McCain: I'm No "Tech Freak"
OK, OK. We've all seen the stories: John McCain is "technology illiterate" and doesn't use e-mail. And some think it's a big problem. After all, his opponent, Barack Obama, is a BlackBerry-toting, social ....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 18:07 PM
Monday, July 21, 2008 12:07 PM
Conservatives Channel Their Inner Obama
A new blogging effort looks to build a new brand for conservatism. But has Barack Obama's movement already stolen all the Web mojo? Ed Cone, our resident political watcher, just posted an interview with Jo....
Monday, July 21, 2008 06:07 AM
Rebranding via Blogging
It's trendy to speak of politics in terms of branding, with the Republican and conservative brands widely believed to be in need of a tune-up. Hence The Next Right, a blog aimed at helping conservatives re....
Friday, July 18, 2008 10:07 AM
The Tail That Wags the Dog
Om Malik says, "even Silicon Valley can't ignore what's been going on in the overall economy." It's an important post. The consumer-spending analysis is not pretty, and it resonates far beyond the tech in....
Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:07 AM
Innovation a Must for Big Businesses
There's an argument to be made for established companies to avoid the risk of innovation. But it's not the right one. Scott Anthony poses an interesting question: should successful businesses bother with ....
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 13:07 PM
Apple's Walled Garden
Dave Winer on the iPhone: "[P]eople who believe in open systems who bet heavy on such a closed system are going to learn again why they love open systems." Dave references Nik Cubrilovic, who writes: "Gee....
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 14:07 PM
No Sun in This Cloud
Salesforce.com, long the poster child for Sun Microsystem's software-as-a-service business, is ditching Sun's hardware and Solaris software for machines from Dell running the Linux operating system. The R....
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 09:07 AM
Title IX and IT Diversity
One of the root causes of the gender imbalance in IT -- a major workplace diversity issue -- is understood to be the relatively low interest in certain sciences by female students. Now the federal governme....
Monday, July 14, 2008 16:07 PM
In Which I Fail to Avoid Writing About the iPhone
I was trying to make it through the day without mentioning the iPhone, but a few items jumped out at me through the swirling ticker-tape -- things that are relevant to corporate IT. As Clint Boulton says,....
Monday, July 14, 2008 14:07 PM
Social Nets in the Enterprise
If this snippet of conversation about social nets for the enterprise leaves you wanting more...you can get more from this article.
Monday, July 14, 2008 14:07 PM
Constraints on IT Growth
Forrester looks at limits to growth for small, medium, and large IT organizations. Below, a chart from the report:
Monday, July 14, 2008 11:07 AM
Evolutionary Dead-ends: Le Minitel
So it's Bastille Day, and that got me thinking about the Minitel -- the French teletext system that seemed so cool back in the pre-web era. When my wife and I moved to Paris in 1989, the Minitel was in fu....
Monday, July 14, 2008 10:07 AM
IT Gets 2.0 Clue
Forrester says IT departments were slow to the Web 2.0 party, but they're catching up: "Budgetary controls, the need for integration and technical skills, and the growing importance of Web 2.0 tools are al....
Friday, July 11, 2008 13:07 PM
A Win for Net Neutrality
FCC chair Kevin Martin comes out against Comcast, for net neutrality. Ars Technica: "Score one huge, precedent-setting win for net neutrality backers." Related: "Telecoms are poor-mouthing existing capac....
Friday, July 11, 2008 10:07 AM
National Tech Policy
As mentioned in this column, the US lacks a serious technology policy and continues to face a digital divide in terms of broadband access. Looks like we could learn something from the Aussies: Australia'....