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The Decade of Cool - Brought to You by Technology January 04, 2010 
What are we calling the 10 years that just flew past? "The Naughts?" "The Naughties?" "The 'Aughts?" "The Digital Decade?" I nominate the "Coolness Decade," but it's going to require a little less irony and cynicism than what is normally exhibited in our culture to fully embrace that title. That will be tough, considering the physical, psychic and fiscal scars left behind by the years 2000-2009.
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Civilization's High Stakes Cyber-Struggle: Q&A With Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) December 02, 2009 
The conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan, to name the most prominent hot spots in the world today, are taking their toll on human life and limb. However, the escalating cyberconflict among nations is far more dangerous, argues retired general Wesley Clark, who spoke with TechNewsWorld in an exclusive interview.
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Outstanding Tech Gift Ideas for Under $500 November 23, 2009 
With Black Friday only a few days off, I thought it would be timely to list a few of the products that I think stand out this year and, given that the economy is what it is, focus on things that are relatively affordable. In my mind, half the fun of a gift is the sparkle you see in the eyes of someone who is truly excited about what you have given.
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Open Source Science: A Revolution From Within November 20, 2009 
Ask anyone in the open source science movement what it's all about, and you're likely to come back to the word that's right there in its name: "open." Open source science is all about open access. To research methods. To data. To scholarly publications. And supporters feel that it's vital to the continued growth and evolution of science itself.
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Breaking Out of the Pink Ghetto November 19, 2009 
The Pink Ghetto is a largely invisible, often unmentioned and unacknowledged place littered with impediments to womens' upward mobility in the workplace. Women in the Pink Ghetto do not get equal pay for equal work, are not offered the same opportunities as their male coworkers, are not promoted as quickly as men -- or promoted at all.
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Teaching Mature Markets New M-Commerce Tricks November 12, 2009 
Ten years after national commercial platforms for mobile commerce were launched in the Philippines and Japan, the United States is slowly beginning to creep into the field. Residents in rural parts of the Philippines and other developing nations routinely pay bills through their smartphones, while people in Japan and Europe can buy products as well as train and airline tickets using their mobile phones.
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PC Gamers: A Dying Breed? October 08, 2009 
Gamers are often devided into two categories: those who play on consoles and those who play on PCs. A console gamer will drop few hundred dollars for Sony's PS3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, or Nintendo's Wii, but a PC gamer who wants to purchase a desktop or laptop optimized for gaming could pay thousands just for the machine.
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The iPhone's Gaming Growing Pains September 01, 2009 
Consider the juice inside a hot new portable gaming device: It has a speedy processor, a powerful graphics chip, plenty of memory and wireless capabilities for instant downloads. You can play the latest blood-soaked first-person shooters like "Resident Evil," dizzying platformers like "Assassin's Creed" and some killer racing games that don't even require punching combinations of buttons and triggers.
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Will Windows 7 Be the Supervillain Apple Needs? August 28, 2009 
As I begin to salivate over the arrival of Mac OS X Leopard some time later today, I can't help but wonder if I should bother making a partition for running Windows 7 via VMware's Fusion on my MacBook. The problem is, I don't really need the OS or the clutter on my hard drive. I ran Windows XP for about year or so, but I quit in 2008 as I found fewer and fewer reasons to mess with it.
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Google's Curious Chrome Gambit August 28, 2009 
Why is Google promoting two open source operating systems that can both be run on netbooks -- Android and Chrome? Is this part of a larger strategy, where Google will direct the two along different paths -- Chrome for netbooks and Android for the smartphone? Or could the Internet search giant just be floundering, with different groups of techies each going their own merry way with no clear marketing position?
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Jimmy Wales and the Slippery Slope August 04, 2009 
Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia, recently attempted to pressure ECT News Network into killing or drastically revising an article that was not to his liking. In an illuminating series of no fewer than 17 email messages, Wales demanded, threatened, wheedled and implored in a dogged effort to accomplish one thing: to get us to change our story.
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The Neverending Quest for Qualified Leads July 28, 2009 
In the past, businesses typically used lists of leads in a type of marketing strategy that Michael Port, author of "Book Yourself Solid," refers to as "interruption marketing." The goal was to get in front of a potential customer, book an appointment, and sell the product. However, that model is changing into "permission marketing."
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Where Are the Cybercops? July 13, 2009 
The month of June saw a host of Web-based attacks compromising legitimate Web sites.
One, dubbed "Nine Ball," compromised more than 40,000 Web sites. Another attack injected a malicious script into large numbers of legitimate sites. What can be done about these attacks, and who's policing the Web anyhow?
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Jackson Memorial Brought Out Worst in Networks, Best in Web July 10, 2009 
On June 25th, many Americans learned about the death of Michael Jackson from the Internet. They had already learned how to use social networks to share that information -- and their grief -- with others, far outpacing traditional television media. Apparently, the three main broadcast works didn't learn anything from that day.
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How to Build a New-Media/Old-School Journalism Hybrid July 06, 2009 
2009 is rapidly turning into a vintage year for old-school journalism whine. Traditional newsies -- both the ink-stained wretches and the blow-dried TV variety -- were already approaching critical mass with their complaints about the Internet, Twitter, social media and their impact on journalistic credibility and accountability, not to mention their ability to remain in business.
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The Business Case for Virtual Business, Part 2 June 30, 2009 
There's no doubt some companies have succeeded in using virtual worlds for branding and interaction with their customers, whether through in-world stores, billboards or other means. Wells Fargo, for instance, has been operating its Stagecoach Island aimed at young customers for roughly four years and says it is pleased with the results.
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