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Free Airport and in-Flight Wifi thanks to Google

From now until January 15, 2010, Google will offer free wireless access in more than 45 different airports around the US, and in all Virgin American flights. The airports, including my home town of St.
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Brains Without Borders

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Google to provide free Wi-Fi at airports during holidays

Google announced today that the company is picking up the tab for your Wi-Fi at major airports across the United States starting today.
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ITwhirled

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Internet romance gone awry strands man in Brazilian airport

The Internet has brought many star-crossed couples together across great distances. It has also left many dumped and stranded.
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The Daily Tip

Developing an IT scorecard

Development of an IT scorecard is often a "once in a career" event for IT managers, says Robert Ryan, co-author of The Business of IT. Here he offers 6 must-dos for successfully developing an IT scorecard for your organization.
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The TechnoFile

Game developer Electronic Arts announces 1500 job cuts

Yesterday the gaming industry was rocked by news that mega-publisher Electronic Arts was spending $300-$400 million on a social media game company while cutting 1500 existing jobs from various in-house development shops.
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Sure, it's Secure!

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Child Porn: Malware's ultimate evil

If malware starts storing child pornography on your PC, your life is likely to be ruined forever. Don't let it happen to you.
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IT Underworld

Cartoon caption contest winner: Windows 7 upgrade

With his twist on Windows 7 upgrades, bala0302 is the winner of this week's contest. See the winning caption, along with some very funny honorable mentions and Phil Johnson's original cartoon.
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Smart Development

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GDP is a Platform

The GDB debugger is far from complete. It has capabilities to work with unusual architectures and configurations that are only beginning to be explored. You can be one of the innovators!
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Unix as a Second Language

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Unix Tip: Grepping on Whole Words

If every time you grep for a specific word or string, you get a pile of lines that don't match what you were looking for, maybe it's time to learn about whole word searching. In today's column, we examine two ways to get what you want, the whole of what you want and nothing but what you want.
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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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