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Tight Budgets? Try open-source SOA!
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Testing service-oriented architectures: A primer for the real world
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Opinion: Top 10 reasons why people make SOA fail
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Living without Microsoft Office
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Seven skills for IT fame and fortune
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Four cool network optimization start-ups
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Opinion: Top 10 Google flubs, flops and failures
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Automatic for the Programmer
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WhitePages.com grapples with privacy in a Web 2.0 world
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols takes a look at how a simple concept like privacy gets complicated fast when development, authentication and millions of users enter the mix.

Too much junk food, too little exercise and a 24/7 tether to technology? Your body ain't happy, friend. Let us count the pains. Instruments on the surface of Mars have detected falling snow that is likely evaporating before it reaches the planet. One positive development stemming from the collapse of Wall Street may be a boost in interest in computer science and IT careers among students who were previously interested in financial services jobs. Getting new software installed on Linux doesn't have to be hard, but it can differ depending on what you're installing.

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