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Disclosing material, nonpublic information via social warrants caution

April 11, 2013 11:43am PDT

A recent SEC report clarifies Regulation Full Disclosure requirements involving social media and investor information. Get tips on staying in compliance.

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10 steps to creating a Word userform for addressing letters

December 12, 2012 1:37pm PST

Using a little VBA and Word's form features, you can set up a template to quickly enter address info into your letters.

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Landmark Ferranti lives again: One man's love letter to early AI

October 12, 2012 10:14am PDT

Recreating a 1950s love-letter chatbot helped bring the seminal Ferranti Mark I computer back to life.

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Open letter to tech vendors: Stop circumventing IT consultants

May 4, 2012 1:32pm PDT

Tech vendors should focus on making quality products and offering good service rather than circumventing IT consultants in an attempt to increase the vendor's revenue stream.

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Dear Thorsten: An open letter

January 24, 2012 4:14am PST

Gina Smith pens a letter to Thorsten Heins, the new CEO of RIM with what's he's going to have to do to turn the company around.

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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Data protection - Who's sticking to the letter of the law?

January 20, 2012 7:52am PST

Apparently, not central government...

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A letter of regret to Google Cloud (My)SQL?

January 16, 2012 6:00am PST

Ian Hardenburgh shares his thoughts on Google's decision to choose MySQL as its new cloud computing relational database of choice.

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Lodsys targets app developers over patent infringement claims

August 25, 2011 1:10pm PDT

This is a survival guide for app developers who are in the midst of the Lodsys patent war.

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Letter to the editor: The dark side of Apple's power of 'No'

June 24, 2011 8:53am PDT

While Apple's discipline for saying "No" has been a big part of its current success, there's a dark side to that phenomenon. Here's one example, explained in a letter to the editor.

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The purpose of a cover letter

May 12, 2011 4:28am PDT

A cover letter is the addition to a resume that puts your experience into a perspective for the job being filled.

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Clarifying one difference between the cover letter and the resume

September 7, 2010 6:54am PDT

A TechRepublic member wrote to me asking for examples of one of my previous points about cover letters -- not repeating resume information verbatim.

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Tried and true tips for writing an effective cover letter

September 1, 2010 4:43am PDT

A cover letter, or an introductory email, to a recruiter is a valuable marketing tool for yourself. Be sure to get it right with these tips.

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How to keep age out of your resume and cover letters

August 18, 2010 1:00pm PDT

My mom used to say, "You're as old as you feel." Keep that in mind if you are an older person crafting a resume and cover letter.

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Office challenge: How can you force Word to print a letter before its corresponding envelope?

July 27, 2010 4:36pm PDT

This week, learn the solution to last week's Word sorting challenge and test your skills with a new Word challenge regarding the Envelope feature.

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New book explores the rejection letter

May 20, 2010 4:02am PDT

A new book touches on the art of the rejection letter. Those who have been unsuccessfully looking for a job might appreciate the sentiment.

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Video: Six tips for nailing a cover letter

April 7, 2010 4:29am PDT

In this video, Toni Bowers covers six tips for writing your best cover letter.

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Letters to the editor about my breakup with Windows

March 17, 2010 2:53pm PDT

TechRepublic members had a lot to say about my breakup with Windows (though it wasn't totally a breakup). Read the most intelligent responses.

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When to use mount points for Windows servers

February 8, 2010 7:05am PST

Windows mount points are a common practice in the Exchange world, yet are sometimes misunderstood elsewhere. Here are a few more use cases for mount points.

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