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The InfoWorld news quiz: Year in review
24 December 2010, 5:00 am

 Slug:    NQ101224            Dek:    The biggest and weirdest stories of 2010            Byline:    Dan Tynan            Source:    InfoWorld            Overview:    And what a year it was. The Google phone, the Apple iPad, the Facebook movie, the WikiLeaks cables -- all had their moment in the digital sun this year. From the significant and serious to the silly and sublime, we culled the best of the 500-plus quiz questions for our year- end brain buster. Have you been paying close attention? Prove it by acing the next 20 questions. Now get started.

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The weirdest, wackiest, and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010
24 December 2010, 5:00 am

 Dek:    From exploding Droids to robotic pack mules, plus some Apple weirdness, it was a wacky year             Source:    Network World              No          

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How the Cringe stole Christmas, 2010
24 December 2010, 5:00 am

It's that time of year again, when we give and share, look back and reflect -- the time when even the blogosphere takes a few days off from repeating what somebody else has already said. In short, it's a time where almost nothing happens. To celebrate, I'm reviving an old holiday classic, updated for 2010.

[ For a humorous take on the tech industry's shenanigans, subscribe to Robert X. Cringely's Notes from the Underground newsletter. ]

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The top 10 tech stories of 2010
24 December 2010, 5:00 am

It would be foolhardy to proclaim the death of the PC in a year in which Windows 7 was key to record quarterly sales for Microsoft. The top stories of 2010, however, show that the PC for many people around the world has already become just one of several devices used to tap the Internet and a world of applications for entertainment and business -- and that increasingly, the main Internet access device is not a PC. The billions of devices connected to the Internet globally are also giving rise to data and security issues for the wired and mobile worlds alike.

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Alternatives to Apple App Store for enterprises
23 November 2010, 5:00 am

Last year, Curtis Cuozzo, manager of sales force automation at Talecris Biotherapeutics, sent out CDs with an internal enterprise iPhone app to a trial group of 60 sales folks. They were asked to follow a 15-step process that included loading the CD on their laptops, downloading the app to iTunes, and syncing with their iPhones. Cuozzo made lots of follow-up phone calls to see how they did. "We had about a 50 percent success rate deploying it through iTunes," he says. "It was a very cumbersome process."

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10 even wackier USB devices
20 December 2010, 5:00 am

 Dek:    The holidays are the perfect time to stop being so serious and engage in a little frivolity. These crazy USB gadgets will help out            Source:    InfoWorld              No            Teaser Thumb (large) Image:    Have fun with that spare USB port          

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Most popular iPad apps of 2010
25 December 2010, 5:00 am

 Dek:    Productivity apps make up the bulk of the 10 iPad apps most popular during the tablet's inaugural year            Source:    Network World              No            Teaser Thumb (large) Image:    IFW_iPad_wsj.jpg          

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InfoWorld tech celebrity quiz
28 August 2009, 4:00 am

 Slug:    34FE-tech-celebrity-quiz            Dek:    Match your tech-fame wits against our dirt-filled industry-insider quiz            External Byline:    Dan Tynan and Gina Smith            Source:    InfoWorld            Overview:    So you think you have the latest dirt on today's tech celebrity set? Well, it will also take some old-school lowdown on the folks who first brought fame and infamy to the tech industry to ace our quiz. Correct responses are worth 5 points. Ready? Then put your tech-gossip insight and industry-insider lore to the test.

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15 Internet annoyances and how to fix them
20 February 2010, 5:00 am

 Dek:    The Internet's a wonderful thing, but it can also be a royal pain. Fortunately, there's help.             Source:    PC World              No          

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How to make your website mobile today
20 September 2010, 4:00 am

You've long held off, but it's now time -- even past time: You need to make your website mobile. Between what you see in the news and what your site logs reveal, it's clear that the number of people surfing the Web from their mobile devices is growing by the day.

Here are a few tips to help your site (and you) get up to speed in this new mobile world.

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A-Teams of IT: How to build a crack strike force
21 September 2010, 4:00 am

IT is a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. And these days it takes a team of talented technology professionals, each with his or her own special expertise, to carry out mission-critical assignments.

But how do you assemble your Alpha Team to tackle a fast-tracked business initiative, to shore up a new attack surface in your infrastructure, to transition your IT operations to take advantage of the latest advancements?

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Top 20 tips and tricks for Windows 7
24 October 2010, 7:00 am

Administrators are constantly learning these days. Server virtualization, desktop VDI, Exchange, SharePoint -- it's a never-ending barrage of new material to take in. With so many  products, it's easy to fall behind on learning all the features of the  "old" Windows 7, so let me bring you up to speed.

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Best work and play apps for your jailbroken iPhone
27 December 2010, 5:00 am

Jailbreaking an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch used to be a somewhat complicated process, but now it couldn't be easier: Simply go to the website jailbreakme.com, and you're done. As a bonus, jailbreakme.com gives you access to the Cydia store of apps for your newly jailbroken device.

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The gifts you didn't get: It's not too late for the best geek gadgets
27 December 2010, 5:00 am

 Dek:    Christmas 2010 may be over, but holiday shopping is not. See which 11 top toys for technophiles should be in your cart            Source:    InfoWorld              No          

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A bountiful year for open source
27 December 2010, 5:00 am

It is now just over 12 years since seven people sat down in a conference room in Silicon Valley to fix what they saw as the marketing problem with the words "free software." Most people thought that the word "free" meant only that no one had to pay. It seemed they didn't have an attention span long enough to try to grok what Richard Stallman was saying when he kept repeating, "'free,' as in speech."

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