"Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes...
I am more of a Winter X Games person with snowboarding and watching Shaun White tear apart the half-pipe. I think the X-Games just happened few days ago and its nice to see the event expand as much as it has over the...
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"Many bloggers dream of creating media empires. Few of us come even close. Having a popular blog is just one minor step in the process. It’s what you do next that’s critical. Many people start selling advertising or try and build revenues through affiliates. Some create...
"San Francisco Department of Technology employee Terry Childs was in a jail cell Friday, accused of illegally locking out fellow authorized network administrators from the city computer network he helped build. But as the case against Childs entered its sixth day, questions...
If you`re in the area, Len will be speaking here. Please drop by and say hello if you`re at the conference."PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Society for New Communications Research today announced the...
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"A new advisory group has been set up to look at how Ireland's broadband infrastructure can be improved in the coming years.
The International Advisory Forum on Next Generation Broadband Networks will look at how Ireland can get faster broadband speeds at lower costs.
The...
"Miyowa, a global specialist in mobile instant messaging services, today reinforced its commitment to mass Mobile Instant Messaging deployment by announcing that its MIM solution will be compatible with 700 devices by June 2008 and 1000 by year end 2008.
Representing an...
This is Rafat Ali's take on the speech that Barry Diller just gave at MMF. His take on the Facebook valuation is quite poignant. "Barry Diller is a keynote at the Monaco Media Forum, in a Q&A...
"A PRINT management company is offering incentives to Polish employees at its Warsaw operations to retain their skills in Poland and stop them migrating to Britain.
DSR Print Management Ltd, based in Northampton, says it is so delighted with the quality of workmanship and the...
Scott Lunsford, a researcher for IBM's Internet Security Systems
offered to test the vulnerabilities for potential access of a nuclear
power plant's network via the internet. The plants owner told Lunsford
that...
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"Car bombs have almost as long a history as the car. What has changed since the invasion of Iraq is that bombers targeting civilian targets in the West now have a popular base and access to expertise in the Sunni community of Iraq.
The invasion was seen as an attack on...
"Tom Fortons’s 2005 Scion xA was built from the ground up to serve his on-going addiction for modifying cars. This vehicle is a prime example of innovation, technical expertise, and workmanship. This vehicle has been transformed twice in its life. Purchased stock and...
"Internet culture, often portrayed as the vanguard of progress, is actually a jungle peopled by intellectual yahoos and digital thieves, according to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-dissenter.
Andrew Keen, a...
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Speaking at the World Editor's Forum in Capetown, South Africa (where NowPublic's CEO Leonard Brody is also giving a talk), Richard Sambrook, BBC's Global News Chief, admitted that when he really wants to know about...