by Ron Miller

Old Media's Last Stand

In the final days of a failing model, old media made one last futile attempt to save its fading way of life by trying to expand copyright law to exclude fair use and linking.

Read my full post on DaniWeb.

Photo courtesy of Herkle on Flickr

SharePoint's Director Remains Bloodied but Unbowed

I interviewed SharePoint Director Christian Finn last week at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston. As you can imagine he staunchly defended his product, but was also surprisingly forthcoming about its limitations.

Read the story on FierceContentManagement. 

Photo courtesy of Robert Scoble on Twitter

Microsoft Needs to Embrace the Future

While Microsoft desperately defends its turf, the world changes before its eyes. Like any large organization it reacts slowly making incremental moves instead of fully embracing the new one.

Read the full story on DaniWeb.

Photo courtesy of d.billy on Flickr.

Apple Slips in May, Rights Itself in June

Just when you thought that Apple might be succumbing to the recession, they sell a million new iPhone 3GSs in the first weekend. Guess they haven't lost it just yet.

Read the full story on DaniWeb.

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Ballmer Regrets Ceding Search Google

Image via Wikipedia

Steve Ballmer said last week he regrets that his company didn't start earlier in Consumer Search, but let the record show, both Google and Microsoft entered the consumer search market the same year. Google simply rolled over Microsoft in this game and hasn't looked back.

Read more at DaniWeb.

Chris Brogan: Be Humble; Be Helpful And Share

You want to know what social media is all about? Take 4 1/2 minutes and watch this video of Chris Brogan discussing social media and his upcoming book, Trust Agents. He totally gets it. Watch and learn.

If Clicks Don't Matter, It Could Change Online Advertising

A recent study found that there is some value in people simply seeing ads. Could this change the way we measure advertising success online?

Read my view on DaniWeb.

XML Automation Might Prevent the Next Financial Crisis

Could XBRL help stave the types of financial crises we have seen over the past 10 years? It couldn't hurt.

Read my Editor's Corner at FierceContentManagement to learn more.

I Don't Get the Bing Love Fest

 

I've seen a lot of love for Microsoft's newly branded search engine, Bing lately and frankly I just don't get it. Bing landed a couple of weeks ago with a huge ad budget and a big splash, but I've used it and I don't see anything new here, but a pretty interface. Why are some people falling all over themselves to say how great they think it is?

Read more on DaniWeb.

Photo courtesy of Danard Vincente on Flickr.

Google Wave is Impressive, but is it Semantic Technology?

Google Wave is impressive, so much so, some have suggested it's semantic web technology, but experts say out of the box, it's not.

Read why on Semanticweb.com.

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