• Rumours have been flying lately about the demise of PubSub.com, writes co-founder Bob Wyman yesterday: […] I can’t deny that things are not going well for us. Our days are numbered. A recent attempt to execute a merger has been blocked and we’ve been blocked from raising equity financing that would allow us to continue to pay salaries and pay off our $3 million in debt. Thus, our “doors” will close soon if we can’t find someone to pull us…

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  • One of the people I was so pleased to meet for the first time at the IABC conference in Vancouver last week was fellow communicator Donna Papacosta who podcasts Trafcom News. I’ve just finished listening to Donna’s show #31 which she recorded a couple of days ago. It’s a terrific account of much of the happenings at the IABC conference which she interprets into the “Six Communication Truths.” Spot on! I did smile at Donna’s account of her little experience in…

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  • When I started this blog in February as an evolution from my presence on TypePad, I set it up with a new service provider, DreamHost. For just under $8 a month, I get 20 gigs of storage space, a terabyte of bandwidth allowance per month – more than ample for my needs well into the future – and hosting multiple domains. Plus quite a few bells and whistles as part of the overall package. Since then, I’ve had nothing but…

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  • EBay integrates Skype into auctions E-newspapers just around the corner. Really Firms get World Cup fine warning Home Depot to Shareholders: Bugger Off Is Your VoIP Phone Vulnerable? Islamic banking goes nationwide National Semi Equips Workforce with iPods Podcast: The CEO’s Guide to Web 2.0 Prevention: Avoiding a “Firememe” Soccer star Beckham kicks off Motorola promotion The Starbucks Effect UK PR blog drought, says PR Week editor UK watchdog warns on LSE takeover plan Voice recognition software starts to make…

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  • Testing the blogging functionality in Word 2007 beta 2. Just installed Office Professional Plus 2007 beta 2 which includes Word. I’ve held off on doing it until now principally as I wanted to be sure that NEO Pro, my email manager, works ok with Outlook 2007. Developer Caelo says it does although no beta version of Outlook is officially supported. So, can I post this from Word? I’ve gone through the steps to set up my WordPress blog using the…

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