Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Living in dial-up internet and call centre hell (Computing.co.uk)

Living in dial-up internet and call centre hell (Computing.co.uk)
Henry Tucker, Computing , Thursday 2 October 2008 at 01:30:00 The simple act of moving house reveals weaknesses in our broadband infrastructure, writes Henry Tucker Having moved house and disconnected my broadband, I feel as if I have entered the internet stone age as I have to use the dreaded dial-up again....

Internet radio wins breathing room from congress (Seattle Times)
Congress has cleared the way for a potential agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright...

Jack Schofield meets Vint Cerf, the 'father of the internet' (Guardian Unlimited)
Jack Schofield meets Vint Cerf, the 'father of the internet', and finds out what he thinks about net neutrality, spam and how we deal with use and abuse of the web

Self-diagnosis by Internet? Tricky business (International Herald Tribune)
Trying to diagnose your own disease by Internet may be reckless or impossible, but the Internet can help when you begin to evaluate treatments.

South Beach waiter jailed in Internet sex case (Miami Herald)
A 48-year-old South Beach waiter sent explicit images of himself over the Internet to a person who he thought was a young girl, according to the attorney general's office.

Robert Hernreich - Where Businesses Go for Internet Reliability (New York Times)

Where Businesses Go for Internet Reliability (New York Times)
Internet peering points or co-location buildings are where businesses put their servers to take advantage of huge swaths of reliable bandwidth at a relatively low cost.

South Beach waiter jailed in Internet sex case (Miami Herald)
A 48-year-old South Beach waiter sent explicit images of himself over the Internet to a person who he thought was a young girl, according to the attorney general's office.

Microsoft rewards search -- but only with Internet Explorer (New York Times)
As a sign of how desperate Microsoft is to draw U.S. Internet users to its Live Search site and away from rival Google , the company is now offering frequent flyer miles to frequent searchers but only if they surf with Internet Explorer: Users of Firefox, Chrome or Safari are out of luck.

Robert Hernreich - Bezos, Benioff back health-care Web 2.0 startup - New York Times

A New York-based startup called ZocDoc that provides people with a way to schedule health-care appointments online got some backing from two industry heavy-hitters Wednesday Amazon.com 's Jeff Bezos and Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff. ZocDoc did not Robert Hernreich

The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has undergone a major facelift designed to make it more appealing and easier to use. Almost a year after its beta launch, the BBC has added more functionality and improved the interface of the successful web TV Robert Hernreich

Commentary-- Was anybody else not surprised by the recent Foote Partners finding that the ongoing demand for workers skilled in SAP technologies grew dramatically stronger in recent months? In an economy governed by the principles of supply and Robert Hernreich

National Public Radio is initiating a digital push intended to offer a greater variety of Web 2.0 tools like social networking features to listeners nationwide. The move is aimed at the youth audience, which NPR views as the key to its financial Robert Hernreich

FRISCO, Texas, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeXplore Corporation (Pink Sheets: NXPC) today announced the release of an updated version of NeXplore Search (http://www.NeXplore.com), the company's innovative Web 2.0 search engine optimized for a Robert Hernreich

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Robert Hernreich - Socialtext 3.0: Bringing Facebook, Twitter to the enterprise - New York Times

Socialtext 3.0: Bringing Facebook, Twitter to the enterprise - New York Times
Socialtext, a Web 2.0 vendor that has sold social software (primarily wikis) to businesses for internal collaboration and knowledge management, officially launched Socialtext People (enterprise social networking profiles) and Socialtext Signals, an

NPR Dials Up Web 2.0 Strategy - MacNewsWorld
National Public Radio is initiating a digital push intended to offer a greater variety of Web 2.0 tools like social networking features to listeners nationwide. The move is aimed at the youth audience, which NPR views as the key to its financial

BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0 - Silicon.com
The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has undergone a major facelift designed to make it more appealing and easier to use. Almost a year after its beta launch, the BBC has added more functionality and improved the interface of the successful web TV

Web 2.0 Technology for Online Applications Provided by Nexplore - Transworld News
Nexplore Corporation (OTCPS: NXPC ) provides innovative web tools designed to enhance an individual’s online experience. Through a variety of applications and destinations Nexplore Corporation strives to empower people to better define a World Wide

Bezos, Benioff back health-care Web 2.0 startup - New York Times
A New York-based startup called ZocDoc that provides people with a way to schedule health-care appointments online got some backing from two industry heavy-hitters Wednesday Amazon.com 's Jeff Bezos and Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff. ZocDoc did not

Robert Hernreich - onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/10/01/final_glance_internet_companies'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/10/01/final_glance_internet_companies">Final Glance: Internet companies

Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.32 or 1.8 percent, to $17.12. Robert Hernreich

Global mobile phone leader Nokia said on Tuesday it signed a deal to buy Canadian instant messaging provider OZ Communications in an effort to improve its internet services offering. Robert Hernreich

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Policymakers and researchers will soon have a lot more detail about how wired the United States is after the Senate approved a bill Tuesday bolstering the amount of data collected on the country's Internet connections. Robert Hernreich

Henry Tucker, Computing , Thursday 2 October 2008 at 01:30:00 The simple act of moving house reveals weaknesses in our broadband infrastructure, writes Henry Tucker Having moved house and disconnected my broadband, I feel as if I have entered the internet stone age as I have to use the dreaded dial-up again.... Robert Hernreich

Robert Hernreich - Final Glance: Internet companies (Boston Globe)

Final Glance: Internet companies (Boston Globe)
Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.32 or 1.8 percent, to $17.12.

Living in dial-up internet and call centre hell (Computing.co.uk)
Henry Tucker, Computing , Thursday 2 October 2008 at 01:30:00 The simple act of moving house reveals weaknesses in our broadband infrastructure, writes Henry Tucker Having moved house and disconnected my broadband, I feel as if I have entered the internet stone age as I have to use the dreaded dial-up again....

Congress passes bill to help save Internet radio (AP via Yahoo! News)
Congress has cleared the way for a potential agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates.

Jack Schofield meets Vint Cerf, the 'father of the internet' (Guardian Unlimited)
Jack Schofield meets Vint Cerf, the 'father of the internet', and finds out what he thinks about net neutrality, spam and how we deal with use and abuse of the web

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Congress poised to pass Internet radio legislation (San Francisco Chronicle)

Congress is close to passing legislation that would buy extra time to finalize an agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates. The House on Saturday unanimously passed a bill sponsored by Rep.... Robert Hernreich

Indeed, it closely links the issue of openness of the Internet to several obvious and not-so-obvious factors. An open Internet relies on an open market that allows innovation, but at the same time sufficiently regulated to prevent incumbents to outplay newcomers. Robert Hernreich

Shares of some top internet companies are up at noon: Akamai Technologies rose $.86 or 5.8 percent, to $15.74. Robert Hernreich