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Cheat Sheet: Grey nets

Cheat Sheet Ask IT bosses how many of their staff use consumer instant messaging at work and then ask the staff. You're worried about grey nets? Well, a bit of bicarbonate of soda in your wash will get those curtains sparkling.

Tags: grey net, security, im

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[06 Jul 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Windows Vista

Cheat Sheet The launch of the enterprise versions of Vista for businesses takes place on 30 November but home users will have to wait until 30 January 2007 for the retail launch of the consumer versions. There are six versions of Vista, including an Ultimate...

Tags: windows vista, microsoft

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[28 Nov 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Second Life

Cheat Sheet That's a pretty savvy consumer base to tuck into. Love it! Cool weapons, blowing away bad guys. Guess again. You're thinking of Half Life. Second Life is a very different kettle of virtual fish. But I get to run around blowing away monsters, right?

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[09 Nov 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Web 2.0

Cheat Sheet So this is all consumer stuff - photo-sharing and the like? Web 2.0? I'm learning to spot a buzzword when I hear one and I think I just have. Web 2.0 is one of those phrases which we're hearing a lot about currently.

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[21 Aug 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Mash-ups

Cheat Sheet But isn't this all a bit 'consumer'? The rate of change is likely to be far greater as smaller teams work on small projects - forget your monstrous enterprise software; this is niche, targeted and highly usable as it relies on nothing more than a...

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[26 May 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Sepa

Cheat Sheet On the consumer side of things, if Sepa comes into being by 2010, it could mean you'll be able to buy things on your card in another European country and pay nothing more than you would domestically. What's that?

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[14 Feb 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Offshoring

Cheat Sheet They also claim the creation of more consumer spending power in places like India will in itself fuel demand for new products and services that Western countries will provide. Offshoring? That's to do with India isn't it?

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[11 May 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Micropayments

Cheat Sheet As a consumer, you might not be willing to fork out for content but your employer might. Get your own Microsoft ewallet http://www.passport.com/Consumer/default.asp? Rings a bell but do remind me Buying pricey items on the web is easy.

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[21 Mar 2002]