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- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA
- Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...
- Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Blame Zuckerberg (and Twitter) for poor SXSWi keynote; Parents joining Facebook; Paramount movies go viral
- A Facebook special of The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Blame Zuckerberg and Twitter for poor SXSWi keynote. By all accounts see Techmeme, Sarah Lacy's on-stage interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
- Tags: Facebook, Idea, Twitter, Washington Post Co., Sales Strategy, Social Networking, Sales Force Management, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- NSA coordinates cyberattack response
- NSA coordinates cyberattack responseThe NSA bungled the intel on Iraq...and historically have been a lot less than accurate. What makes anyone think they will do a better job trying to police the entire internet?Set aside their incompetence, and you still have a worldwide spying organization with no regard for...
- Tags: Hacking, Vertical industries, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Washington Post Co., NSA, cyberattack response, cyberattack, monitoring, government, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- salesforce.com users exposed to phishing scam
- In all the excitement over Google and Facebook, my usually eagle-eyed enterprisey colleagues missed that salesforce.com exposed some of its users to a phishing scam. The Washington Post says that: Salesforce.com acknowledged that a recent spate of targeted e-mail virus and phishing attacks against its...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Washington Post Co., Phishing, Sales Force Management, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- State Dept. policy wonks blog personal!
- The Washington Post's Al Kamen is a bit underwhelmed with the State Department's entre into the world of blogging, called Dipnote. That's short for "diplomatic note" but it does bring up other images ... This is what we've all been waiting for! No more media filters and distortions....
- Tags: Media, Blog, Afghanistan, Washington Post Co., Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-10-05
- Outrage: U.S. "Justice" Dept says OK for ISPs to assess surcharges for priority traffic
- The same Justice Department that's been headed by U.S. Attorney-firing, Alberto "I don't recall" Gonzales has just expressed its wishes that ISP's should be able to charge fees for priority Internet traffic. DOJ told the Federal Communications Commission today that it is opposed to Net neutrality principles...
- Tags: Internet, Net Neutrality, U.S. Department Of Justice, Washington Post Co., Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- Washington Post Radio (widget)
- Washington Post Radio plays WTWP, the radio station of The Washington Post, where there is always more to the story. Features in-depth reports from Washington Post reporters. Based on the Radio One widget from John Hinds. (Washington Post Radio streams news station WTOP when WTWP plays Washington Nationals games because...
- Tags: Radio, Washington Post Co., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-07-09
- Google Maps goes social; Copyright infringement on YouTube exaggerated? Washingtonpost.com to embrace UGC; Facebook Diaries goes live
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Google Maps goes social. Google Maps has launched a new feature called MyMaps which the company says "makes it quick and easy to create your own custom Google Maps...
- Tags: YouTube, The Social Web weekly, Google, Facebook, Video Sharing, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Washington Post Reader (widget)
- A stylish Washington Post RSS reader featuring multiple feeds, news search, customizable update interval, audible update confirmation, recent feeds list, page turner, interface customizations. (Requires Yahoo Widget Engine.)
- Tags: Washington Post Co., RSS, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-04-02
- Washington Post shoots for closer Web, print ties
- Washington Post shoots for closer Web, print tiesGates Family Newspaper AbramoffGates Family Newspaper AbramoffSlate, an e-zine started by Microsoft, was purchased by the Washington Post. Today Melinda Gates, wife of the co-founder of Microsoft, sits on the Board of the Washington Post. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, has a bridge...
- Tags: Business ethics, Web, Gates Family Newspaper Abramoff, Washington Post Co., Preston Gates, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-02
- The first bionic woman
- Today, the Washington Post reports that a new life is within reach for the first woman with bionic arm free registration required. Claudia Mitchell lost an arm in a motorcycle accident, but she's now using a 'bionic' arm that she can control with her thoughts. This bionic arm was designed...
- Tags: nerve
- Blog posts 2006-09-14
- Ten Internet Years: The Washington Post wishes itself happy anniversary
- The Washingtonpost.com three-part anniversary retrospective on “Ten Internet Years” in online journalism, traces the evolution of the delivery of news online and marks the role it has played in that evolution. Here are some highlights from the three essays reflecting on the first ten years of Washingtonpost.com:“Web Site Starts From...
- Tags: Internet, Web, Washington Post Co.
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- Washingtonpost.com: IBM Makes A Play for Microsoft´s Customers
- Interesting to see this is in the mainstreammedia even before the press release is posted on ibm.com...InternationalBusiness Machines Corp. said it will roll out an aggressive strategy todayto lure business customers away from rival Microsoft Corp., offering bountiesof up to $20,000 to sales partners who...
- Tags: IBM Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-03-30
- Most quoted news sources in blogs: NYT, CNN, Washington Post, Yahoo! News
- Dave Sifry of Technorati published the list of most quoted news sources in blogs. New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, Yahoo! News and USA Today lead the list, followed by BBC, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times and Yomiuri Online.
- Tags: News
- Blog posts 2006-02-15
- Amazon Wiki and Washington Post Remix
- Amazon Wiki and Washington Post RemixSeen itI spotted it yesterday, and found a product with it just now in only one random try, so it's real all right. I haven't seen one yet that was used, though. I wonder how many of their shoppers know what a wiki is, and...
- Tags: Washington Post Co., Amazon.com Inc., Wiki
- Discussion threads 2005-11-23
- Amazon Wiki and Washington Post Remix
- Two pieces of otherwise unrelated news flew past my eyes today while I was hydroplaning through my RSS Aggregator. The first was Amazon has apparently launched, or is just testing out, ProductWiki - a way for Amazon users to enter "customer editable product information" that will appear alongside...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-11-23
- Most popular newspaper sites: NY Times, USA Today, Washington Post
- New York Times, USA Today and the Washington Post own the most popular online fronts in the newspaper world, Nielsen//NetRatings reports. Overall, the online editions of papers reach 25.83% of US Internet population.Top 10 online newspaper sitesOnline paperUnique audience, 000Reach, %Growth, YTYNYTimes.com11,4057.515%USATODAY.com10,3616.818%WashingtonPost.com8,0675.3128%LATimes3,9342.5923%SFGate.com3,9222.584%Boston.com3,6022.37-1%DailyNews2,8701.895%WSJ2,6651.759%The Houston Chronicle2,6541.7535%Chicago Sun-Times2,5841.720%Total39,28325.8311%Source: Nielsen//NetRatings
- Tags: USA Today, Washington Post Co., New York Times Co.
- Blog posts 2005-11-16
- Images: EFF cracks printer tracking code
- Images: EFF cracks printer tracking codeGood enough reason not buy Xerox for meBut then Xerox doesn't offer a good home printer for photos. I don't want flawed photos and this is a flaw!OK, now we know, it is easy to modify to scrambleNow we know the code, we can add...
- Tags: Printers, Washington Post Co., General Motors Corp., credit card transaction, dissidence, printer, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Xerox Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-19
- 30.1% of Washington DC Web users read WashingtonPost.com
- Nielsen//NetRatings claims online readers in 9 out of the top 10 local markets were loyal to the city's top newspaper Web site in July 2005. On average, the top local newspaper Web sites reached 19.5% of a city's active Internet audience across the top 10 local markets.WashingtonPost.com reached 30.1% of...
- Tags: Internet audience
- Blog posts 2005-09-27
- Image: Chief Justice Rehnquist's early retirement
- The Washington Post prematurely posts its obituary/retirement package for Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
- Tags: Washington Post Co.
- Image galleries 2005-06-23
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