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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
I, Robot Owner
Are we ready for robots that share our highways and homes? We'd better be, because they're coming.
Paul Glen
Paul Glen: We techies can put users on edge
When we hear a good idea, we often start to explore its edges until we find an exception that we then just have to blurt out. Surprise! Users hate that. Insider (registration required)
Mike Elgan
Elgan: How I publish from Google+
Columnist Mike Elgan offers tips on how to post to Twitter and Facebook, send a newsletter and more all from a Google+ account.
J.F. Rice
Security Manager's Journal: SOX is out of control
Complying with the act is consuming more and more time and detracting from real security work.
Preston Gralla
Windows 8 Tablets: A Disaster in the Making
Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 tablets powered by ARM chips will be no easier to manage in the enterprise than iPads are.
Bart Perkins
Court Has Compromised Software Rights
This ruling is disastrous for any company that has developed software for internal use.
Thornton A. May
IT Needs to Aspire and Really Make a Difference
IT leaders deploying today's transformational technologies can do so resignedly or aspirationally. Only one approach can really make a difference for the business.
Mike Elgan
Dispatch from the technology culture wars
There's room for common ground in the tech culture war between the 'geeks' -- technical people who like to tinker with tech -- and 'noobs' -- nontechnical people who want gadgets to just work, writes columnist Mike Elgan.
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license plate scanners
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SharkTank

Daily out-takes from the Theater of the Absurd, IT-style, where the nasty meets the rumor, and the kernel of truth wins out. Real life IT in action. You'll laugh...but try not to cry at your desk.