Stories by: Dan Tynan

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Your new Facebook friend might be a spy 20/02/2011 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 04/11/2010 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 18/10/2010 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.
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The technology pro's greatest enemies 07/10/2010 10:55:00

How to spot -- and take down -- the six most nefarious adversaries of IT
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News quiz: The week in tech 25/09/2010 00:48:00

Got a Facebook phone? If so, either you've got a lot of company or none at all, depending on which Internet rumors you believed this week. In other news: Twitter got hacked, the RIAA and MPAA were attacked, HP and Oracle buried the hatchet, and Mark Zuckerberg just joined the big kids' table. Are you ready to dazzle us with your geeky brilliance? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now let's get started.
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10 technologies that should be extinct (but aren't) 08/07/2010 10:24:00

Got an urgent message you need to transmit immediately? Sending a telegram is likely not the first option that comes to mind. And when it's time to boogie down, you probably don't shove a cassette into your 8-track player or slap an LP onto your phonograph.
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10 technologies that should be extinct (but aren't) 06/07/2010 07:22:00

Got an urgent message you need to transmit immediately? Sending a telegram is likely not the first option that comes to mind. And when it's time to boogie down, you probably don't shove a cassette into your 8-track player or slap an LP onto your phonograph.
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10 things the Internet has ruined and five things it hasn't 16/04/2010 01:07:00

For some people, the Internet is the killer app--literally. From newspapers and the yellow pages to personal privacy and personal contact, the Net has been accused of murdering, eviscerating, ruining, and obliterating more things than the Amazing Hulk. Some claims are more true than others, but the Net certainly has claimed its share of scalps.
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Tech apocalypse: Five doomsday scenarios for IT 16/03/2010 04:01:00

Technology drives just about everything we do, and not just at our jobs. From banks to hospitals to the systems that keep the juice flowing to our homes, we are almost entirely dependent on tech. More and more of these systems are interconnected, and many of them are vulnerable. We see it almost every day.
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Five classic Apple marketing tactics that lock you in 05/11/2009 03:43:00

Once you enter the Big Tent of Apple, it's exceedingly hard to find the exit.
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The 10 stupidest tech company blunders 31/08/2009 14:40:00

Some of the biggest high-tech deals never happened. Some of the most promising products and services never came to be. Why? Because the people and companies involved didn't realize what they were letting slip through their fingers, or they simply couldn't foresee what would happen afterward.