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Reminder that the Internet, too, could have saved Coca-Cola from ‘New Coke’ debacle

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Don Keough, retired chief operating officer at Coca-Cola, died earlier this week at the age of 88. He is described in a Fortune headline as “The real boss behind Coke’s secret formula.”

Among the accomplishments credited to Keough is one that directly involved that secret formula, namely convincing CEO Roberto Goizueta in 1985 to reverse course on the disaster that was “New Coke” in favor of returning to the original recipe.

News of Keough’s death had me rereading a 2010 Buzzblog  post that involved this thought experiment:

Let’s rewrite history: It was 25 years ago tomorrow, April 23, 1985, that the world’s most famous soft drink company committed arguably the world’s most famous product development/marketing gaffe: New Coke.

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Microsoft knew about ‘new’ Internet Explorer zero-day for 7 months but won’t patch

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HP’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) publicly disclosed a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer 8 after 180 days passed and Microsoft chose not to issue a patch. According to the ZDI advisory, the “use after free” flaw could be exploited if an attacker tricked a victim into visiting a tainted website, such as by clicking a link in an email or instant message, or by opening an emailed attachment.
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Russia says virus attack on Iranian nuclear reactor could have caused ‘new Chernobyl’ – Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

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BRUSSELS (AP) — A recent cyber attack on Iran’s nuclear program could have … who created and unleashed the mysterious and destructive computer worm known as Stuxnet. The virus hit Iran’s nuclear facilities last year, temporarily crippling its uranium …
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‘New Password’ Phishing Scam Email Targets Facebook Users – consumer affairs.com

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If you receive an email claiming to be from Facebook Support, telling you your password has been changed and the only way to see your new one is to download an attached .zip file, DO NOT download the file. It’s yet another Facebook phishing scam. The email …
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