Posted by Ben Worthen The Internet is often compared to the Wild West. But the analogy is breaking down: Unlike the old West, which became law-abiding as its population grew, the Internet is getting wilder. The Internet can be a scary place One tech-security company has an ambitious plan to clean it up. …
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Can McAfee Clean Up the Internet?
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Cisco Hopes NBA Makes its Videoconferencing a Slam Dunk
http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/05/09/cisco-hopes-nba-makes-its-videoconferencing-a-slam-dunk/Posted by Bobby White Cisco systems chose an unlikely spokesman to hawk one of its latest products: Yao Ming, the 7’6” Chinese-born center for the Houston Rockets basketball team. Yao talks tech Cisco is hoping Yao and the National Basketball Association will boost the visibility of its …
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Tech Conferences: A Breeding Ground of Disease?
http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/05/09/tech-conferences-a-breeding-ground-of-disease/Posted by Ben Worthen Large tech companies turn their annual conferences into lavish affairs featuring high-quality gifts for attendees and concerts by big-name rock stars. But lately an unplanned giveaway has stolen some headlines: the flu. …
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Surprising Findings About Tech Entrepreneurs
http://blog.timberry.com/2008/05/when-do-i-hire.htmlin that stereotype, of course. Where there's smoke, there's fire. But this latest research puts in a word for classic wisdom, experience, and education as well. I picked this up from David Miller on Campus Entrepreneurship, who cites Ben Worthen's Tech Entrepreneurs Mostly Aren't Youngsters After All in the Wall Street Journal. He summarizes: Instead, the average tech entrepreneur was 39-years old when the company was founded, says a survey released Thursday by the Kauffman Foundation. The survey asked questions of 652 U.S.-born execs at tech
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.: The Economics of Entertainment Convergence :.
http://www.jakezim.comSilicon Alley Insider buried it. Sadly, the New York Times did nothing more than parrot the objectivity of the prevailing coverage. Even the reliably astute yet genealogically challenged Ben Worthen of the WSJ Business Technology Blog missed the story, deciding that pizza was sexier than MySpace. Despite coming on the heels of MySpace parent company News Corp’s admission that social network profits are harder to come by than previously expected
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TechCrunch50 Conference To Feature Tech Luminaries
http://blog.innovators-network.org/2008/05/michael-arringt.h...by Pete Engardio. Another myth is that of the ever-young entrepreneur and the idea that being older makes one unable to be a successful startup team member. However, this is not the case, according to a WSJ blog entry that David J. Miller comments on in a post at his Campus Entrepreneurship blog. From the WSJ story: "[T]he average tech entrepreneur was 39-years old when the company was founded, says a survey released Thursday by the Kauffman Foundation. The survey
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WiMax: If You Build It, Will Businesses Come?
http://blog.icontsi.com/2008/05/08/wimax-if-you-build-it-wil...interest in the project. Adding big names to the WiMax effort will buy Sprint time from investors to see how the bet pays off. But it’s hard to see how the chances of the service succeeding are fundamentally different than they were six months ago. Business Technology : WiMax: If You Build It, Will Businesses Come?
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Chocolate Owns Your Passwords
http://unkn0wn.eu/?p=10damaging, but cyber criminals could use this information to craft so-called phishing emails that install malicious computer code when opened or try to convince people to cough up more damaging information like a bank account number. Just awesome… Source: WSJ
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Tech Entrepreneurship Not for the Young?
http://campusentrepreneurship.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/tech-...on tech entrepreneurship, age, and education. He reports on a recent Kauffman Foundation study that finds, contrary to popular views, most tech firms are founded by older workers. (the report is titled Education & Tech Entrepreneurship). From the post
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Plattner's last stand May 7, 2008
http://centerchannel.typepad.com/sap/2008/05/plattners-last....http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/05/07/sap-disses-the-bronx-pope-goes-digital-congress-to-ban-second-life/?mod=WSJBlog
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Can Using A Bigger Monitor Increase Your Productivity?
http://www.esoupblog.com/2008/05/can-using-a-big.htmlrecent study, and I'm not that surprised. Last year when I bought my iMac, I decided to go for the biggie--a 24 inch monitor. My reasoning is that I am looking at the computer for much of the day 5 days a week, so why strain my eyes?
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IT Value Stack
http://ademccormack.typepad.com/itvaluePui-Wing Tam reminds us that "...it’s not always about throwing more tech at a problem. Instead, companies also need to rely on better IT policies and tech training." (The complete post: Promoting Less Tech But More Tech Policies
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More on Upcoming Premium Services for Dell Consumers
http://dellone2one.com/one2one/archive/2008/05/07/more-on-up...Since I blogged about some of what’s coming from a customer service perspective, I’ve received inquiries and questions from folks. And last week, I saw Ben Worthen’s post questioning the strategy behind our forthcoming premium services for home users. In a nutshell, I agree with the comment that Dell's Harjit Kaur left on Ben’s post. It’s not about where folks are located. The point of the forthcoming service is
