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The European Union is up in arms over Google's privacy policy changes. But linking our apps and using the data to guide our choices and the information we see is a vital step toward a sentient web...

62 Latest comment by sandeepseeram

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Techie seeks non-profit job: How to be a big, misunderstood fish in a small pond

December 22, 2010 12:00pm PST

Trends in social entrepreneurship and skills-based volunteering, inspired by boomers who want more from work than wages and worry, are motivating greater numbers of corporate employees - even...

57 Latest comment by chalicemedia

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Disable printer notification in the Windows System Tray

December 16, 2010 12:00am PST

The printer notification balloon displays information you already know. If it annoys you, disable it.

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10 ways SMBs can cut costs (relatively painlessly) in a slow economy

July 31, 2008 6:18am PDT

Even if your small business is holding its own, there are steps you should take to keep costs under control. Deb Shinder outlines 10 practical ways to reduce your company's expenses.

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E-medical record systems won't happen and it's not because of privacy issues

July 17, 2008 6:14am PDT

If financial institutions can access all of a person's spending history at the touch of a few keys,then why is the medical industry lagging so far behind in regard to our e-medical files? Is it...

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Ask these questions to decide your unified communications strategy

February 8, 2008 8:33am PST

Unified communications is the wave of the future, and it's likely that your company will be deploying a UC solution at some point. To avoid costly mistakes when you do, you should have a...

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Warn your users about static electricity

January 14, 2008 9:59pm PST

Just as he did hundreds of times before, he sat down at his desk and reached for the mouse. This time, however, instead of taking the computer out of its sleep mode, a snap of static current was...

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Unified communications: What it means to your business

November 30, 2007 1:13pm PST

Individual communications technologies are converging into an integrated whole. Unified communications (UC) is an outgrowth of a similar-sounding but different concept, unified messaging (UM). UC...

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Windows Server 2008 Roles and Editions Matrix

November 16, 2007 9:20pm PST

Windows Server 2008 will ship with a number of new and enhanced server roles. Over my next few postings, I'll go over these roles in detail and outline what is new and what has changed with each...

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Siemens HiPath OpenOffice: Unified communication SMB solution

October 26, 2007 8:27am PDT

Find out how Siemens HiPath OpenOffice is a unified communication product tailored for SMBs.

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Three practical tools for clarifying where you want things in new locations

October 13, 2007 4:34am PDT

As a consultant, part of what I do involves perceptions and manipulations. A larger part of what I do is drudgery, involving constant sorting and resorting of information. The smallest part, the...

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Cringely doesn't need no stinking facts to push Net Neutrality

April 13, 2007 11:02pm PDT

Robert X. Cringely -- the PBS pundit who was caught masquerading as a Stanford PhD and professor -- has a new blog out titled "We Don't Need No Stinking Best Effort." Cringely has come out with...

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Put an RC R2-D2 on your desktop!

April 9, 2007 11:42am PDT

OK, you're a geek, which means you've wanted your own R2 astomech droid since May of 1977 (unless you're younger than 30, in which case your desires may be tainted by unfortunate Ewok...

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Incompetency rules

March 12, 2007 7:49pm PDT

Okay, some of you have read about my "former" boss. Yes, she finally quit and went on her own merry way. In her wake, I have a living room full of office equipment, files,...

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Practical illustration for the computer-inclined: Part 6 - Sequence, again

December 13, 2006 6:36am PST

If you've knocked out the sequential art or comic strip from Part 5--Sequence, you're halfway there! The first thing you'll want to do is erase most of those pencil lines you created way back...