The Great Debate: Netflix vs. Blockbuster

Love watching movies? With in store movie rentals at Blockbuster and other similar stores costing about 5 bucks a pop, if you’re an avid movie watcher, participating in a movie-by-mail service is definitely a wise choice. Blockbuster and Netflix have two extremely popular movie-by-mail programs, both of which are a great deal....

Just How Many Chinese Bloggers Are There?

Like many others, I read this brief article on CNN.com entitled, "China bloggers surpass 30 million."  The articles says there's about 34 million blog sites, but the more important number is the number of actual bloggers — more than 17 million according to the article.  That's a few folks, but not all that many if you consider that more than 105 million persons in China have access to the web —...

Consumer Reports Introduces Safety Blog

While browsing Consumerist the other day for updates on the Krempasky vs. Popken debate, I noticed that one of the posts reported that Consumer Reports has introduced a Consumer Safety Blog. I'm a big fan of consumer advocacy and think it's a great idea. However, I can't say I'm taken with the site right away....

An Interview with the Blogger In Chief at the National Association of Manufacturers

It is just sort of a fact that very few trade associations blog.  One of the few that does is the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), whose blog is called shopfloor.org.

Not only does NAM blog, it does so very effectively.  What makes shopfloor.org work is that it is written by real live human beings who have opinions. ...

Sergey Brin’s Lecture available on Google Video

Google's Sergey Brin gave a talk to students at Cal-Berkeley last October on "Search Engines, Technology and Business." The lecture is now available on Google Video.

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