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Apple earnings: An example of Citizen Wall Streetin’
Between the Lines — October 20th, 2008 Apple earnings: An example of Citizen Wall Streetin’ Posted by Sam Diaz @ 4:45 am Categories: General , Apple Tags: Blog , Wall Street , Apple Inc. , Earnings , Amateur , Wall , Blogging , Financial Accounting , Internet , Finance You’ve no doubt heard of a citizen journalism, the concept that everyday folks with blogging tools can track and report the news faster and, in some cases, better than mainstream journalists. Now, we have regular folks who are tracking ...

Microsoft starts another Windows 7 blog
All about Microsoft — October 23rd, 2008 Microsoft starts another Windows 7 blog Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:18 am Categories: Windows client , Corporate strategy , Development tools , Windows 7 , PDC 2008 Tags: Microsoft Windows 7 , Blog , Microsoft Corp. , Blogging , Microsoft Windows , Internet , Operating Systems , Software , Mary Jo Foley For those who may be finding the Engineering Windows 7 blog a little … theoretical … for their tastes, there’s a new Microsoft-backed Windows ...

Tech economy: Is the forecast glass half-empty or half-full?
Between the Lines — October 27th, 2008 Tech economy: Is the forecast glass half-empty or half-full? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 4:45 pm Categories: General , Economy Tags: Tech , Blog , Cell Phone Penetration , Tech Topic , Blogging , E-mail , Social Networking , Internet , Online Communications , Marketing Talk about a doom-and-gloom outlook for the tech economy. Tech entrepreneur Jason Calacanis   - founder of Silicon Alley Reporter, Weblogs, and Mahalo.com - has fired off a pretty glass-half-empty ...

NYT takes new approach, taps blogs to keep readers informed
Between the Lines — December 4th, 2008 NYT takes new approach, taps blogs to keep readers informed Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:06 pm Categories: General Tags: Blog , NYT , News Outlet , Blogging , Internet , Sam Diaz Have blogs become the new AP for news outlets? The New York Times has announced the launch of Times Extra, an online view of its front page that comes with links to content from other news outlets and blogs. For a long time, news outlets have been proprietary in what they report, largely because they put their reputations on the line to ...

Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware
MacBytes.com — December 2nd, 2008 Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware Posted by Adam O'Donnell @ 10:15 pm Categories: Apple , Punditocracy , Exploit code , Viruses and Worms , Anti Virus , Malware , Research Tags: Apple Macintosh , Antivirus , Blog , Malware , Apple Inc. , Virus , Malware Writer , Spyware, Adware & Malware , Cyberthreats , Viruses And Worms People seemed to get into a tizzy about Apple posting ...

Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware
MacBytes.com — December 2nd, 2008 Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware Posted by Adam O'Donnell @ 10:15 pm Categories: Apple , Punditocracy , Exploit code , Viruses and Worms , Anti Virus , Malware , Research Tags: Apple Macintosh , Antivirus , Blog , Malware , Apple Inc. , Virus , Malware Writer , Spyware, Adware & Malware , Cyberthreats , Viruses And Worms People seemed to get into a tizzy about Apple posting ...

Apple shares drop on blog rumor about Jobs’ health
Between the Lines — December 30th, 2008 Apple shares drop on blog rumor about Jobs’ health Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:22 pm Categories: General , Apple Tags: Job , Steve Jobs , Blog , Health Care , Apple Inc. , Macworld , Vertical Industries , Benefits , Healthcare , Blogging Shares of Apple took a quick nosedive today but mostly recovered after a blog posted a rumor that the real reason for Apple’s pull-out from MacWorld was related to the declining health of Steve Jobs. AAPL shares Rumors. Rumors. ...

Love or hate this post? Sound off for the eavesdroppers
Between the Lines — January 5th, 2009 Love or hate this post? Sound off for the eavesdroppers Posted by Sam Diaz @ 5:00 am Categories: General , Mobile , Business Intelligence , Blogging Tags: Web , Mobile , Mobile Computing , Blog , Technology , Blogging , Handhelds , Wireless , Internet , Hardware It seems that those comments you leave on blogs like this one may, in fact, be reaching the intended parties - the companies behind the products, services and technologies that you love or ...

Guest blog: Presidential BlackBerry means mobile revolution
ZDNet Government — January 30th, 2009 Guest blog: Presidential BlackBerry means mobile revolution Posted by Richard Koman @ January 30, 2009 @ 7:09 PM Categories: Mobile/wireless , Obama Tags: Mobile , Smart Phone , Blog , RIM BlackBerry , Smart Phones , Handhelds , Cellular Phones , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Hardware By David Goldschlag executive vice president of corporate strategy & technology for Trust Digital Even before President Obama was inaugurated, there was a great ...

News scraping: Are bloggers doing more harm than good?
Between the Lines — March 2nd, 2009 News scraping: Are bloggers doing more harm than good? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:35 pm Categories: Blogging , Copyright issues , General , Media Tags: Advertisement , Blog , Blogger , News Outlet , Blogging , Internet , Sam Diaz There was a piece in today’s New York Times that really hit close to home for me. It took a deeper look at “scraping,” the practice of grabbing content from the Web and re-posting it, with proper attribution, in blogs. It’s a common practice ...

PirateBay verdict fueling youth interest in EU elections
ZDNet Government — April 20th, 2009 PirateBay verdict fueling youth interest in EU elections Posted by Richard Koman @ April 20, 2009 @ 8:59 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Sweden , Verdict , Blog , PirateBay , Paul McCartney , Blogging , Internet , Peer To Peer (P2P) , Richard Koman The PirateBay has officially filed an appeal of its co-founders’ conviction in a Swedish court for copyright violations, The Register reports. The case now goes to the Swedish Supreme Court. Paul McCartney thinks the ...

Microsoft starts recruiting testers for its 'Dublin' app server
All about Microsoft — July 1st, 2009 Microsoft starts recruiting testers for its 'Dublin' app server Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:07 am Categories: .Net Framework , Azure , Code names , Corporate strategy , Utility/cloud computing , Windows server Tags: Application Server , Blog Posting , Blog , Recruiting , Microsoft Corp. , Dublin , Application Servers , Blogging , Middleware , .Net Microsoft is recruiting a set of select testers for its “Dublin” distributed application ...

U.S. CIO launches companion blog to federal IT dashboard, but lacks discussion
Between the Lines — July 14th, 2009 U.S. CIO launches companion blog to federal IT dashboard, but lacks discussion Posted by Jason Hiner @ 11:59 am Categories: Government , IT Management Tags: CIO , Information Technology , Blog , Dashboard , U.S. President Barack Obama , Jason Hiner On Monday, U.S. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra launched a new blog that will serve as a companion to the U.S. federal IT dashboard on the it.usaspending.gov site. This blog will be used to share additional information that you can’t glean from just the ...

Programming note: Welcome Andrew Nusca to our blog
Between the Lines — August 3rd, 2009 Programming note: Welcome Andrew Nusca to our blog Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:30 am Categories: General Tags: Blog , Andrew Nusca , Programming , Tom Steinert-Threlkeld , Blogging , Internet , Larry Dignan As you may have noticed we’ve had a bit of a graphic swap at the top of the blog. Tom Steinert-Threlkeld has been swapped for Andrew Nusca. Tom will continue on Between the Lines as a guest contributor from time to time, but his new role as Editor-in-Chief of Securities Industry News is ...

Microsoft Live Labs moves ahead with 'Seahorse' rich-client application
All about Microsoft — August 10th, 2009 Microsoft Live Labs moves ahead with 'Seahorse' rich-client application Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 6:23 am Categories: Code names , Corporate strategy , Research Tags: Web , Blog , Microsoft Corp. , Seahorse , Blogging , Channel Management , Team Management , Internet , Marketing , Management It’s been a while since Microsoft’s Live Labs added another new project to its roster. But it sounds as though the unit may soon go public about a Seadragon-inspired ...

RSS: A good idea at the time but there are better ways now
Between the Lines — August 25th, 2009 RSS: A good idea at the time but there are better ways now Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:40 pm Categories: Google , RSS Tags: Google Inc. , Google Reader , Twitter Inc. , Blog , RSS , Blogging , Internet , Sam Diaz The Google Reader team posted a blog entry today with some results of a survey it conducted. The team wanted to know what an elite group of “Power Readers” were reading online - presumably using their Google Reader account - and so they asked them and have highlighted ...

The art of blog: credibility is in the eye of the beholder
Between the Lines — September 19th, 2009 The art of blog: credibility is in the eye of the beholder Posted by Phil Fersht @ 5:30 pm Categories: Blogging , Social Media Tags: Blog , Blogger , Blogging , Internet , Phil Fersht , Horses for Sources Pink_eye Mark Stelzner roused some passions last week with a great blog post  discussing how some traditional media are highlighting the need to regulate bloggers with possible “conflicts of interest”.  For example, Workforce Magazine’s online article discusses the impact of ...

Social media at the WashPost: It's time to loosen the tie
Between the Lines — October 1st, 2009 Social media at the WashPost: It's time to loosen the tie Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:30 am Categories: General Tags: Journalist , Blog , Social Media , Washington Post Co. , Post , Sam Diaz For the sake of full disclosure, I spent a little more than two years working as an editor and later a reporter/blogger for the Washington Post - roughly from the summer of 2005 until early fall of 2007. I tell you this because it gives you some insight into how my thoughts were formed on this Washington Post social policy story ...

Microsoft's Midori: Who's on the all-star roster?
All about Microsoft — October 5th, 2009 Microsoft's Midori: Who's on the all-star roster? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:11 am Categories: .Net Framework , Code names , Corporate strategy , Development tools , Multicore/distributed computing , Research , Virtualization , Windows client Tags: Operating System , Blog , Microsoft Corp. , Midori , Operating Systems , Software , Mary Jo Foley It’s been a while since anything new about Microsoft’s Midori project has leaked. But thanks to a post ...

Ruling: Fighting RIAA by blog post is OK
Between the Lines — October 13th, 2009 Ruling: Fighting RIAA by blog is OK Posted by Sam Diaz @ 9:37 am Categories: Blogging , Digital Media , Legal , RIAA Tags: RIAA , Blog , Lawyer , Blogging , Internet , Sam Diaz Lawsuits have long been tried in the news media, with lawyers putting their spins on the case in front of news cameras and microphones. So what’s wrong with a lawyer using a blog to post court documents and otherwise discredit his legal opponents? Apparently, nothing. New York Magistrate Judge Robert M. ...

Welcome to the next version of ZDNet Government
ZDNet Government — October 15th, 2009 Welcome to the next version of ZDNet Government Posted by Doug Hanchard @ October 15, 2009 @ 6:04 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Blog , Government , Vertical Industries , Blogging , Internet , Doug Hanchard Hello and welcome to the next version of ZDNet’s Government IIT Blog. This forum is a big area with tentacles that span the globe with challenges, controversy and change. Governments, individuals, groups, and business are often at odds and rarely are the groups on the same page or view unless it is ...

Microsoft Live Labs shutters ThumbTack
All about Microsoft — November 2nd, 2009 Microsoft Live Labs shutters ThumbTack Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 4:15 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Google , MSN , Research Tags: Team , Blog , Microsoft Corp. , ThumbTack , Live Labs Team , Team Management , Blogging , Management , Internet , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft’s Live Labs — its MSN-Microsoft Research “mash-up” — is closing another of its incubation projects. The latest to go is ThumbTack. ThumbTack is/was a bookmarking service (somewhat ...

Microsoft PDC Live Blog Day Two: IE, Silverlight 4.0 and more
All about Microsoft — November 18th, 2009 Microsoft PDC Live Blog Day Two: IE, Silverlight 4.0 and more Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:17 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Internet Explorer , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , PDC 2009 , Silverlight (wpf/e) Tags: Microsoft Silverlight , Keynote , Blog , Microsoft Internet Explorer , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows , Blogging , Web Browsers , Microsoft Office , Operating Systems The second day of keynotes at the Microsoft ...