Cyril Dangerville

I read an article in a IT-related newsletter (very popular among French web surfers) concerning the use of blogs in the world (in the USA in particular). It shows the results of several surveys, including the benefits of a CEO's blog in the company. I am sure Dr Steele would argue such a study. I thought this would be helpful to the CICS blogosphere, especially to the CICS geeks that research on blogs.
However, it is all in French and I did not find a close English equivalent on the web. You may be luckier than I was. Anyway, I give an (attempt of) English version of two interesting survey results in my opinion, that are given in this article. One reason is to keep track of the content [1] since it might disappear pretty soon or the link might change.

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Blogs work like websites, except they have a specific use of dynamic pages, databases and templates. Read more for further details.

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... = SPAM 2.0!
I recently read an article about a new – new for the least geeks of us, I actually read the article one month ago - web phenomenum that I deem worth to be brought to your attention : the « splog ». What the hell is that? The definition, the good and evil, the causes and effects, and the Nota Bene, all you wanted to know (unconsciously) about SPLOGS...

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AOL just bought Weblogs Inc. last Thursday. Weblogs Inc. is a specialist of Blogs, very popular in the USA. Weblogs hosts famous sites such as Engadget (technology), Autoblog (automotive), Joystiq (gaming), Cinematical (films), Blogging Baby (parenting), Luxist (luxury), Gadling (travel), The Wireless Weblog, SlashFood, and TVSquad. Altogether, 85 blogs come to enhance AOL's information services.

Weblogs's audience amounts to 25 millions of visits/month. Soon, links to these 85 blogs should be integrated into AOL's information channels such as « Personal Finance Channel », « Autos Channel », « Travel Channel », « Games Channel », « Television Channel », and AOL News.

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Last Thursday, Sony introduced its brand new dog-robot of the Aibo series, code name ERS-7M3. At first sight, nothing new, the suprise hides "inside". Indeed, its abilities have been improved from the former generation to enable him to create a logbook with pictures included, and update it on a regular basis. The master can have access to this logbook via a computer and the appropriate software, and broadcast it on the web as a weblog. The robot can also read its "blog" loud and clear.
As "blog abilities", ERS-7M3 has two "camera-eyes" to take pictures and a-thousand-work directory. Futhermore, it can learn to walk according to the master's behavior and habits, and store data about places of objects/people to optimize its movements. Finally, if you want to skip the education process, you can upgrade your toy to the "adult" mode with a quick computer tweak.
Welcome to the first blogger machine!
Price: (Japan) ~$1,740
Available in 3 colors: white, black, gold.

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Last week, Jean-Paul Vouiller, a CFTC (French union) union activist called Hewlett-Packard's employees for using weblogs as a means to coordinate their action and give their opinions on the current HP's scheduled lay-off program. You probably know that very recently, short after IBM's massive series of lay-offs in Europe, HP laid off 14,000 people in Europe, whose 1,240 from France. The blog, more than a means of pressure, has become a strong and powerful union tool.

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