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My Talk At Russia's Internet Safety Day Conference

2/7/2012 5:48 AM

(Moscow) Tuesday, February 7th is Internet Safety Day, which was initiated by the European Commission and is celebrated throughout Europe and, to a lesser extent, on other continents. ??I?m filing today?s post from Moscow where I ??spoke at Russia's Safer Internet Day Conference. Below is an edited transcript of my talk. The complete transcript is ...Read More

How to Build Resilient Business Communities Around You

2/7/2012 2:15 AM

It's easy???perhaps too easy???to think of a business as something that stands entirely on its own. As business owners, we have to be focused on what we need to do to make our businesses grow. But narrowing our view too much can simply be shortsighted, because any changes in the communities we operate in can .....Read More

Getting Better: Online Communities Elevate Voice of the Patient

2/7/2012 1:39 AM

In my last column, I discussed the need for a better way of connecting the discrete healthcare-related problems identified by patients and physicians with solvers who might be able to develop a solution - perhaps an immediate fix, perhaps a longer-term effort. I'm grateful for the volume of feedback received about this idea, which has .....Read More

As Hackers Leak Symantec's Source Code, Firm Says Cops Set Up Extortion Sting Operation

2/7/2012 12:54 AM

Source code from the antivirus firm has been held hostage for the last month in a tense negotiation between the Anonymous hackers who stole that code and law enforcement agents who impersonated execs to set up a sting operation aimed at tracking down the data thieves. Now it seems the negotiations are over, and the .....Read More

Lanvin Spring 2012 Video Features Snakes Galore

2/7/2012 12:23 AM

Steven Meisel presents a night of snake-filled revelry in his latest video for Lanvin...Read More

What is Science-Help?

2/6/2012 11:42 PM

Since the publication of my book, What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite, I've given several interviews, and during each one I've been asked to elaborate on a term I used in the book's introduction and closing chapter: "Science-help." I used the term to make a distinction between two different .....Read More

Did You Bet on Super Bowl XLVI?

2/6/2012 11:21 PM

? Even this Eagles girl had to admit that Super Bowl XLVI lived up to its hype... No wonder a record 166.7 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch Eli Manning and his Giants stun defeat and his New England Patriots ? and at halftime, they watched strut awkwardly around a self-indulgent stage with a .....Read More

Ad Agency Behind Clint Eastwood Chrysler Superbowl Ad Also Did Simpsons Coca-Cola Spot

2/6/2012 10:40 PM

Clint Eastwood starred in the Superbowl Chrysler ad that has had some people in the political world shaking their heads. I thought it was a pretty good spot as far as these things go, though I prefer Eastwood?s longer directorial stuff for obvious reasons. Here?s the spot: Well it turns out the same firm that .....Read More

Tax Trivia Giveaway #7: Bank Secrecy Act

2/6/2012 10:03 PM

Our next tax trivia question is: Congress passed the Bank Secrecy Act (sometimes referred to as??BSA or the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act), which included cash reporting requirements and FBAR (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts) rules, in 1970 as the first laws to fight which crime in the US? For more about .....Read More

Where YouTube Sensation Cody Paul Is Playing College Football

2/6/2012 9:55 PM

? I avoided joining the orgy of coverage for National Signing Day, which is most notable not for the superstar high schoolers committing to play at the biggest football schools, but for being the only thing that keeps the fax machine relevant. However, I?ll toss in one signing day story to follow up on a .....Read More

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