Strategy Before Tactics

If you have no defined strategy then what ever tactics you employ probably won't meet your goals. How many of us in the information security business bought a product, tool, policy or process from a company because we needed to meet a legal requirement, a passing interest in a neat new toy, or a recommendation from a group or consultant without really visualizing how it…

Comcast Flirts With Microsoft, Teases Google

Just as AT&T wants to leverage a better deal with Yahoo over their co-branded services, Comcast would like to parlay its broadband customer base into a bigger chunk of the search advertising revenue pie.

Webmaster Claims Spider Entered Contract In Suit

The Web and artificial intelligence have brought about some surreal, science fiction like questions. The most recent mind-bending concept is whether or not robots can enter into contracts – that is, is a Web crawler implicitly entering a contract posted on a website announcing copyright conditions?

Google Seeks “Flexibility” Through Trendalyzer

For a while, they just came one after another - it seemed like Google was acquiring other companies at the rate of at least one per day.  Now the pace has slowed, but a few hours ago, the search engine company announced another acquisition.  This time, Google has taken on not a company, but a piece of software known as “Trendalyzer.” Marissa Mayer herself (Google’s…

EA Mobile Offers Sports Link

EA Sports has launched EA Sports Link, which extends their online sports fan community to mobile phones. Sports fans will be able to learn about EA Sports games as well as read the latest gaming and sports news. The service is currently available on the Cingular Wireless network but the company has plans to branch out to other carriers in the coming months.