Stories by: Dan Tynan

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IT's worst addictions (and how to cure them) 13 February, 2012 22:15:00

Are you a jargon junkie? Got an insatiable appetite for information? Do you rule over your company's systems with an iron fist, unwilling to yield control until someone pries the keyboard from your cold, dead hands?
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White spaces: The next generation of wireless broadband has landed 28 January, 2012 05:32:00

At Airlie Gardens in this coastal North Carolina city, 400-year-old live oaks nestle next to natural wetlands and cutting-edge technology. In the guard house a quarter mile from Airlie's entrance, a monitor displays high-definition images of the security gate captured by a remote camera.
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ERP makes a comeback 20 December, 2011 22:17:26

They couldn't put it off any longer. The ERP system for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) had reached the end of its useful life.
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5 hot tech projects to boost your IT career 07 November, 2011 22:06:52

Too many projects, too little time: That's the sad lament of many IT professionals who must constantly balance the needs of the enterprise against the desires of business users -- all while keeping a close eye on the newest technologies coming at them from every direction.
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IN PICTURES: Apple's big teases through the ages 04 October, 2011 16:13:00

The 'iPhone 5' Apple special event will be the company's 20th in 10 years ago ... relive the best of Apple's teases and see which delivered on their implications
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IT inferno: The nine circles of IT hell 03 October, 2011 21:11:00

Spend enough time in the tech industry, and you'll eventually find yourself in IT hell -- one not unlike the underworld described by Dante in his "Divine Comedy."
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IN FOCUS: Apple's greatest triumphs and worst failures 13 August, 2011 04:53:00

Every tech company has its ups and downs, but Apple is more like a roller coaster. Yet Apple's highs and lows are not so much about individual products as they are about attitudes and philosophies - the underlying causes of, say, both the iPad (triumph) and the Pippin (failure).
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Your new Facebook friend might be a spy 20 February, 2011 02:54:00

Is that new friend really your friend, or just someone pretending to be your friend so he can spy on you? No, I'm not just being more paranoid than usual. This really does happen - especially if you're a member of an anonymous collective determined to do battle with the forces of corporate evil (not to mention Tom Cruise, Soulja Boy, and your mom).
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15 awesome things you probably shouldn't do to technology 12 November, 2010 15:29:00

Sometimes you have to bend the rules. And when it comes to technology, some rules are begging to get bent.
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15 awesome things you probably shouldn't do 04 November, 2010 00:31:00

Sometimes you gotta bend the rules. And when it comes to technology, some rules are begging to get bent.
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How to tame the social network at work 18 October, 2010 21:14:00

They're a productivity sink and a bandwidth suck. They're a vector for malware and a gift for corporate spies. They're a data spill just waiting to happen. And like it or not, they're already inside your enterprise.