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How Not to Shut Down Your Laptop, and Other Tips

Imagine my horror the other day when I saw an otherwise sharp friend of mine shut down his laptop by holding down the power button until the system turned off. Why is that a really bad idea? I'll explain this week--and I'll also tell you about a Web service that could very well save your life.

P&G's clout with HP reaches to the CEO's office

A Procter & Gamble IT executive talks about the company's mega outsourcing pact with Hewlett-Packard and about how the consumer products company uses simulation to find ways to increase sales.

Obama to defend new NASA mission at April summit

The Obama administration will hold a summit meeting in Florida next month to discuss its plans to cut back or eliminate some popular NASA programs.

Cast Iron rolls out 'OmniConnect' data integration kit

Data integration specialist Cast Iron Systems is about to release a new offering aimed at both on-premises and cloud-based scenarios.

IBM looks to pair security technologies for software development

Former Watchfire and Ounce Labs capabilities would be partnered in an enterprise-level product to be released later this year

Appcelerator set to release Titanium cross-platform app dev technology

Titanium lets developers build native apps for both desktop and mobile devices using Web techniques.

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