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Windows 7 features IT managers should be thankful for

Five favorite Windows 7 mobility features.



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Setting up continuous podcast play on iTunes

How to shuffle or get continuous play of podcasts on an iPhone or iPod Touch -- in 4 easy steps.

| Tip | Personal tech | 11/25/09 at 8:27 am |


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Picking the Right Security Software

In security software, you have plenty of options, from free antivirus programs to paid ones to full-blown, multifunction security suites. The big issue, of course, is deciding which approach is right for you.

| Tip | Security | Small business | 11/24/09 at 5:15 pm |


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Your WAN diagram had better include Starbucks

When a laptop connects to an open wireless network at (name your coffee shop of choice), your organization is inherently accepting all of the network vulnerabilities of that hotspot. There's a lot you can't control. But here are 5 things you can - and should - do.

| Tip | Networking | Security | 11/23/09 at 6:25 pm |


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Make the most of Windows 7's high-powered taskbar

Microsoft pulled off a rare feat with Windows 7's taskbar, making it far more elegantly useful and customizable, without turning its back on everyone's well-honed sense of what it does. Dig around, though, and you'll find a few features that make the taskbar even more functional.

| Tip | Operating systems | Software | Windows | 11/23/09 at 8:54 am |


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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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