Date: 03/13/09     Keywords: web, microsoft

Can an Australian student change the way Microsoft and Apple make their products? Can influence from the community ensure a product is to the high standard we expect? I spoke to Long Zheng, world famous blogger on the istartedsomething website, to see how he is single-handedly using his Taskforce initiative...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=1246

Date: 03/13/09     Keywords: no keywords

Panasonic is covering all of its bases with its new Blu-ray player lineup, everything from a model that includes a built-in VCR for those still semi-caught in the past to one that looks toward the future with its VieraCast network-connected feature. The DMP-BD70V...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/home-theater/?p=441

Date: 03/10/09     Keywords: no keywords

Just a brief rant here, folks...I talked a while ago about my superintendent and how he used AOL extensively for calendaring and communication. Basically, I came to the conclusion that if we don't provide users with a range of tools to satisfy their needs, they'll bring crappy ones onsite that...

Source: http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2240

Date: 03/10/09     Keywords: asp, sql, security, web

According to a security group going under the name of TeamElite, the international sites of Kaspersky Iran (kasperskylabs.ir), Taiwan (web.kaspersky.com.tw) and South Korea (kasperskymall.co.kr) are susceptible to SQL injection attacks, allowing the injection of malicious iFrames and potentially assisting malicious attackers into obtaining sensitive data from the web sites in...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2842

Date: 03/09/09     Keywords: no keywords

Amazon snared an upgrade from Piper Jaffray Monday based on a customer service survey and e-commerce innovations such as the Kindle and its associated iPhone application. However, the reasoning behind the upgrade is debatable. In a research note, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster acknowledged that he was...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=14137

Date: 03/08/09     Keywords: no keywords

  Dec-08 Jan-09 % Change Rank Total Audience 190,650 191,863 1 N/A TaxACT 549 5,883 972 205 H&R Block 1,611 6,073 277 196 IRS.GOV 4,313 14,663 240 69 Intuit 6,139 16,172 163 60 Oprah.com 2,539...

Source: http://www.itfacts.biz/?p=12701

Date: 03/07/09     Keywords: web, yahoo, google

Rank Website Share 1. Yahoo! News 7.38% 2. The Weather Channel - US 3.44% 3. CNN.com 3.36% 4. MSNBC 3.11% 5. Google News 2.60% 6. Drudge Report 2.35% 7. USA Today 2.22% ...

Source: http://www.itfacts.biz/?p=12693

Date: 03/04/09     Keywords: blogging, web

Broward County Public Schools announced Tuesday that they would be using Twitter to quickly disseminate information to parents, students, and staff. While automated calling systems and school/district websites are fine ways to get information out, this strikes me as a particularly useful application for the microblogging site. ...

Source: http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2215

Date: 03/03/09     Keywords: no keywords

It's time to follow the money, and there may be a lot of it to follow as it flows from China, Saudi Arabia and Japan to Washington and then is recycled into states and cities across America. Last week Departrment of Housing and Urban Development HUD started doling out...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=2777

Date: 03/03/09     Keywords: no keywords

NetApplications data for February ‘09 is out so it's time to take a look at the trends. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3695

Date: 03/01/09     Keywords: no keywords

See how an apparent Ryanair employee responded when a blogger tried to book a flight, only to discover a bug that resulted in cost coming up zero. by Michael Krigsman

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=2057

Date: 02/26/09     Keywords: technology, yahoo

The BBC has hired Yahoo! executive John Linwood as its new CTO. He will be responsible for delivering the BBC's technology strategy. The BBC has hired Yahoo! executive John Linwood as its new CTO. Linwood will be responsible for delivering the BBC's technology strategy, including...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-273304.html

Date: 02/24/09     Keywords: no keywords

If almost your entire business value proposition was based on IT infrastructure, you would think you would be doing something about embracing green IT. But fully 82 percent of businesses in the Internet or e-commerce sector have yet to really embrace ecological considerations. That's according a survey released this month...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=2543

Date: 02/23/09     Keywords: web

That was fast. Chinese hackers collaborating with the Chinese Hacking Union, a two-years old training community for wannabe hackers, hacked and defaced the official web site of  the General Consulate of the Russian Federation in Shanghai, PRC in response to the recent accusations that a Russian navy vessel has sank...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2641

Date: 02/19/09     Keywords: web

Is today Fraud Thursday or something? Did I miss the email? One of my favorite iPhone apps and Web site is Yelp, the free, San Francisco-based business mostly restaurant review guide. Not only is Yelp its own standalone app, but its reviews are also integrated into several...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=3116

Date: 02/18/09     Keywords: web

If you're looking for a $99 iPhone look no further than the AT&T Web site. The company is now offering refurbished, 8GB black iPhones for $99 (with a two-year contract). Optionally you can purchase the black or white 16GB models for $199. AppleInsider reports that a similar...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=3083

Date: 02/17/09     Keywords: web

The Obama administration launched yet another website to explain one of its new policies—this time it's the new Recovery & Reinvestment Act. The site is designed to help the average American understand where the money is going, dig into charts and graphs related...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=261

Date: 02/16/09     Keywords: web

I love playing with new things, new websites, services and devices. But after rejoining Twitter, speared on by extreme peer presure from my colleagues, I discovered how scarily connected the whole world was; suddenly woken up to this world, closely entwined with this new revolution of next generation web technologies....

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=1005

Date: 02/14/09     Keywords: web, google

Rank Website Domain Market Share Nov ‘08 Oct ‘08 Sep ‘08 1. MapQuest www.mapquest.com 10.98% 1 1 1 2. Google Maps maps.google.com 9.81% 2 2 2 3. Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 3.31% 4 5 5 4. Expedia www.expedia.com 3.02% 5 4 4 ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=15503

Date: 02/14/09     Keywords: web, yahoo, google, ebay

Rank Website Market Share 1. www.google.com 6.38% 2. mail.yahoo.com 4.7% 3. www.myspace.com 3.71% 4. www.yahoo.com 3.65% 5. mail.live.com 1.74% 6. www.facebook.com 1.65% 7. www.ebay.com 1.64% 8. search.yahoo.com 1.52% 9. www.msn.com 1.17% ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=15504