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Washington Post Sunday, November 29, 2009Fast Forward: How to choose a computerAcross the universe of gadget gifts, few things can inspire more angst and buyer's remorse than home computers. Even as their prices have crumbled -- processors and memory have become so cheap that your main risk is buying more of either than you'll ever use -- these machines have remained specia...
Washington Post Sunday, November 29, 2009Holiday guide to video gamesWhen the holidays roll
around, the video game
industry rolls out the big blockbusters.
Washington Post Sunday, November 29, 200910 App Store Shortcomings Apple Should FixNews Analysis: Apple's App Store may be one of the most used mobile services in the world, but it has several shortcomings that limit its potential. There are many things that Apple could do to improve the quality of the applications sold as well as the quality of the
service it provides to users and the support it gives to the developer community. Here are 10 things Apple can do to make the App Store even more effective. - When it comes time to evaluate a particular device, we simply can't do it in a vacuum, since more than just hardware and
software goes into a product. Nowhere is that more evident than when we
consider the iPhone. Apple's mobile phone has revolutionized the mobile
industry. It has changed the way...
eWEEK Sunday, November 29, 2009War's Other Enduring VideosSurprise visits home by soldiers are being caught on camera and shown on news broadcasts, YouTube and countless other
web sites. But what is the effect on children?
International Herald Tribune Sunday, November 29, 2009Computer and internet briefs, Sunday 29th November 2009Washington - Thinking of buying more books? Why bother when you get over 30,000 great books for free from Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org). This treasure trove for readers makes available books that were previously available in print and ...
Earth Times Sunday, November 29, 2009Internet Explorer: The unloved market leaderBrussels - Attacks from hackers, takedown campaigns by web activists and conflict with the European Union: Microsoft's
internet Explorer (IE) is not just the leading browser, it's the most controversial one as well. In particular, the tight links bet...
Earth Times Sunday, November 29, 2009Access from any computer: NAS network storage for home usersHanover, Germany - Many people have more than one PC nowadays. Add in all the mobile devices like netbooks and smartphones that need data moved
around and you have got a problem: photos, songs, videos, and other files are available on one unit and not ...
Earth Times Sunday, November 29, 2009Digital Domain: Don't Take This Bait (but You're Safe if You Do)Online bank customers who give up their user names and passwords to phishers are protected by zero liability, an
industry standard that
offers full restitution.
New York Times Sunday, November 29, 2009Do You Hate Being Called an ''IT Guy?''An anonymous reader
writes "The phrase 'IT' is so overused, I'm not sure what it means any more. OK, maybe it's an ego thing, but I spent a lot of years in grad
school, lots of years
getting good at creating
software, and lots of years getting good at creating technical products and I don't want the same label as the intern who fixes windoze. I'm
looking at a tech management job at a content
company that is trying to become a
software company, and they refer to everything about software development, data center operations, and desktop support as 'IT.' I'd like to tell the CEO before I take the job that we have to stop referring to all these people as 'IT people' or I'm not going to be able to attract and retain the top-tier talent that is required. Am I just being petty?
should I just forget it?
change it slowly over time? These folks are really developing products, but we don't normally call software creators 'product developers.' Just call them the 'Tech
department' or the 'Engineeri
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