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Data-warehousing software systems are expensive, but many enterprises have nonetheless been willing to dig deep, betting that analytics will provide new insights into their business and a competitive advantage.



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Book Review: The Book of Inkscape

Years ago, I discovered Gimp, the free tool that provides Photoshop-like processing of images. Only recently have I come across Inkscape -- the free graphics editor that competes with the likes of Adobe Illustrator. Even you can prepare professional quality graphics if you take the time to learn this fabulous tool. And now here's a book to teach you everything you need to know.



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How to Install Chrome OS From A USB Drive

Have you already tried Chrome OS using a virtual machine, and were less than impressed? Well now you can get a feel for how Google's Web-centric operating system will run natively on your machine. The folks over at Engadget were able to boot Chromium OS -- the open source version of what will become Chrome OS -- off of a USB stick on a Dell Vostro A90 netbook. The USB bootable disc is based on the Chromium OS build of Twitter user Hexxeh, who set up a Web site where you can view all the instructions you need for getting your bootable USB up and running.

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Five reasons Google Chrome OS Security Wins

Chrome OS' reliance on a password is a major security problem, but in other ways it has great security. Here's why.



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Open-Xchange integrates Facebook, Twitter with e-mail inbox

Open-source collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange plans to open its e-mail inbox to messages from social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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