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Social network software rising
We’ve been consulting for several clients about social networks and keeping a close eye on the developments of various social network software and the niche sites that are springing up and using them. There have been some new developments in both areas, here’s a few we’d like to highlight. Automattic (wordpress parent company, creators of…
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AT&T Looking at Internet Filtering
AT&T Looking at Internet Filtering Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:18 AM EST Article found via Newsvine / Associated Press AT&T Inc. is still evaluating whether to examine traffic on its Internet lines to stop illegal sharing of copyright material, its chief executive said Wednesday. CEO Randall Stephenson told a conference at the World Economic Forum…
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Five Most Overlooked Open Source Vulnerabilities Found By Audits
Foudn via yahoo news / Techweb Five Most Overlooked Open Source Vulnerabilities Found By Audits By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Tue Jan 22, 5:45 PM ET After reviewing 300 million lines of code in 2007, Palamida, a vulnerability audit and software risk management company, says it’s identified the five vulnerabilities most frequently overlooked by users in…
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CIA Says Hackers Have Cut Power Grid
Hopefully if they are reporting this it means that we have fixed all the potential problems in this area. Just another reminded that as our society becomes more and more dependent upon technology, we also become more vulnerable to problems – be it intentional maliciousness or just breaking down. Story found via PcWorld: CIA Says…
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Americans more wired, new-media survey finds
Americans more wired, new-media survey finds From yahoo news / Reuters By Gail Schiller NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) – About 38 percent of U.S. consumers are watching TV shows online, 36 percent use their cell phones as entertainment devices and 45 percent are creating online content like Web sites, music, videos and blogs for others,…
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Pluck hooking up media outlets with social networks
from yahoo news / reuters Pluck hooking up media outlets with social networks By Robert MacMillan 30 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) – Online media syndication company Pluck Corp said on Wednesday it would give traditional media companies the ability to link their Web sites to online social networks like MySpace and Facebook. The move…
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Colleges Create Offbeat Videos to Try to Build Web Buzz
We love to see more niche markets getting creative with public relations, and using newer media to get an unusual message out is just the kind of thing that colleges should be doing. It’s a young hip demographic, certainly viral videos will be more effective online than any amount spent on print advertising. The social…
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It’s serious if you admit to your relationship on Facebook – and other social networks
From yahoo news / reuters For college students, if it’s Facebook, it’s love By Joanne Kenen Tue Dec 4, 7:20 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the Facebook generation, love now comes with a drop-down menu. With profiles on the Facebook social networking site (http://www.facebook.com/) almost de rigueur on college campuses, students can define their…
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What sort of ad agency does an entrepreneur need?
From the Tennessean Newspaper in Nashville, TN: Sunday, 10/14/07 What sort of ad agency does an entrepreneur need? Answer: One willing to take a few chances to help an owner score big By RANDY MCCLAIN Business Editor Jeffrey Buntin Jr., the 34-year-old president of The Buntin Group, has seen the Nashville advertising agency started by…
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Google Making Street View Anonymous
Google Making Street View Anonymous from yahoo news / PcWorld Robert McMillan, IDG News Service Fri Nov 30, 2:50 PM ET In the face of ethical concerns, Google is considering changes to its Street View Google Maps feature that would protect the privacy of those it photographs. When Street View is rolled out in Europe,…