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• Social media bring business, but add security quagmire

  By Ellen Messmer | 18 May, 2012 04:27

  Social media - Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and so forth - has become a way of life for companies and their employees to interact with the public, but beating back the fraudsters that try to prey on customers, not to mention keeping employees from spilling sensitive data, is becoming a full-time job for many.

• How to manage summer interns: Five expert tips from LinkedIn

  By Kristin Burnham | 17 May, 2012 06:53

  Consider this scenario: Summer is approaching and your work keeps piling up. You consider hiring an intern to lessen your load, but debate it because training him can feel like a second job.

• Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings continue to be mixed

  By Marc Ferranti | 05 May, 2012 02:40

  As the earnings season wanes, quarterly financial reports from the tech sector continue to be mixed, though shares in IT companies are still up for the year.

• LinkedIn tp buy SlideShare for $119M

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 04 May, 2012 22:28

  LinkedIn is acquiring SlideShare, which allows its users to share presentations online, for US$118.75 million as it tries to find new ways to make its site more useful, the company said on Thursday.

• Five LinkedIn features you may not (but should) know about

  By Kristin Burnham | 02 May, 2012 00:52

  If you're job hunting or looking to expand your professional network, many people turn to LinkedIn and its portfolio of features and tools to browse job listings, connect with colleagues, ask questions, join groups and more.

• Job search: Should you upgrade to a paid LinkedIn account?

  By Kristin Burnham | 26 April, 2012 02:19

  If you're in the market for a new job, you've probably been spending more time on LinkedIn updating your profile and expanding your network. The professional social network, which now boasts more than 100 million users, has a number of free tools and features to kick start your job search. But could one of its paid options give you the edge you need to land the perfect job?

• Seven career tips to help you negotiate better

  By Kristin Burnham | 05 April, 2012 04:03

  Maybe it's the fear of rejection or the daunting prospect of a one-on-one with a boss, but one thing is clear: People don't like to negotiate.

• LinkedIn Updates tool to find new connections

  By Kristin Burnham | 30 March, 2012 06:58

  LinkedIn this week updated a key feature that now produces personalized suggestions of people you might know and like to connect with.

• IT execs must deal soon with worker use of social tools

  By Sharon Gaudin | 30 March, 2012 00:40

  ORLANDO -- IT execs are forever concerned about the growing number of gadgets workers are bringing from home for use in the enterprise.

• Four must-dos for CIOs networking online

  By Kristen Lamoreaux | 28 March, 2012 08:36

  Executives exploring options outside their current company are often in need of job search etiquette tips. Especially since the immediacy and transparency of today's technology can easily create an uncomfortable situation. So how can you avoid being "that guy" while still incorporating social networking tools into your job hunt?

• 14 tips for how to use Pinterest for business

  By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff | 22 March, 2012 00:44

  By now you have no doubt heard about Pinterest, the virtual "pin" board (aka online scrapbook) that is the current social media darling. Pinterest is the fastest growing social network and has been driving more traffic to online publishers (i.e., stores or brands) than Twitter or LinkedIn or Google+ the past few —and Piterest has become the go-to site for women aged 25-34.

• Internet resumes discourage big lies

  By AAP | 15 March, 2012 13:05

  People are less likely to lie about big things on resumes they post on the professional network LinkedIn compared with traditional resumes, according to a new study.

• Get Hadoop certified ... fast

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 07 March, 2012 00:27

  IT professionals are scrambling to get trained and certified in what's expected to be the hottest new high-tech skill for 2012: Hadoop.

• Wall Street Beat: Yelp IPO another sign of hot tech market

  By Marc Ferranti | 03 March, 2012 03:57

  Earnings season has essentially ended, but Yelp's initial public offering Friday, Apple's record high share price and a strong market for IT stocks are giving tech investors plenty to get excited about.

• LinkedIn tip: How to enable HTTPS browsing

  By Kristin Burnham | 15 February, 2012 05:31

  Facebook enabled the amped-up security feature last year, and now LinkedIn is following suit with news that it will also support hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) browsing.