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      <title>The 2010 IT Salary Guide</title>
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      <description>The 2010 IT Salary Guide lists salaries for many tech professionals, and also details IT salary levels for various U.S. regions. Plus: salary incentives for specialty IT skill sets.</description>
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      <title>Is Cloud Computing Ready for Prime Time?</title>
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      <description>Interest in cloud computing is rising, but barriers like complexity and lack of infrastructure foundation are slowing adoption.</description>
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      <title>13 PC Security Threats for 2010</title>
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      <description>Security firm Symantec predicts the leading threats for next year, covering areas like Mac, Windows, and social networking.</description>
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      <title>Tech Comics: &quot;The User and the Geek&quot;</title>
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      <description>As hard as they try to bridge the gap, users and geeks simply do not speak the same language.</description>
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      <title>Building On-Ramps on the Fedora 12 Highway</title>
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      <description>Fedora is building a community of contributors, as opposed to a community of consumers.</description>
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      <title>Smartphones to Surge in 2010</title>
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      <description>The robust sales growth of smartphones is expected to continuing growing in 2010.</description>
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      <title>Microsoft to Launch Azure Cloud in Early 2010</title>
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      <description>The software giant's all-encompassing cloud computing initiative will be a free service for its first month.</description>
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      <title>U.S. Gov Can Stop Only 80% of Cyber-Attacks</title>
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      <description>A senior government official concedes that hackers tend to be one step ahead.</description>
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      <title>Why Your Vendor Doesn't Care About You</title>
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      <description>It is our extreme focus on getting the lowest price rather than the best experience that has resulted in the bad customer experiences we often get.</description>
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      <title>Apple to Open 40-50 Stores in 2010</title>
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      <description>The computer maker plans to capitalize on its growing popularity in the PC and handheld markets.</description>
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      <title>Fedora 12 Touts Virtualization Tools</title>
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      <description>Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Linux 12 release will expand the scope of Fedora's virtualization capabilities. 

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      <title>Nokia: Businesses Interested in Netbook</title>
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      <description>Nokia launched its netbook with the consumer market in mind, yet now sees major corporate interest.</description>
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      <title>Are You a Blue Collar or White Collar Developer?</title>
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      <description>Among software developers these differences aren&amp;#146;t always discussed, yet the differences are real &amp;#150; or are they?</description>
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      <title>IBM Launches Cloud Computing Service</title>
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      <description>IBM's new cloud initiative will compete with cloud computing companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce.com.</description>
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      <title>Securing Windows Autorun/AutoPlay: Good Method vs. Bad Method</title>
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      <description>Many Windows users don't know that there are two different approaches to disabling autorun/autoplay -- a dangerous lack of knowledge.</description>
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      <title>Tech Comics: &quot;Automatic Email Completion (and Love)&quot;</title>
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      <description>Email clients automatically fill in an address after you type in a few letters, which can lead to problems.</description>
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      <title>GPL Worries Shuts Down Windows 7 Tool</title>
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      <description>The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool is no longer available on the Microsoft Store site due to concerns over possible GPL violations.</description>
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      <title>Why Android Could Fail</title>
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      <description>Google&amp;#146;s Android platform faces colossal challenges in all three of the factors that determine success in the handheld market.</description>
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      <title>Tech Rebound: Chip Sales Up Sharply in Q3</title>
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      <description>PC microprocessor zoomed to all-time record levels in Q3, suggesting rosier times for the tech sector.</description>
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      <title>AMD' s 2010 Roadmap: Aggressive</title>
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      <description>Chipmaker AMD's ambitions include its Fusion products as well as myriad new processor technologies.</description>
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