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Not everybody has or wants an iPhone, and not every iPhone feature is the best example on the market, but seeing where Apple’s highly popular smart phone is going (and where people would like it to go) is a great way to get a picture of the near future of mobile technology. With the iPhone [...]

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A few weeks ago a friend of mine found out the hard way that WordPress blogs are vulnerable to hacking. Her blog had been compromised and an uninvited, nasty little piece of JavaScript began assaulting her readers’ browsers. If you have a WordPress blog you should know that the default configuration leaves you vulnerable to [...]

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It's not a bad idea to buy a product like Norton or McAfee to protect your computer from viruses. But you can also do pretty well with tools that you can download for free. Here's a look at some of the more popular free tools: Avast, AVG and Avira offer free antivirus scanners that check [...]

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I recently wrote about how to monetize your blog or website by carrying ads. Here's a related way to make money: affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing pays you to carry advertisements on your website, but it works differently from traditional advertising. You get paid when your visitors go to your advertisers' websites and buy something like [...]

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There's lots of good advice on the web about using search engines. If all you're trying to do is find a nugget of information, the standard tips are probably enough to get the job done. Sometimes, however, you need to build a more detailed picture of something — say a technology, market or government practice. [...]

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If you're looking to monetize your blog or website by carrying advertising, you'll find that there is Google's Adsense and a dizzying array of alternatives. Here's an overview of what's out there in the way of ad networks and services. Services from the major search engines: Google Adsense Yahoo! Publisher Network Microsoft Advertising Ad networks: [...]

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Many websites offer to send you e-mail when they update their information and most news sites offer e-mail headlines. These services save you the trouble of going to the sites, but if you have more than a few they can quickly fill your inbox. What’s more useful is getting alerts from search engines. You can [...]

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If you’ve tried speech recognition software lately you know that it does an impressive job of turning utterances into words on the screen. You probably also found that controlling your computer by speech is pretty clumsy. We’re a long way from Star Trek. The wife of one of my college buddies has written some nifty [...]

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Collaborating online with coworkers, partners and customers sounds great but it can be hard justifying buying a groupware package. And it can be difficult getting employees to learn and use a new system, let alone convincing customers to do the same. When the tools are free and the learning curve shallow, however, it’s worth figuring [...]

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It’s no big deal to get a Facebook account, slap a link on your website and encourage your clients (and friends and family members) to sign up as “fans” of your company. But that doesn’t mean you should take social media lightly. Social media services like Facebook and Twitter can be an important part of [...]

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