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Predictions 2021: Disinformation, SPACs, Africa, Facebook, and a Return to Tech Optimism

John Battelle's Searchblog

But by year’s end folks will realize that antitrust suits are essentially kabuki, an exercise designed to go nowhere and maintain the status quo. Everyone’s talking about how it’s about time for the government to step up and do something , but I’m deeply cynical about anything changing in 2021. 2005 Predictions.

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Images of the Week: Vote, Voting, Voted!

Unwritten Record

Original Caption: “Members of the United States Air Force with their ballots in hand, are ready to exercise their freedom to vote under field conditions. 15, 2005, an Iraqi Family proudly poses with ink stained fingers after casting their vote. .” Local ID: 412-DA-2883 (NAID 545370). Photographer: LeRoy Woodson.

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Can I really rely on my entire workforce to support a recovery?

IT Governance

The author’s views are entirely his own and may not reflect the views of IT Governance. I would expect other organisations that have been through this type of exercise to have come to a similar conclusion. In the northern hemisphere, we have entered the flu season, and people are starting to become sick. on the Richter scale.

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Polar Opposites: The CRM Exams and Vendor Product Language

Brandeis Records Manager

While vague vendor Web language was nothing new to us, this immersive exercise left us astounded by just how hollow and unclear much of the vendor promotional language is. Furthermore, they are often addressed to a 1990-2005 audience, as if, for example, we don’t know that there is a thing called “social media” that can be tricky.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Fog of Cyber War

ForAllSecure

Mikko had read some of my reporting on Netsky, which Skynet backwards, a virus also known as Sasser, was a typical virus-of-the-day back in 2005. So back in 2005, Microsoft offered, you know, $25,000 to have somebody turn in a malware writer back. Mikko pulled me aside into the parking lot under a blazing Nevada sun in August.