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September 3, 2008

Google’s Chrome: Give Me More

When Apple released Safari for Windows last year — remember really hard for a spell, and you’ll recall that it actually did happen — I blogged that all Web browsers are essentially the same, with the important exception of security, which has improved across the board, and discretionary features that excite some users and bore […]

June 30, 2008

Personal Data Theft Proves to Be No Fun

Sooner or later, it was bound to happen.
I just finished registering for a free year’s subscription to Equifax credit monitoring services. This would be kind of cool were it not for the fact that I’m getting the freebie because computers holding my personal information, including Social Security number, were stolen last month.
The break-in at Colt […]

June 26, 2008

The Elusive ROI of Improving Communication

One of those irritating, tactical quirks of doing daily business prompted a quick chat here at IT Business Edge that — in my tactical, irritating world view — shed some light on how many businesses use collaboration software, at least in its infancy.
Long story short: I asked our tech guys if there was any way […]

June 11, 2008

A Crotchety Manager’s View on Telecommuting

I’ve been reading with some great interest — as I usually do — our Ann All’s recent posts on the apparent corporate withdrawal from telecommuting, and of course the reality that employees still want to work from home, or wherever “tele” might find them.
Before I go on, let me say that I really like telecommuting […]

January 17, 2008

Trickle-Down Macronomics — Nope

In the wave of post-Jobs decompression over the MacBook Air, its $1,800 price tag and implausibly short battery life, I found this post at ZDNet most entertaining.
The bloggers contend, via the headline, that folks who are complaining that the new machine isn’t particularly usable or affordable — they use the phrase “populist Mac fans,” which […]

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