Are your site's terms of service unenforceable? 5 things not to do in the sociosphere

Cyberbullying? No, it's just bullying.; Avaya's Aura a Cisco Killer? Voices of Networking NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Symmetricom Don't Gamble your Infrastructure Over Faulty Time Discover why establishing and maintaining accurate time across the network is critically important and why a network time synchronization system pays for itself immediately. Spotlight Story Are your Web site's terms of service illusory and unenforceable? You may have noticed that the terms of service agreements for many Web sites are a bit one-sided. The user gets to use the service but only at the deference of the Web site operator. In addition, operators reserve the right to change terms whenever they want to and users agree to abide by future versions even if they do not know there has been any change. Read full story Related News: 5 things not to do in the sociosphere Over the last few weeks I've written extensively about social media, what you need to do corporately to get in the swim, and how to behave once you've got your feet wet. This week I want to talk about what not to do. Cyberbullying? No, it's just bullying. Gibbs discusses proposed legislation concerning "cyber-bullying" and points out that the laws would be a really, really bad idea and that that conflating "cyber" with almost anything is simply bogus. Dude. Avaya's Aura a Cisco Killer? In late March, Avaya launched a new communications architecture strategy named Avaya Aura. Available globally by the end of this May, Avaya's forward-thinking strategy combines "voice, video, messaging, presence, Web applications and more to employees anywhere". Carrier salespeople can be (unintentionally) funny Most IT professionals hate doing telecom RFPs. No surprise � much of the effort is process and paperwork, two things that many find tedious and boring. Excel, Twitter, FreeBASIC and a book Mark Gibbs points to a great directory of Twitter resources, explains how he finally solved his self-imposed challenge to analyze Twitter with Excel, waxes enthusiastically over FreeBASIC and reviews a book. He has been know to leap over tall buildings in a signle bound as well. May Giveaways Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet are collectively giving away books on Google Apps Deciphered, the CCNA Security exam, an awesome SQL Server 2005/2008 training video and the grand prize, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500. Deadline for entries May 31. Evolution of Ethernet From 3Mbps over shared coax to 40/100Gbps over fiber…and beyond. Apple iPhoneys: The 4G edition iPhone enthusiasts from around the Web offer their visions for the next-gen iPhone. 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