[2005-10-31] IBM Grabs Google’s Toolbar
IBM announced on Friday it would be adding Google Desktop for Enterprise in the form of a plug-in for its enterprise search technology. This marks a major step for Google and Google's quest to sit at the table with the adults.

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[2005-10-30] Best Job Board: Craigslist
Craigslist wants us to know that their traffic far outstrips the leading job boards, and guess what, they also come up on top in terms of job search effectiveness, according to a Forrester Research study.

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[2005-10-27] Jagger Update2 to be Upgraded...
They say both good and bad things come in threes. Historically, Google updates have provided both good and bad things for search engine optimizers, though generally not in that order.

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[2005-10-26] Corporate Firewalls Blocking Blogs
If you're behind a company firewall, there's an increasing chance that you're not able to read this-or any other-blog.

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[2005-10-24] Reverse Engineering Google's Business Strategies
What's in a name? That's a good question. Some feel that the name that you are given at birth provides and accurate description of who you will turn out to be.

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[2005-10-24] Long-Armed Law of the Wiki
I'm just an amateur, but it seems to me that Mike Langberg is afraid of loosing his job. Can't blame him, The Mercury News just went through a round of layoffs and print media economics are in shambles.

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[2005-10-19] More On McDonald's Intranet Blogs
The launch of intranet blogs by McDonald's is significant because it's not a high-tech company.

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[2005-10-09] Pierre Omidyar at Web 2.0
Full disclosure, Omidyar Network is an investor in Socialtext. ON invested in FM Publishing too. Could have gotten a higher valuation if it got Pierre out of speaking.

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[2005-10-08] Web 2.0 Conference - Random Rants
Found someone's notepad at the Web 2.0 conference... One thing that's different this year is talk of infrastructure.

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[2005-10-06] Blogging to Save the Butler
After learning the fate of Jeeves, the long serving butler mascot of Ask Jeeves fame, a number of bloggers have banded together to try to resurrect the affable chap from the dotcom dustheap.

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[2005-10-05] Corporate Blogging: Killer App or Corporate Killer?
We all know how popular blogs have become, especially in the past few years. Millions of blogs are being created and read every day. As such, many companies see the potential and are jumping on the bandwagon. Unfortunately, an ill-conceived corporate blog strategy can generate lawsuits, angry customers or employees and a bad brand experience.

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[2005-10-04] O'Reilly Author Notices Microsoft's Openness
Giles Turnbull, a Mac user who writes over on O'Reilly: "There's something that Microsoft is doing much better than Apple." ...

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