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		<title>Cheaper Computers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Normally the older technology gets then the less expensive it becomes.  It happened with stereos.  It happened with “walkmans.”  Not only did the technology get less expensive, but it also seemed to grow more compact.
Personal computers seem to defy that logic.  Instead of getting less expensive, they hold their price or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting High Speed Causes High Anxiety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[High speed internet is not available to everyone – forget the commercials that cover the airwaves.  Living in a rural community can make it impossible to enter into the world that exists on the internet today.  Dialup may be the only way to surf the web and that means missing out on many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softblog.co.uk/2008/04/24/getting-high-speed-causes-high-anxiety.html</link>
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		<title>Smartphones to Replace Laptops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently there was a news show on that had the two anchors discussing the smartphones.  They were comparing the new cell phones to laptops.  In their opinions, the new phones were capable of doing much of what a laptop can do.
I can understand their points – to some extent.  If you are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softblog.co.uk/2008/04/22/smartphones-to-replace-laptops.html</link>
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		<title>New Life for Laptops with 40-hour Rechargeable Battery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing quite as frustrating as trying to work on the road on my laptop only to have my time run out because the battery is drained.  The ideas are flowing through my head, but my laptop isn’t flowing anywhere.  Now I have to take the time to dig out the plug and charge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softblog.co.uk/2008/01/23/new-life-for-laptops-with-40-hour-rechargeable-battery.html</link>
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		<title>Software Designs Can Cause Trouble for Users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The corporate world is all about making money - particularly when it comes to software.  The companies may set out to &#8220;make your life easier&#8221; with one application or another, but once they reel you in then they charge you for every conceivable notion or else just make life more difficult.
It wasn&#8217;t a security issue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softblog.co.uk/2007/10/09/software-designs-can-cause-trouble-for-users.html</link>
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		<title>Cheap and Practical Computers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is time to start shopping for a new computer.  There seems to be no end to the design, color, and look that I can get these days.  What I really need is a machine that will do all I need it to do (run the kids&#8217; educational programs and maybe a word processing program [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softblog.co.uk/2007/10/05/cheap-and-practical-computers.html</link>
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		<title>What Makes a Website Great?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Web 2.0 is becoming the end all and be all of the internet.  Websites want to be the best in the social networking world.  It&#8217;s really exciting when you find out that your little site has won a prestigious award.  It is not so exciting if you discover that everyone and your grandmother also got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softblog.co.uk/2007/09/26/what-makes-a-website-great.html</link>
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		<title>Learning the Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The internet is becoming a more acceptable form of communication for many in the baby boom generation.  These less than tech savvy surfers are trying to negotiate their way through forums, chat room, websites, and blogs.  With the expansion of Web 2.0, the field is becoming even more dangerous.  Many of the new users end [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softblog.co.uk/2007/09/21/learning-the-internet.html</link>
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		<title>Chess Software Teaches Life Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chess is a game my children learned early.  At just 8 and 10, they enjoy playing with each other or against the computer with the software that I&#8217;ve purchased.  It&#8217;s more of a video game than a straight chess match, so they seem to play it longer.  It just leaves me wondering if they are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softblog.co.uk/2007/09/13/chess-software-teaches-life-strategy.html</link>
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		<title>Passwords Are the First Line of Defense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It amazes me how many people that use the internet aren&#8217;t worried about someone stealing their information.  Part of the lax attitudes comes because they don&#8217;t realize that someone would concern themselves with average ordinary people.  Part of it comes because they don&#8217;t understand how vulnerable they are.  The first line of defense is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softblog.co.uk/2007/09/12/passwords-are-the-first-line-of-defense.html</link>
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