Paul McNamaraArticles by Paul McNamara, including 'Net Buzz.The real sticking point with MicrosoftYahoo!- May 26, 2008 Microsofts desperate struggle to acquire all or part of Yahoo! has gotten hung up not on disagreement over a fair price for the latters online advertising operations, sources say, but rather the value of Yahoo!s iconic exclamation point.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/052608-buzz.html?fsrc=rss-mcnamara Worst of the lot for two years running- May 19, 2008 That's the uncomfortable verdict for PCMall and PCConnection rendered last week by the "ForeSee Results Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index." Not only did those two outlets bring up the rear among computer and electronics sites, they brought up the rear, period.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/051908-buzz.html?fsrc=rss-mcnamara 'Bribe' or 'miswording' You make the call- May 12, 2008 The Consumerist last week posted an item about an outfit called TheCellShop.net and its apparent attempt to buy itself a top-notch reputation on resellerratings.com. The practice is not uncommon on ratings sites, but isn't usually this bald-faced in that TheCellShop wasn't just asking for good grades but 100% perfect ones.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/051208netbuzz.html?fsrc=rss-mcnamara Why is this called 'virtual kidnapping'- May 1, 2008 The crime itself is horrific -- beyond comprehension in its cruelty -- so there's some hesitancy to complain about semantics. But this is a technology column and the underlying issue -- society's tendency to blame modern-day bad deeds on technology instead of the bad-deed doers -- is an important one.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/050108-buzz.html?fsrc=rss-mcnamara |