CIO, CRM, what’s it mean?

It seems to me that Tech Republic avoids the age old formula for using capital letters instead of actual words. I know that we all understand the general use (i.e. CEO = Chief Exec. Officer) but with so many publications using similar abreviations,and so many new high tech shortcuts occurring every day, wouldn’t it be nice if you kept to the ‘first use is spelled out’ formula in your publications and newsletters?