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Sci-Fi Writers and Technology’s Future

What Science Fiction Writers Have Learned About Predicting The Future of Technology

Science fiction authors Larry Niven, Robert Sawyer, Nancy Kress and Charles Stross look back at looking forward. You might find a few lessons about encouraging innovation in your own company.

Social Networking Malware: Three Ways to Protect Yourself

Spammers and virus creators have found a new path into your PC: social networks such as Facebook and Myspace. Here are some easy steps you can take to stay safe.

LinkedIn’s Most Unusual Members: Meet The Super-Connected

LinkedIn open networkers, or LIONs, accept almost all LinkedIn connection requests and introduce strangers out of good will. Here's a look at this controversial group and its approximately 16,000 members who'd like to be known as the saints

LinkedIn Etiquette: Five Dos and Don’ts

Creating a useful LinkedIn profile, and knowing how to interact with your connections on the professional social network, isn't always as straightforward as it seems.n

Holiday Helpers: Free Web 2.0 Apps

Track your holiday to-do and shopping lists, manage travel details and plan perfect soirees with these free Web 2.0 apps.

How To Get the Best Internet Connectivity While You Travel

If you need to be productive while you get from Point A to Point B, taking the plane may not be the best use of your time. Daniel Dern compares the bus, train and airline options for short-hop connected mobile productivity, and discovers that the ide

Facebook Etiquette: Five Dos and Don’ts

Facebook and other social networking sites can create an uncomfortable overlap between your personal and professional life. We show how to manage your Facebook profile so it can work for both business and pleasure.

Microsoft Further Embraces Cloud Computing With Online SharePoint, Exchange

Microsoft's announcement that it would offer online versions of SharePoint and Exchange to all its customers further validates the industry's gravitation towards Web-based applications and cloud computing. But Microsoft insists the desktop

WorkLight: If Your Enterprise Can’t Beat Consumer Apps, Why Fight Them?

WorkLight, a Web 2.0 start-up, helps transport enterprise data to consumer applications such as Facebook and iGoogle. In this Q&A, WorkLight's CEO says if you can do this securely, you should give users what they want u2014 and you won'