One of the most vexing problems facing organizations for years has been knowledge management. In the past, the task of capturing, organizing and disseminating valuable information so it could be properly utilized by end-users and business executives was an herculean effort that produced limited results. Today’s cloud computing movement offers exciting opportunities to remedy those age-old challenges.... 

Social networking platforms can be powerful tools. Twitter strikes fear into the hearts of repressive regimes, and Facebook was nearly single-handedly responsible for the revival of Betty White’s career. So how can something with that much influence be easy and unintimidating for a small-business owner to use? There’s no need to be intimidated, blogger Christopher Bucholtz of Forecasting... 

There has been a lot of activity related to the issue of Net neutrality in recent weeks, but none of it seems to be leading to a resolution of the central question of who — if anybody — ultimately will regulate broadband ISPs. The latest developments in this ongoing saga occurred Wednesday, when FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski appeared before the financial services subcommittee of the... 

When CEO Steve Jobs had difficulty connecting Apple’s brand spanking new iPhone 4 to the Internet for his demo at the Worldwide Developers Conference, someone in the audience called out, “try Verizon.” What should have been a high moment for the iPhone 4 underscored one of its thorniest problems: AT&T’s trouble handling all the traffic it generates. MacNewsWorld reporter... 

Such trends as cloud computing, service oriented architecture, social media, Software as a Service, and virtualization are combining and overlapping to upset the client landscape. If more of what more users are doing with their clients involves services, then shouldn’t the client be more services ready? Should we expect one client to do it all very well, or do we need to think more about specialized... 

Search marketing will undergo many changes in 2010, according to marketing agency Greenlight. Among other things, Facebook will have to offer better ad tracking, mobile search will take off, and Google will rethink incorporating Twitter search data into its real-time search results as well as include video content in page relevancy scores. Also, the Microsoft-Yahoo deal will make search a two-horse... 

Apple’s role as the book publishing industry’s white knight may be over even before it has begun. Cupertino may not be willing to allow publishers as much leeway in setting their own e-book prices as previously thought, according to a New York Times report. After unveiling the iPad Jan. 27, Apple shook the e-book world with its statement on e-book pricing. Several major publishers have... 

One of the key objections Mozilla and its supporters have had to the use of H.264 codecs for HTML5 video — the built-in decoding system being developed for the next edition of HTML — is that it’s proprietary technology. As such, there are no guarantees against the rights holders to that technology staking claims to it and charging money for it — and there may not be much protection... 

On January 27, a major speech took place: No, it was not the State of the Union address, but Steve Jobs’ announcement of the release of the iPad. The iPad has already started to change the landscape of digital publishing: After a few days of a public battle, Amazon was forced to capitulate to a new deal with Macmillan, one of the six largest publishers; on Friday, Hachette started to make noise... 

For all its graphics firepower and blockbuster action, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ couldn’t blow up the perception that the video game industry is still reeling from the recession’s aftershocks. Industry market-watchers NPD Group released November sales figures Thursday, showing continued year-over-year declines in software, hardware and accessories. While acknowledging...