allows users to either schedule recordings for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, Softron Media Services, MovieRecorder Control, Corporate Communications, PCI, Marketing, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-03

Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs

Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costsMessage has been deletedMessage has been deletedAnd let us not forget the costs of people refraining from performingnecessary tasks because of fear. And the costs the USB drive ban.Incalculable costs really.The care they put into the systemis the output they'd get,...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Servers, Conficker, FAA, server, Apple Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

IT lessons from Facebook's user name launch

Facebook has detailed some of the backend moves as it prepared to roll out usernames to 200 million users. The blog post is the latest in Facebook's effort to allow us peak behind the scenes a bit. Facebook allowed its 200 million users to pick names while...

Tags: Facebook, Information Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade

Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fadeTalk about beating a horse to death.How many more articles are we going to see about Windows pricing. Let me make it really simple for everyone:You either find the price acceptable for what you get and you buy Windows 7...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, rose-colored discount, Windows 7 pricing, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade

The dust is beginning to settle a week after Microsoft went public with its Windows 7 retail pricing plans. Now the details and lack of details are starting to sink in with some Windows users. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Windows 7, Pricing, Microsoft Windows, Marketing Research, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Facebook's privacy settings: users get more control as wall gets torn down

Facebook's privacy settings: users get more control as wall gets torn downANY "public" site ....I refuse to visit or use ANY "public" site that requires you to "register" before you can even start .... and I'm NOT talking about poking around user's private information.You can browse MySpace at will, but...

Tags: Construction, Facebook, privacy setting, wall

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Hey, Mac users! Need to make flash cards

Hey, Mac users! Need to make flash cardsAn alternative...There is also Cram. Cram is a little different as it also creates tests for you and times you on your tests.It has other features but there are more details at www.simpleleap.com/cram/mac.htm .It's also a free download.RE: Hey, Mac users! Need to...

Tags: flash card, Mac-user, Quizlet, card

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

George 1.0 (Windows)

george! is an add in for PowerPoint 2007 that creates Word 2007 documents from PowerPoint files. george! sends PowerPoint slides and notes directly to Word, building documents that include a title page, acknowledgements page, table of contents and pages containing the slides and notes being pulled over from PowerPoint. The...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft PowerPoint, Great Circle Learning, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Uninstall Gold 2.0.2.29 (Windows)

Uninstall Gold is system software designed to remove remnants of unneeded programs on personal computer. Normally, Uninstall Gold scans personal computer and shows all found files, folders and registry items for users to find the desired programs to uninstall. Unlike other uninstall software, Uninstall Gold can remove unneeded program completely,...

Tags: WindowsCare Technology, Uninstall Gold, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium3 Full copies or 3 Upgrade copies?The hard thing about comparing OS X with Windows is that you can only compare the Windows Upgrade version to the OS X in the retail chain because Windows Full, unlike OS X or Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Home, Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Facebook's privacy settings: users get more control as wall gets torn down

Facebook is preparing to roll out new privacy settings - some of which includes tearing down the closed Facebook wall and opening the data to the general public. (Statement, Techmeme) But before anyone goes into panic mode, it's important to note that the company is going to...

Tags: Facebook, Wall, Construction, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Why Windows 7 should be free

Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Why Windows 7 should be free

After the Vista fiasco, Microsoft owes its long-suffering customers more than a "screaming deal." They're owed an apology from Steve Ballmer - and a free copy of Vista SP3 Windows 7. The backstory Vista's market failure was not a surprise inside Microsoft. Senior development execs -...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Atomic Blue Sender 2.20 (Windows)

Atomic Blue Sender was conceived to be an affordable software to promote your business rather than an expensive solution based on hardware as many available in the market. It allows users to promote their business in a new and innovative way called Bluetooth proximity marketing. There are a few basic...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, AtomPark Software, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

Software downloads 2009-07-01

Can Firefox 3.5 wean universities off their IE addiction?

Can Firefox 3.5 wean universities off their IE addiction?Don't feel too badI have a handful of users who have to connect to a web app at one of our State offices that absolutely requires IE6. I have tried it with IE7, IE8, and FF, with no success.In January of...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE addiction, Firefox 3.5, addiction, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Microsoft to push IE 8 to more business users in August

Microsoft to push IE 8 to more business users in AugustFINALLY!Please...Please... Please TO ALL corporations and individuals: upgrade away from IE 6.. PLEASE! You don't have to go to IE 8...firefox, chrome, Opera..will do. But for the love of Pete... IE 6 needs to go. TO MS: THANKS for...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Corp., IE8

Discussion threads 2009-06-30