Internet Pro News

[2005-07-21] When Will Blogging Peak?
While I don't claim to know or predict the future, I do feel like this whole blogging thing is gonna peak sooner or later.

[2005-07-21] Microsoft Getting FrontBridge Hookup: Secure Messaging
Microsoft announced yesterday they will acquire FrontBridge Technologies Inc., a company that provides managed services for corporate email security, compliance and availability requirements. This adds another set of features to Microsoft's ongoing war against security problems through archiving, minimizing spam and viruses, and ensuring email availability in case of a disaster.

[2005-07-20] Doc Searls Starts Podcasting
At just over six minutes long, Doc Searls made his first podcast yesterday. Just music and some informal chit-chat including with his little helper (listen and you'll hear).

[2005-07-19] News Corp. Expects to Double Traffic With Intermix Purchase
Yesterday, News Corp. announced that it will be purchasing Intermix Media for $580 million in cash. News Corp. will also be getting MySpace.com, because Intermix is buying the portion of it that it doesn't already possess.

[2005-07-18] News Corp. Gets InterMixed
News Corp. announced that it is buying Intermix Media for about $580 million in cash. Intermix is also buying the part of MySpace.com that it doesn't already own.

[2005-07-16] Discovery On The Internet
Many eyes right watch NASA and the Discovery as they work to resolve the fuel sensor problem and get the shuttle back in the sky. A best-case scenario would be Sunday but more likely it will be later in the week. Certainly less dramatic but certainly work mentioning is the fact that some eyes will be able to watch the mission in an entirely new way, over the Internet.

[2005-07-15] SpreadFirefox.com Hacked
I just got an email from admin [at] spreadfirefox.com saying the spreadfirefox web site had been hacked on June 12. Here's the email...

[2005-07-15] Firefox Burnin� Up the Charts
Firefox was pleased to read they continue to increase their market share slowly but surely in the web browser market. While Internet Explorer (IE) by Microsoft remains the proverbial leviathan, Firefox does show promise.

[2005-07-14] Responding to Blogging Criticism
Thanks to Robert for linking up to ProBlogger.net while I slept last night. It's always nice to get a positive link from a larger blogger who sends an influx of new readers into your blog.

[2005-07-12] Blogs in the Eye of the Beholder
To test the direction that blogs are heading - rather than where they have been historically ...

[2005-07-08] Alberta Bans Keystroke Logging
The director of the Parkland Regional Library in Lacombe, Alberta, had some doubts about the productivity of one particular employee. Being the progressive manager that she is, she decided to assess the worker's productivity by installing keystroke logging software.

[2005-07-08] When Blogging Means More than Money
I emailed Cary Miller this morning to ask how hi Cancer NewsWatch blog is going (you might remember I mentioned it a while ago - Cary's wife Lori is battling cancer and he started the blog (I think after a conversation we had) to do something positive in the midst of a pretty terrible situation.

[2005-07-07] Intel Helps Morgan Freeman Sell Movies Online
Computer giant Intel and Revelations Entertainment, co-owned by Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman and producer Lori McCreary announced the creation of ClickStar, a company designed to offer premium movies directly to the Internet, including original content and first run products.

[2005-07-06] Blog Feedback Settings in Movable Type 3.2
I've recently been considering moving my last remaining Movable Type blogs over to WordPress 1.5 - however I think I might hold off a little and see what MT 3.2 turns out like.

[2005-07-06] AIM E-mail Worth A Million
AOL's debut of free 2GB e-mail boxes for its AIM client users has grown to a million active accounts in five weeks.

[2005-07-06] CNN Seeking Consumer-Generated Media
To help celebrate its 10th anniversary online, the CNN web site has created a special section entitled Online Evolution.

[2005-07-05] Skype dominates VOIP
Most people have heard of Vonage, but Skype-which still causes eyebrows to lift when I mention it to audiences-dominates the Voice Over IP (VOIP) market in North America.