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One of the nuggets of interesting data inside the newly-published Sophos Security Threat Report 2010 reveals which social network people believe poses the biggest security risk. We polled over 500 firms, and 60% felt that Facebook was the biggest danger: We shouldn’t forget, of course, that Facebook is by far the largest social network – and you’ll find more bad apples in the biggest orchard. The truth is that the security team at Facebook works hard to counter threats on their site – it’s just that policing 350 million users can’t be an easy job for anyone

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Revealed: Which social networks pose the biggest risk?

Gartner, among its altogether 250 predictions, this year makes emphasis on the themes of shifting ownership and revenue flows. As the macro-economic environment adjusts to a new balance between supply, consumer demand and regulation, the focus of this year’s top predictions has expanded to encompass shifts in the way that users interact with IT . “As organizations make plans to navigate the economic recovery and prepare for the return to growth, our predictions for 2010 focus on the impact of critical changes in the balance of control and power in IT,” said Brian Gammage, Vice President and research fellow at Gartner

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Outsourcing Potential 2010 – How Does It Look Like? (Part 3)

Research In Motion has refreshed its Bold smartphone line-up in the country with the launch of BlackBerry Bold 9700. With a 2.44-inch TFT LCD display, the phone offers a resolution of 480×360 pixels. Featuring a full-QWERTY keyboard touch with sculpted keys and chrome accents, the phone packs a wide range of communication and multimedia features. Bold 9700 supports 3G HSDPA networks and is equipped with 624 MHz processor and 256 MB on-board Flash memory.

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BlackBerry Bold 9700 launched in India

The New York Times notes that books from Macmillan, one of the largest U.S. publishers, have been removed from Amazon.com. The post says that Amazon made the move in a disagreement over pricing. The publisher has asked Amazon to lift e-book prices to around $15 from $9.99. “Amazon is expressing its strong disagreement by temporarily removing Macmillan books,” the Times reports.

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E-book price war Amazon Vs. Macmillan Books

Dell has been giving hints about the upcoming handheld Android tablet, previously called the Streak, for some time. TechCrunch spotted CEO Michael Dell in the street and he pulled out what he now calls the Mini 5 and gave a very brief demo.

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Dell Mini 5 Gets Mini Demo from Michael Dell

I lunched with visiting professor Ralph Folsom again when he talked about Nafta & Free Trade in the Americas: Prospects for the Future @ his 9th annual lecture @ John Marshall law school.  Here’s what he had to say: The Andean Community kicked off the free trade movement by bringing together Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, & Peru

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history/future of free trade in the Americas

Another pronounced trend of the coming year shows up in the shifting global markets. The survey by the global consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Duke University’s Offshoring Research Network stated that the outsourcing industry is transforming due to the emergence of new providers around the world and efforts of existing outsourcers to expand into new markets. “Outsourcing companies in North America and India, which have long dominated the industry, are being challenged by competition from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia in service areas such as contact centers, business process outsourcing, and information technology outsourcing,” the survey revealed. Near-shoring has gained momentum among companies considering outsourcing services .

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The BlackBerry Magnum has now gain a hands-on video review and we bring you that video review for your viewing pleasure which can be located below courtesy of the guys over at fonefrenzy. The BlackBerry Magnum video lasts just under the tow minute mark and the reviewer emphasises the BlackBerry Magnum is a real BlackBerry with a clicking screen for any doubters out there, and that RIM has tried to keep the style of the BlackBerry Magnum similar to the old style BlackBerry Bold. He then compares the BlackBerry Magnum up against the BlackBerry Bold 9000 and BlackBerry Bold 9700 noting the Magnum is similar to the 9000 whereas the 9700 has a changed up keyboard. Anyway enough of me babbling on, you just want to hit up that BlackBerry Magnum video for yourselves and make up your own minds, so get to it and enjoy. Source :http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/

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BlackBerry Magnum hands-on video review

Apple Inc. unveiled a tablet computer named ‘iPad’ to revolutionized personal computing. Priced at $499, the device features a 10-inch touchscreen, with 3G data and a custom ARM processor instead of the previously considered Intel Atom processor. It will be positioned in that empty spot between smartphone and laptop in Apple’s product line.

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Apple’s iPad :A Revolution in Personalize Computing

Everybody’s Doing It Sooner or later nearly every freelance writer comes across the opportunity to ghostwrite – and no, we aren’t talking about writing scary novels or typing while hearing creepy noises in the background. Ghostwriting is a tricky activity, otherwise known as getting paid write under someone else’s name. It’s also …

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Freelance Ghostwriting: Is It Ethical?

As we usher in 2010, the blogosphere – including  Endgadget, Techland and Geek.com — is abuzz around Google’s Android-based Nexus One. So, it seems like a fitting cue to take a look at the smartphone OS market,  consider some of the newest data rolling in from 2009, and consider how the market might impact freelance …

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A Developer-Centric Look at the Smartphone OS Market

oDesk is live at the Affiliate Summit and we just unveiled our exciting new payout plan for affiliate members.  Now we’re also announcing a special offer for Affiliate Summit publishers: $100 towards your first oDesk hire! So, how does it work?  It’s as easy as 1-2-3: 1) Join the oDesk Affiliate Program.  Go to www.odesk.com …

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Special Offer for Affiliate Summit Publishers: $100 towards your first oDesk hire.

We’re excited to announce the new payout for the oDesk Affiliate Program and what better way to do so than live at the Affiliate Summit? In just a few short months since our new affiliate program was launched, we’ve already begun working with affiliate marketers to grow the oDesk community. Now …

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Last night, oDesk had the pleasure of attending and sponsoring TheFunded’s Founder Showcase, an event that allowed early stage companies from all over the world to pitch their ideas to an audience of venture capitalists, investors and industry experts. Events like this can be the break a fledgling business needs …

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TheFunded’s Founder Showcase

Your financial life has a certain trajectory—similar to a train on a track. There will be twists and turns, but you can easily determine where you will end up if you stay on the financial track you’re currently on.  What if the traditional methods of working hard, cutting expenses, and …

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Make More Money and Live Your Passion: Become a Cre8tor

Every freelance editor and proofreader knows a style guide is the key to high-quality and efficient editing. Without it, you might find yourself going five rounds with a writer over the use of an em dash! And every freelance writer knows the right style guide is the key to producing work that …

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Freelance Writing and Editing Tools: A Basic Guide to the Style Guides

The oDesk API gives you access to something infinitely more valuable than just a code library – it gives you unique, program-level access to a global, talented freelance workforce. A World of Possibilities If your application is tracking tasks–in the case of project management software like BaseCamp, or ActiveCollab–then the oDesk API …

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Getting the Most out of the oDesk API

Today we have released Vision Helpdesk V2.4.12 Stable Release — this includes fixing of some important bugs in V2.4.10 and several new features added. We recommend users to upgrade to V2.4.12 Features added in V2.4.12 Ticket Views | Customize Ticket list columns. Ticket List Sorting. Left Panel | Domain Department Views.

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Vision Helpdesk V2.4.12 Stable Released

Last week I talked about some of the factors that could influence a small business search ranking in your area . This would I would like to expand the research a bit further by highlighting some of the most important factors that could make a difference to your local search engine optimization campaign.

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More insights on local search ranking factors

Verizon will offer a prepaid BlackBerry data plan within the next three months, according to an unnamed source that is said to be historically reliable. The plan will cost $35 on top of a voice plan, though no other details are known at this time.

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Verizon to offer prepaid BlackBerry service?

In the passing tough year best remembered for crisis, loss of jobs, and overall uncertainty, the outsourcing industry has made many gloomy headlines in the news resources. Interesting enough to note that the end of the year brings forecasts for the IT community as optimistic as long not heard. After the brutal 2009, we’re glad to receive some encouraging news again. With the leading and most trusted Forrester and Gartner at the front of the line, most other analyst houses and industry associations including IDC, IAOP, NOA echo with optimistic releases. Rejoice, IT! We’ve made it through! The Forrester’s loud statement “Tech downturn officially over” gave way to numerous sequential prognostications the quintessence of which sounds as follows: IT spending is set to grow in the coming year

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Outsourcing Potential 2010 – How Does It Look Like? (Part 1)