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  • Should I protect my tweets?

    By Phil Shapiro | 23 February, 2011 09:14

    When I signed up for a Twitter account in the summer of 2009 I spent some time thinking about whether or not I should protect my tweets. As a novice Twitter user, I had to decide whether the benefits of protecting my tweets outweighed the drawbacks. Looking back, I do not regret my decision to protect my tweets, and I'll tell you why.

  • Gmail Tips: Five great e-mail timesavers

    By Kristin Burnham | 25 January, 2011 07:36

    If you're one of Gmail's 193 million users worldwide, you probably rely on the service -- and its add-ons -- every day. Popular among users for its customization features, Google constantly adds to its arsenal of Labs and brings new features mainstream to simplify processes and save users time.

  • How Quora could help your business

    By Katherine Noyes | 21 January, 2011 12:00

    Question-and-answer sites like Yahoo Answers may offer a quick way to ask questions and get answers, but they tend to be plagued by wisecracks, poor spelling, and generally low quality. On the other hand, a new site targeting this niche, Quora, is going to great lengths to keep quality high.

  • How to clean up your online reputation

    By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 11 January, 2011 13:02

    If you own a small or medium business, a good reputation--online and offline--is clearly key to your success.

  • Facebook social inbox: What you need to know about messages

    By Kristin Burnham | 12 January, 2011 10:25

    Back in November 2010, Facebook announced plans for a "social inbox" -- a space that would serve as a hub for all communications that people use online or via mobile phones, ranging from text messages and chat messages to e-mail messages, too.

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  • 10 must-have tools for Cloud power users

    By JR Raphael | 08 December, 2011 03:06

    For many of us, the Cloud has changed the way we work and play. Thanks to well-known services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook and Instapaper, practically our whole lives - photos, documents, contacts and more - are online. So isn't it time to take control?

  • Guide: How to bulletproof your website

    By Esther Shein | 29 November, 2011 03:32

    'Tis the season to begin ramping up online shopping activity, and for retailers that means doing all they can to ensure their websites are up, highly available and able to handle peak capacity. Looming in many IT managers' minds is the cautionary tale of Target, whose website crashed twice after it was inundated by an unprecedented number of online shoppers when the retailer began selling clothing and accessories from high-end Italian fashion company Missoni.

  • Are you ready for networking in the cloud?

    By Jim Metzler | 31 October, 2011 21:48

    The two primary forms of public cloud computing, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), are both growing dramatically in popularity. Over the last few years, the primary focus of the IaaS providers has been on offering the basic compute and storage resources required to run applications.

  • Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012

    By Michael Cooney | 19 October, 2011 04:41

    ORLANDO -- The technology that makes up many of the systems in the ITworld today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says.

  • Guide: How to sync your PC, smartphone, and tablet

    By Loyd Case | 29 September, 2011 23:55

    A few years ago businesspeople carried a laptop on the road, used a desktop PC in the office, and worked on another PC at home. Maybe they had a BlackBerry, too--but only if they were real big shots.

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  • Why Hackers have Turned to Malicious JavaScript Attacks

    Website attacks have become a serious business proposition. In the past, hackers may have infected websites to gain notoriety or just to prove they could—but today, it’s all about the money. Reaching unsuspecting users through the web is easy and effective. Hackers now use sophisticated techniques—like injecting inline JavaScript—to spread malware through the web. Learn about the threat of malicious JavaScript attacks, and how they work. Understand how cybercriminals make money with these types of attacks and why IT managers should be vigilant.

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