Posts on ‘October 3rd, 2008’

Via the New York Times
E-mail has become one of the dominant forms of workplace communication, but new research suggests it also may be the most deceptive.
Researchers at Rutgers and DePaul Universities studied how e-mail influenced communication among 48 graduate students. In the study, they told students they had $89. Each student could then divide the [...]

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October 2, 2008 - 2:12 pm PDT - by Alana Taylor4 Comments

Of all the companies and social platforms that showcased at Web 2.0 Expo NY,LiveWorld was definitely one of my favorites. Why? Because they were the only service that could explain that they understand how social media functioned and actually prove that their services provide a [...]

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By David Chartier | Published: October 02, 2008 - 06:48PM CT

Swirrl takes a semantic approach to the online wiki, database, and spreadsheet business. With a simple product that utilizes stealth tactics to get business users to start applying semantic data, Swirrl is a small first step toward creating better relationships between sets of data in [...]

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by Jason Kincaid on October 2, 2008

In the buildup to this election season’s presidential debates, we’ve seen a number of services launch that aim to enhance the viewers’ experience (and hopefully keep them informed). During tonight’s highly anticipated Vice Presidential debate we put a few of them in the test.
Twitter’s Election Homepage:
It sounds like a [...]

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by Michael Arrington on October 2, 2008

Toronto based b5Media is changing the way it pays bloggers in itshundreds-strong blog network, according to an email memo sent out to partners by CEO Jeremy Wright and copied below.
Gone are guaranteed payments of “$100-$200/month” plus bonuses for traffic. In its place are much smaller guaranteed payments plus monthly bonuses for “press coverage [...]

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October 3, 2008 - 2:32 am PDT - by Stan Schroeder1 Comment

According to cyber security company Webroot, the evil variety of hackers have started using Google Trends to lure unsuspecting people into a malware trap.
It’s not really rocket science. Malwaremongers are simply checking out top news stories from Google Trends Labs, then creating fake blogs with [...]

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By John Timmer | Published: October 03, 2008 - 05:18AM CT

As kids have started pursuing more of their social lives online, their parents have become increasingly concerned that they are taking their bad habits with them. But the anonymity and lack of direct consequences facilitated by the online world has raised concerns that cyberbullying may be a completely [...]