Daily Digest 05/12/2009
May 11, 2009 by Andy Brudtkuhl · Comments
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With the news that MI5 is looking for a Chief Scientific Adviser, spy novelist Jeremy Duns reveals his ten favourite real espionage inventions
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Cyberwar – Cadets Trade the Trenches for Firewalls – Series
These are the war games at West Point, at least last month, when a team of cadets spent four days struggling around the clock to establish a computer network and keep it operating while hackers from the National Security Agency in Maryland tried to infiltrate it with methods that an enemy might use. The N.S.A. made the cadets’ task more difficult by planting viruses on some of the equipment, just as real-world hackers have done on millions of computers around the world.
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How to Produce “Business-Quality” Online Video on a Small Business Budget
Can businesses today really create sustainable revenue and long-term profit around regularly publishing professional-quality online video, and keep their production costs well below the standards of broadcast-quality? Yes, if they’re willing to be what I call “videoratis” – a video professional and publicist skilled at more than one job that relates to their business and their online community.
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Daily Digest 05/01/2009
April 30, 2009 by Andy Brudtkuhl · Comments
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9 Ways to Make Your WordPress Blog “Smart”
The point here is that having the ability to morph your blog per visitor activity can assist you in meeting your conversion goals (whatever they may be). A list of popular posts is quite a simple feature, so let me take you to another level by showing you more ways to make your blog smart.
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Facebook Talks Ad Network Plans
A source familiar with Facebook’s long-term strategy tells us the startup “definitely” plans to eventually build an ad network on the back of Facebook Connect, the service that allows users to sign-in to participating third-party sites using their Facebook accounts. The idea is that Facebook would be able to sell ads for third-party sites, targeting them using all the anonymous demographic and behavioral information it keeps on its users.
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Daily Digest 04/30/2009
April 29, 2009 by Andy Brudtkuhl · Comments
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ESPN.com’s Lead Tech Guru Explains How They Were Attacked By Dancing Unicorns And Glittery Ponies
Keith Lam is the programming guy for ESPN.com and spent most of his final hour yesterday fighting off unicorns from ESPN.com’s site. How did this awesomeness happen?
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Panel Critical of U.S. Cyberwar Plans
The United States has no clear military policy about how the nation might respond to a cyberattack on its communications, financial or power networks, a panel of scientists and policy advisers warned Wednesday, and the country needs to clarify both its offensive capabilities and how it would respond to such attacks.
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Daily Digest 04/23/2009
April 22, 2009 by Andy Brudtkuhl · Comments
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Zane Safrit: Social Media is About Listening
The power of social media is allowing anyone, anywhere to LISTEN anytime to anything.
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Daily Digest 04/21/2009
April 20, 2009 by Andy Brudtkuhl · Comments
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GOOG Gives Publishers More Ad Inventory Control
Today Google launched the DoubleClick Network Builder, a tool that enables publishers to develop and maintain their own ad networks.
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In-Stat: 66.3 Million US TV Viewers are Simultaneously Using a PC While Watching TV
Over 66 million consumers across demographic categories are using the Internet while camped out on their sofas watching TV
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Land Rover Taps Twitter as Campaign Cornerstone
The appeal to marketers is obvious: It’s a cheap way to reach people through their trusted contacts. And Twittad’s technology is able to sort its users by geography, demographics and interests, which can both lead to more targeted appeals and, perhaps, prevent Twitter users from feeling under siege by advertisers, a major concern.
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Oracle Agrees to Acquire Sun Microsystems
The Oracle Corporation, the technology information company, announced Monday that it would acquire a rival, Sun Microsystems, for $9.50 a share, or about $7.4 billion.
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