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We were wrong — so far — that Carol Bartz would be ousted as Yahoo CEO by the end of this year, but we were right that Apple’s tablet, whose name wasn’t known at the end of last year, would be huge. OK, so that second one was probably a given, but no… Continue reading →

Forrester analyst Ted Schadler says we need to step up to the multidevice, multichannel challenge. Continue reading →

Salesforce.com’s announcement Wednesday of plans to buy Heroku, as well as a rebranding of its array of services, makes it clear the vendor wants to be a one-stop shop for developing applications in the cloud. Continue reading →

Are your investments in social networks paying off? Get ready for a new way of e-business. Continue reading →

Here are 12 steps to tap into the hidden job market during this holiday season and build a life-long career network. Continue reading →

Better data security doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. Try these four fundamental improvements for preventing corporate data breaches. Continue reading →

Making Twitter meaningful on a personal level to its users is the biggest challenge facing the microblogging service in the future, according to former CEO and co-founder Evan Williams. Continue reading →

The Web is an insecure place and getting more insecure all the time. The latest threat, the Firesheep add-in for Firefox, is particularly dangerous because it is exceedingly simple to use. Someone with absolutely no hacking experience can grab your pri… Continue reading →

The gist of the story on the front page of Yahoo News last week was that Bill “The Science Guy” Nye passed out while speaking to several hundred University of Southern California students and those students callously ignored the stricken man’s plight i… Continue reading →

Even if you’re shy, you can use Twitter to maximize networking opportunities at your next conference. Check out our tips on how to build buzz, be remembered and be valued. Continue reading →