[2005-01-31] GM Executive Blog and the Role of PR
General Motors' Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz, is not the only one blogging The FastLane Blog, GM's executive blog.

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[2005-01-31] The Rise of Business Blogging
The following is an article that I wrote on business blogging for the February issue of The Advertiser ...

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[2005-01-28] Journalists Evangelize Blogs as PR People Doze Off
VC Jeff Nolan sat in on a panel discussion yesterday hosted by Burson-Marsteller with Business 2.0's ...

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[2005-01-28] Opportunity Knocks for Corporate Communicators
A few immediate reflections on The New Communications Forum 2005 which took place in Napa, California over the past two days.

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[2005-01-28] Microsoft Is Rolling in the Dough
Microsoft continues to be a virtual money factory. After the closing bell yesterday, Microsoft announced that earnings for its fiscal second quarter more than doubled to $3.46 billion.

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[2005-01-27] Wikis Pose a Threat to Costly Media Directories
One tool that PR professionals rely on daily is the trusty media directory. The leading company in this space ...

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[2005-01-27] The Microsoft Anti-Piracy Plan
Microsoft has announced that it will now require Windows users to verify that their copy of the OS software is genuine before they can receive updates and security fixes.

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[2005-01-26] Is it Real or Is it Memorex?
Mark Glaser asks the million dollar question in his thorough analysis of Apple v. Citizen Journalists ...

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[2005-01-25] Symantec Launches Mail Security Appliances
Promising an Enterprise-level email security tool that controls spam by stopping it at its source, Symantec has introduced their Mail Security 8100 and 8200 Series Appliances.

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[2005-01-25] Globus Consortium To Promote Business-based Grid Computing
Power players from the technology industry have joined forces to form the Globus Consortium. The purpose of the group is to promote grid computing within the business sector.

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[2005-01-24] Early Bloggers Show Way To The Corporate Tipping Point
Gapingvoid talks about the corporate tipping point, "...the point where blogging stops being the supposed realm of freaks, weirdos [...] and starts being ...

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[2005-01-24] Enterprise Blogging In Practice
Coté's Weblog gives us interesting insights about internal blogging in the case study Enterprise Blogging in Practice.

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[2005-01-24] Grid Computing Promoted By IBM,HP, Sun, Intel
The NY Times reports that a "handful of technology companies including I.B.M., Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems plan to announce ...

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[2005-01-24] Google and Overture in Contextual Conundrum
The business model is both basic and complex at the same time. Google and Overture can make your paid-ads appear on multiple web properties if those web properties contain keywords relating to your ad.

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[2005-01-24] Google Loses French Trade Mark Case
According to Out-Law.com, Google France has lost a trade mark action brought by hotel chain Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts.

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[2005-01-24] PeopleSoft Job seekers Try eBay
After a team of in-house creatives was displaced following Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft, the group turned to eBay to try and find work ...

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[2005-01-22] Podcasting Goes Corporate
Two signs point to rising corporate interest in podcasting. First, Frederik Wacka points to the ......

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[2005-01-22] Firefox Success Stirs the Microsoft Haters
Any news that goes against Microsoft seems to enliven the anti - Microsoft crowd. This weeks news that FireFox is gaining ground on IE was no different.

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[2005-01-20] Creative Communication Not For Everyone
Producing interesting or compelling content is creative work. So who is able to do that ...

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[2005-01-20] Boeing Starts An Executive Blog
Following the General Motors executive blog earlier this month, another Fortune 100 company takes a step into the blogosphere ...

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[2005-01-20] IT Conference For South Africa
ITWeb in conjunction with Brainier Capital are hosting the IT Confidence 2005 Conference in Johannesburg late next month.

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[2005-01-20] Sony CEO Howard Stringer - Future Blogger?
Sony CEO Howard Stringer quoted on CNET News.com.... Q: You're a former journalist. What do you think about blogs and their impact ...

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[2005-01-19] Always Present With Passion
In taking a quiet break from working on the PowerPoint presentation I'll be using in my workshop at the New Communications Forum 2005 ...

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[2005-01-18] Oracle Unleashes Army of Developers
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced the release by 2008 of "Project Fusion," the company's next-generation information- oriented application architecture and application set.

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[2005-01-17] Co-branded Broadband from Yahoo and Verizon
Verizon and Yahoo are partnering to deliver a co-branded broadband offering to subscribers to Verizon Online's DSL and new fiber-based FiOS services.

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[2005-01-17] Hewlett-Packard To Launch New Server Line
Looking to improve their standing in the enterprise section of technology, H-P has announced they are preparing to introduce a new line of servers and related software.

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[2005-01-15] Oracle Layoffs Confirmed
A few days ago I went on a rant about Oracle having layoffs and that some of my friends would probably be losing their jobs.

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[2005-01-13] Web Content Management: Top 10 Predictions for 2005
Web content management will continue its shift away from a technology focus towards a content one. 2005 will be the year when the professional editor will be given more responsibility in running the website.

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[2005-01-12] Growing European Resentment at Sarbanes-Oxley
A rising tide of resentment is building at the increasing pressure European companies are feeling to comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, with some European companies threatening to de-list from US stock exchanges.

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[2005-01-12] Improve Shareholder Relations Via Blog
There's a an extremely good report on IR Web Report, published yesterday, on why corporate boards should blog to improve their communication with shareholders.

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[2005-01-11] Oracle Laying Off Friends
Usually I don't post stuff that's off topic but this calls for it. For those of you that don't know, Oracle is merging with PeopleSoft and there are going to be massive layoffs on Friday.

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[2005-01-11] UPS Jumbo Sizes Airbus Order
UPS has ordered 10 Airbus jumbo jets due to a need for larger aircrafts to handle international trade.

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[2005-01-09] Checkmate for Microsoft?
I was checking out our new SearchBrains.com site which crawls articles from numerous blogs related to the search engine industry and links to them minutes after they are posted.

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[2005-01-07] Oracle closes PeopleSoft deal
Oracle is closing its PeopleSoft acquisition today, after receiving more than 97 percent of PeopleSoft shares in its tender offer.

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[2005-01-06] Confirmed: Six Apart acquires Live Journal
As I said in my article yesterday, things are moving fast in the business of blogs. Strong rumours yesterday, confirmation today.

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[2005-01-06] Corporate Governance Fuels Boom For Enterprise Software Vendors
Business Week reports on the success of enterprise software vendors and their 'corporate governance programs' to fix internal accounting problems ...

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[2005-01-05] Update: Six Apart Purchase of Live Journal
Six Apart, the parent company behind hosted blogging service TypePad and publishing platform Movable Type, is about to acquire Live Journal for an undisclosed amount ...

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[2005-01-04] Tools for Online Tracking
In order to determine which advertising and marketing efforts are effective you must have ways to measure the results of those efforts. Alerts and instant notifications can be instrumental in monitoring search engine position, trademarked terms, monitoring competitors and staying abreast of online occurrences. And, of course, the notification can be used for "ego searches".

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[2005-01-04] AMD Focuses On Portable Media Players
Advanced Micro Devices has developed a low-power chip that may make portable video players more compelling by reducing the time necessary to transfer content to the devices.

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[2005-01-04] Apple Delivers "Holy Grail" In Xsan
Apple Computer Inc. is now shipping its Xsan storage-area network (SAN) file system. Xsan is perceived as a major breakthrough by video professionals.

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[2005-01-04] Six Apart Buying Live Journal
Business 2.0 journalist Om Malik once again uses his personal blog to break a pretty big news story - Six Apart will buy Live Journal merging two major blogging platforms.

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[2005-01-03] Microsoft Lawsuit Against Hosting Company Dismissed
A federal judge dismissed a long- running suit filed by Microsoft against the Texas- based hosting company.

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