Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Video on demand to the TV through the internet. It seems the next logical step in the dissemination of entertainment material. Music is already a long way there. Video presents bandwidth issues, but maybe it's time has come. It'll be interesting to see how this new startup does. Technology Review: Startup Akimbo to Launch Internet Video-on-Demand Service for TV

Friday, August 27, 2004

e-learning goes wireless with the handing out of Blackberry handhelds by the University of Maryland. There's a lesson here. Students need to be thoroughly comfortable and conversant with the technologies being used in business. Globetechnology
Proceedings from the annual European conference on e-Business Productivity are available from this website. e-Business Watch: "The main Annual Event of the e-Business W@tch in 2004 (Brussels, Centre Albert Borschette) discussed methods and results of measuring the economic impacts of ICT on productivity, competitiveness and growth. Speakers included representatives of the OECD, from the EC, official statistics and research organisations.
In the morning session, representatives of the e-Business W@tch presented the results of recent e-Business Sector Studies on the textile industries, transport equipment manufacturing, the chemical industries and retail."

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Slowly, the "wild west" phase of World Wide Web development is coming to an end, as the laws and law enforcement practices catch up with technology. The US Justice Department's new Operation Slam Spam is a case in point. Details coming out on Thursday. InformationWeek %3E Spam %3E Justice Department Cracks Down On Spammers %3E August 25%2C 2004

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

There is quite a controversy about e-voting these days, yet it seems the way of the future. Computerworld has compiled an interesting and timely section on this topic.Electronic Voting - Special Coverage
The benefits of blogs are beginning to be realized by some businesses. Blogs are a useful and simple way to get a message out to the public or to customers. They can be incorporated into existing websites and readily picked up by search engines such as Google. Globetechnology

Monday, August 23, 2004

Music retailers are going through a classic case of disintermediation, and will have to reinvent themselves in order to survive. The only way they can do that is to find new and attractive ways to add value for their customers. Most likely, they will need to embrace the internet, not compete with it. Clive Davis has some suggestions for them in this article. Globetechnology