Today's Links and My Two Bits.

“Social media insights you can glean from online dating sites”
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/29672.asp

“The latest trends in social commerce”
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/29670.asp

“Manage multiple displays in Windows with Actual Multiple Monitors”
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/manage-multiple-displays-in-windows-with-actual-multiple-monitors/4738?tag=nl.e550

Video:
“Where will the cloud be in five years?”
http://www.zdnet.com/videos/tech-news/where-will-the-cloud-be-in-five-years/6268583?tag=nl.e550

“Voxeo Announces Prophecy 11 - Adds HD Audio, IPv6 And Fax To Communications Applications”
http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/11/08/p1845390/voxeo-announces-prophecy-11-adds-hd-audio-ipv6-and-fax-to-communication

“Why Google, Facebook and Apple love customer profiles so much”
http://blogs.imediaconnection.com/blog/2011/08/08/why-google-facebook-and-apple-love-customer-profiles-so-much/?ref=IMEDIANEWS

“Facebook Succeeds Where Urban Development Fails”
http://blogs.imediaconnection.com/blog/2011/08/08/facebook-succeeds-where-urban-development-fails/?ref=IMEDIANEWS

“5 people you should never hire”
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/29676.asp

“Transparent battery developer imagines see-through iPhone”
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/transparent-battery-developer-imagines-see-through-iphone/6876?tag=nl.e550

“Our Internet is breaking down, here’s the path to a new one”
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/our-internet-is-breaking-down-heres-the-path-to-a-new-one/8062?tag=nl.e550

“Start-up to release 'stone-like' optical disc that lasts forever”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/080811-start-up-to-release-stone-like-optical.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_storage_2011-08-09

“Flash storage moves closer to CPUs”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/080411-flash-storage-moves-closer-to.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_storage_2011-08-09

“Fusion-io acquires IOTurbine”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/stor/2011/080811stor1.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_storage_2011-08-09

“It's a hacker's world, we just live in it”
http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/its-hackers-world-we-just-live-in-it-169264?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-08-09

“Staying ahead of cloud complexity”
http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2011/enterprise4/080811-ecs-cloud.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_network_optimization_2011-08-09

“Freedom and privacy, R.I.P”
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2011/080811-backspin.html?page=1

“Microsoft's Push Back Against Spammers”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsofts-push-back-against-spammers?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_2011-08-09

“The Lesson of Anonymous: Corporate Security Sucks”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/237528/the_lesson_of_anonymous_corporate_security_sucks.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

“Five Linux Desktops That Aren't Unity or GNOME 3”
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237516/five_linux_desktops_that_arent_unity_or_gnome_3.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

“WiMAX is Dead”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/wimax-dead?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-08-09

“Verizon strike signals shift in telecom business”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/080811-verizon-strike-signals-shift-in.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-08-09

“Bing ads lead to more malware; new Mac Trojan in the wild”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/bing-ads-lead-to-more-malware-new-mac-trojan-in-the-wild/3702?tag=nl.e539

“Give me back my data! The curse of personal information brokers”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/give-me-back-my-data-the-curse-of-personal-information-brokers/18068?tag=nl.e539

“Free: 100GB of cloud storage!”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/free-100gb-of-cloud-storage/1499?tag=nl.e589

“Visa to make it easier for merchants to adopt chip-based card payments”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/080911-visa-chip.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-08-09

“Out of Touch CEO’s”
http://blogs.cio.com/leadershipmanagement/16430/out-touch-ceos-how-demotivate-your-employees?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-08-09

“The IT economy vs. the rest of the economy”
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237641/the_it_economy_vs_the_rest_of_the_economy.html#tk.nl_bpx_h_crawl

“ Six Python Web frameworks compared”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/pillars-python-six-python-web-frameworks-compared-169442?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-08-10

“How to find -- and keep -- a good job in IT, even today”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/how-find-and-keep-good-job-in-it-even-today-169347?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-08-10

“'Cloud computing' is now meaningless”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/its-official-cloud-computing-now-meaningless-169416?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-08-10

“Wall Street: Software More Valuable Than Oil”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/081011-wall-street-software-more-valuable.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-08-10

“Google's VP8 Getting Help From An Unlikely Source”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/googles-vp8-getting-help-unlikely-source?source=NWWNLE_nlt_google_2011-08-10

“Apple does well but Microsoft does better with enterprise security”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/080711-blackhat-apple-microsoft.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_wireless_2011-08-10

“Kim Jong-Il Finds Another Niche for MMO’s”
http://news.dice.com/2011/08/10/kim-jong-il-mmos/


Surfs up!.........................Eric