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• Favorite Windows 7 Features
  Rick Broida
  Nov 24 2009

  Now that I've finally finished migrating to Windows 7, I'm enjoying it. This week I'll talk about three new features that I find really useful: Aero Snap, Sticky Notes, and thumbnail previews--and ...

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• Google Calendar testing an easy event scheduler
  Anthony Ha
  Nov 24 2009

  Updated A number of companies offer better ways to schedule meetings than the standard back-and-forth over email — Huddle, TimeBridge, and Presdo are a few that come to mind. Now Google is ...

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• US senators ask EU to hurry investigation of Oracle-Sun
  Grant Gross
  Nov 24 2009

  Fifty-nine U.S. senators have asked European antitrust regulators to speed up their investigation into Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, due to Sun's "deteriorating financial ...

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• How to get in on the Mobile boom
  Megan Berry
  Nov 24 2009

  [Megan Berry works for mobile analytics and advertising company Mobclix.] Does your business have a plan for mobile? How’s this for a novel idea: Don’t just go charging in to develop ...

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• IBM's Black Friday-like promotion pushes IT equipment leasing
  Patrick Thibodeau
  Nov 24 2009

  As the holiday season approaches, IBM this quarter began its own Black Friday promotion by offering incentives it hopes will convince users to lease its hardware or buy used IBM equipment.When asked, ...

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• Toshiba Gets in Touch With Multitouch
  Dustin Sklavos
  Nov 24 2009

  The Toshiba U505-S2980's main gimmick is a multitouch touchscreen. Outside of that, it is, for the most part, a decent laptop, even above average in many ways. But that one gimmick is the root of my ...

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• Google's Ad Empire is Good for Small Business
  Tony Bradley
  Nov 24 2009

  Google is the leader in online search and search-based advertising, and recent acquisitions are designed to expand the vast Google empire. Critics take exception to Google undercutting traditional ...

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• Facebook establishes dual-class stock structure
  Kim-Mai Cutler
  Nov 24 2009

  Facebook is establishing a dual-class stock structure, a move that could help pave the way to an initial public offering in the future. The company gave no time-line for such an offering and instead ...

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• The ghost in the machine: 3 disk imaging apps
  Frank Ohlhorst
  Nov 24 2009

  Historically, performing backups has been a tedious and time-consuming process fraught with limitations. While Microsoft has improved Windows' backup functionality in general, Windows 7 still misses ...

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• In depth with Apple's Snow Leopard Server
  Ryan Faas
  Nov 24 2009

  I've worked with various versions of Apple's Mac OS X Server for nearly a decade now. Each new release has brought major advances to the company's server software in terms of overall features, ...

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