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		<title>Using IT To Add Value &#8211; Even In Challenging Times</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2009/04/29/using-it-to-add-value-even-in-challenging-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philip</dc:creator>
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InformationWeek posted this entry:
The Value Of IT Investments survey, by ISACA, a nonprofit association of IT professionals, found that more than 25% of companies are increasing IT investments in 2009. 
What does this tell me?  that 75% of the companies surveyed are not increasing their IT investments.
Maybe it&#8217;s because I breathe IT day in and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overclocked Intel Core i7 920 and AMD Phenom II 940 virtualization performance &#8211; Part 1.</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2009/02/11/overclocked-intel-core-i7-920-and-amd-phenom-940-virtualization-performance-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the wounds from competitive price cuts still fresh, I decided to make some small deposits into the pockets of both Intel and AMD.  I picked up the Core i7 920 chip as well as the AMD Phenom II 940 CPU/Asus board combo from Fry&#8217;s about a week ago, and recently picked up an Asus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shape of Businesses to come&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2009/02/05/the-shape-of-businesses-to-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philip</dc:creator>
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No doubt the state of the global economy has many of us contemplating on what the future may be bringing in the near future.  The geek inside me has always been curious on how technology will end up reshaping how business will be conducted.
For the past 20 years or so, the biggest impact of Technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to expect from this bleak outlook on the economy</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/12/08/what-to-expect-from-this-bleak-outlook-on-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philip</dc:creator>
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No matter where you turn, you can&#8217;t escape the depressing mood that has all but permeated all of media.  Blogs, Destination sites, TV, Radio&#8211; even ads have started using &#8220;The Downturn&#8221; to start their segment or its headlines.  For people that are constantly soaking in business news, I can&#8217;t see how there is any bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New OSX Trojan Horse found in the wild</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/20/new-osx-trojan-horse-found-in-the-wild/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think your shiny new Macbook Pro is built like a bullet and is impervious to harm, you&#8217;d better think twice.  The misconception that OS X is virus proof runs rampant&#8211; and while there is some truth that there are less threats targeting the Mac Platform, the public still needs to be educated that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Google Sync for Blackberry &#8211; Now with Contact Sync</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/19/new-google-sync-for-blackberry-now-with-contact-sync/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those to you who are Blackberry AND Google fans like myself &#8211; We have just gotten an early Christmas present.
Google&#8217;s Mobile Team just released a new version of Sync which will now also synchronize your Contacts as well as Calendar between your BB and Google account.
Go learn more and grab it from this link.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everex StepNote or a NetBook?</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/19/everex-stepnote-or-a-netbook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/19/everex-stepnote-or-a-netbook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So check this out.  Buy.com is selling this refurbed Everex StepNote for an incredible price of $350.  This is cheaper than some of the NetBooks flooding the market right now.
For a very similar price, you get the full usability of a normal laptop.  Dual Core (T2080), DVDRW, WXGA screen (1280&#215;800), and the usual expansion possibilities.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best current deal on external storage</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/18/best-current-deal-on-external-storage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/18/best-current-deal-on-external-storage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon has the LaCie drives here.
Update: Buy.com has it here &#8211; at an even cheaper price.
Check out this post on LaCie&#8217;s site on how to register for your free year of Carbonite.  Not only do you get a great looking external drive, but LaCie is bundling all of their externals with 1 year of Carbonite.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Core i7 for sale now &#8211; 920 cheaper than Q6600 when introduced</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/17/core-i7-for-sale-now-920-cheaper-than-q6600-when-introduced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/17/core-i7-for-sale-now-920-cheaper-than-q6600-when-introduced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t you just LOOOOVE Moore&#8217;s Law?  When Q6600 was first introduced, it was going for slightly more than $300.  Now?  You can get a Nehalem Core-i7 920 for $288 shipped from here.  Couple the chip with one of these boards and you&#8217;ve got yourself an awesome box to run quite a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Site Search adds on-demand feature</title>
		<link>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/12/google-site-search-adds-on-demand-feature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipwen.com/2008/11/12/google-site-search-adds-on-demand-feature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
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If you run decent sized websites, this will probably be of interest to you.  Google is announcing an on-demand feature to call out their bots whenever you are ready to a re-index.  So instead of working on the bots&#8217; schedule, you can now index on demand.
Here is a youtube vid pumping the new feature.
Here&#8217;s another [...]]]></description>
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