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Microsoft Launching 600 Windows Stores Inside Best Buy
Hoping to create "a great customer experience" for Windows 8 devices, Microsoft will take over the PC departments in hundreds of Best Buy stores.
How Linux Foundation Runs Its Virtual Office
Cost savings is only part of the picture behind the nonprofit's remote workforce strategy. Linux Foundation exec says the virtual office has made...
Security Talk: 7 Ways To Make Users Listen
Zeus reboot underscores the fundamental cause of many security breaches: Human error. Here's how to keep users listening when you talk security.
ZeuS Malware Returns, Targets SMBs
ZeuS banking Trojan again puts small and midsize businesses at high risk. Here's what you need to know.
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Google Apps To Microsoft Office 365: 10 Lessons
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These free Windows 8 apps will help you and your business bootstrap your way to using Microsoft's new OS productively.
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8 Windows 8 Apps Under $25
These eight budget-friendly Windows 8 business apps provide time management, voice-to-text dictation, aggregate search and more, for a grand total...
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Office 2013: 10 Questions To Ask
Is Microsoft Office 2013 right for you? Here are the right questions for small and midsize businesses and enterprises to ask.
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Kevin Casey
How Linux Foundation Runs Its Virtual Office
June 13, 2013 11:10 AM
Cost savings is only part of the picture behind the nonprofit's remote workforce strategy. Linux Foundation exec says the virtual office has made...