Mozy's PR disaster: the curse of the all-you-can-eat service

  The Long View (Computerworld)

All you can eat! It's an attractive business model, whether you're an Internet service or an ethnic restaurant. But if you're providing an "unlimited" service, what do you do if it's costing you too much to provide? What if, like EMC's Mozy, people are using it more than you'd expected? I have some ideas, in The Long View...
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Avoid huge CAN-SPAM fines, don't be like Virgin Blue

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Australian airline Virgin Blue was recently fined more than US$100,000 for spamming. What did it do? It failed to unsubscribe people who requested removal from the mailing list. How can you prevent it happening to you? Let's find out, in The Long View...

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Nokia X7-00 canceled: death-march journey continues

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Richi's Rant: Surprise-surprise, the Nokia death-march continues. The Nokia X7 (aka X7-00 aka Journey) has been canceled in the U.S. market. Nokia's blaming AT&T, but this looks like another famous Finnish fail. Let's see what's up, in The Long View...
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Keep Your Newsletter out of Spam Traps

  The CMO Site

So you've put your newsletter together and submitted it to the email gods for delivery. But how many of those messages will actually make it through to people's inboxes? Let's talk deliverability.

Really fast broadband DOESN'T require Gigabit Ethernet

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Yesterday, Michael Horowitz described an author's disappointing upgrade to Comcast's 50 Mbit/s cable broadband service. Scott Mueller (pictured) only got half the throughput he expected. Was that because his router didn't support Gigabit Ethernet? Or are there other reasons? Let's see, in The Long View...

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