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IT Blogwatch: New digital magazine consortium causes consternation
A joint venture of five publishing behemoths says it’s going to be the go-to guys for digital magazines. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder how it’s going to work (or even if it’ll work). Not to mention I’m a Mac, and…
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Seth H. Weintraub: Google Chrome for Mac and Linux released
As anticipated since Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced as much in October, Google released its Chrome Browser for Mac and Linux today. I’ve been using the early Chromium developer builds for awhile and can say that Chrome is a good browser, but it certainly deserves that Beta tag.
Preston Gralla: Google Chrome extensions: They don’t work yet
Google announced today that extensions would work with the PC version of Chrome. But I’ve got the latest version of Chrome, and was at the Google Extensions Page a few minutes ago, and it reports that “Extensions are not yet supported in this version of Google Chrome.” What gives?
Jim Taylor: Should search engines have a conscience?
The recent appearance of a racist image of the First Lady Michelle Obama during a search on Google’s search engine raises an interesting question: Should search engines have a conscience?
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DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together
Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess
Michael Horowitz: Resurrecting restricted users
Restricted/standard userids are the best Windows security feature that no one uses. Under Windows XP, they were impractical. Has Windows 7 finally rendered them realistic?
IT News Podcast: Dell offer ultra-thin budget laptop
In today’s podcast: Dell offer ultra-thin budget laptop; AMD to demo 3D Blu-ray at CES; and Intel’s Core i3 appears for sale online.
Shark Tank: Password wars
At the company where this pilot fish works, IT is in the middle of a PC refresh — and by now, everyone is getting used to the process. Read today’s complete Shark Tank at
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Another scanners are down POS story
I worked for a point-of-sale company, and this was right after it had been purchased by someone who had been a National Cash Register Company tech for 25 years. He decided to tag along one day to a customer site …
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