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Intel to Buy MacAfee Security Firm

The giant of the chip making world has announced that it is buying one of the larger security firms for nearly $8 Billion dollars.  Mediocrity pays off big!?!?  MacAfee has taken some big hits recently for underperforming but that may have been just the thing that put them at a price point for Intel to snatch up.  Still, one has to wonder what future plans the world’s largest chip maker has in buying a security software firm. Could we be looking at the security baked into the hardware at its deepest level?  Full Article (Ed Rudel)


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Municipalities Buy iPads to Save on Paper

The iPad has primarily been recognized as a consumer media device and not as a business tool.   That is slowly changing as people in all walks of life are finding ways of using their iPads in their daily pursuits.  One such case could save a small town nearly $18,000 in paper costs.  Read full story in USA Today.


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Self-publish anything

Think you have the next great American novel in you but don’t know where to do to publish it?  Here is an article that will help you to get just about anything published.  Full Story


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Companies doing business on the iPad

Who says the iPad is just a consumer fad?  Businesses are finding ways of using this computing platform to get work done more efficiently and perhaps kill a few less trees.  Full story


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Pay Per Click Club Meeting Aug. 3 in Livonia

On the Internet Advisor 7/24 program Meaghan McCann mentioned a free seminar on helping to get your website advertising to work better for you.  Here is the information on the upcoming meeting.

The website is www.payperclickclub.com

Date: August 3, 2010

Time: 6:00 – 900 pm

Place: EMU-Livonia, Room 425

Who: Any small business owner who needs to create or improve the performance of their online ads.

What: Monthly meeting to give small business owners a place to learn online advertising, share their frustrations and celebrate their successes.

Why: 1. Because support is not readily available and 2. Advertisers make mistakes that are costing them big!


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The Facebook Effect

The world’s largest social networking site just logged its 500 millionth user.  Facebook has launched a site that lets people tell how it has impacted people’s lives.  Maybe your story should be told there.  Take a look at some of the other impressive statistics about Facebook.  Full story in eweek.com


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New Michigan Broadband Coverage Map

If Michigan is going to compete in a global marketplace, we need to have strong, available access to high speed internet connections.  Connect Michigan has just released its first interactive map that shows where high speed internet access has progressed in Michigan.  Connect Michigan was commissioned by the Michigan Public Service Commission in conjunction with Connected Nation to work with all broadband providers in the state of Michigan to create detailed maps of broadband coverage in order to accurately pinpoint remaining gaps in broadband availability in Michigan.


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Apple Responds to iPhone 4 Problems

Steve Jobs stepped up to the platform on Friday with a fancy slide show and basically confirmed what we all knew: the iPhone 4 has some serious antenna problems.  The good news for iPhone 4 users is that Apple will give them a free wrap around guard that will solve the problem…if only they can find them.  Full Story


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Is This Apple's "Toyota" Moment?

Consumer’s Report has recommended against the iPhone because of its antenna problems. Could it be that this is the PR disaster that may just knock Steve Jobs and Apple off their high horse the way that Toyota suffered when it repeatedly ignored or denied safety problems?  Verizon is delighted with Apple’s problems as it gets ready to launch the Droid X Android phone?  It has been estimated that it would cost Apple $1.35 billion to recall/replace all current iPhones.


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Midwest Geek Vacation Hot Spots

Even geeks like to get out from behind the glow of their monitors every now and then.  Eweek recently published a list of places to visit that should please even the most avid techno-nut in your family.  Happy trails…and may you find open WiFi everywhere you go!  LOL  Geek Vacation Hotspots

Cal Carson


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