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8 important things to do when you lose your job

Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop

A new tool for disasters: The personal antenna

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July 29, 2014
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8 important things to do when you lose your job

You know you have to update your resume and your LinkedIn profile, but you should also get active in groups -- both online and IRL (in real life). Here's a rundown of the 8 most important things to do.

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Issue highlights

1. Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop

2. A new tool for disasters: The personal antenna

3. BOOK GIVEAWAY: App Accomplished: Strategies for App Development Success

4. Microsoft faces anti-monopoly probe in China over Windows, Office

5. Privacy groups call for action to stop Facebook's off site user tracking plans

6. Using Instagram on public Wi-Fi poses risk of an account hijack, researcher says

7. Lithium-metal battery could boost gadget power

8. Unix: Controlling privileged access

9. Reader question: How to collaborate on Google Docs?

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Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop

Whatever your poison -- Windows 7 or 8, updated or not -- there's a desktop tool just begging to become part of your repertoire. READ MORE

A new tool for disasters: The personal antenna

New York start-up goTenna has created a portable antenna that could come in handy when cellular service is unavailable. READ MORE

BOOK GIVEAWAY: App Accomplished: Strategies for App Development Success

Whether you're writing your own code or contracting out, you'll find hard-won guidance for your entire mobile app development life cycle. Five will win. Enter the drawing today! READ MORE

Microsoft faces anti-monopoly probe in China over Windows, Office

China has opened an anti-monopoly probe into Microsoft over problems arising from its Windows and Office software, a government regulator said on Tuesday, a day after it conducted surprise raids of the company's offices in the country. READ MORE

Webcast: Lavastorm

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In this webinar, Kerry Reitnauer, Director, Solution Architect at FairPoint Communications will discuss the project in detail, including: • The challenges the warehouse brought • How they migrated to the virtual warehouse solution • The agility, cost, and analytic benefits they received from their agile data management and analytics solution. Read Now

Privacy groups call for action to stop Facebook's off site user tracking plans

U.S. and EU privacy and consumer groups called on privacy regulators to stop Facebook's plans to gather the Internet browsing patterns of its users while they visit other sites. READ MORE

Using Instagram on public Wi-Fi poses risk of an account hijack, researcher says

A configuration problem in Facebook's popular Instagram application for Apple devices could allow a hacker to hijack a person's account if they're both on the same public Wi-Fi network. READ MORE

Lithium-metal battery could boost gadget power

Researchers at Stanford University have made progress toward designing a battery with a lithium anode, a development that could increase battery power in electronics. READ MORE

Unix: Controlling privileged access

One of the most important things you can do for security on a Unix system is restrict root access. But the issue is more complicated than who knows root's password. READ MORE

Reader question: How to collaborate on Google Docs?

ITworld reader catamount writes: "I'm working on a paper with a couple of people in other states. In the 'old days' we used to email documents back and forth, but luckily we are past the need to do that. Since it is a mix of Windows and Mac users and we can all use Google Docs, I thought that might be the way to go, but I've never used Docs for group mark-ups and editing. How do you collaborate on Google Docs?" READ MORE

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