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Click the following link to read “Ten Accounting & Finance Secrets for Start-Ups”on the CFOwise blog: http://www.cfowise.com/part-time-cfo/ten-accounting-finance-secrets-for-start-ups/

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MIT Technology Review published this article “How to Make the Internet a Lot Faster” advising that very-high-speed broadband can’t just be about big pipes.

Excerpts:

  • Existing applications for very-high-speed Internet include the transfer of very large files, streaming high-definition (and possibly 3-D) video, video conferencing, and gaming. Some experts speculate that accessing large data files and applications through the cloud may also require better broadband.”Just big pipes alone to an end user does not necessarily guarantee that you can deliver high-end applications,” says Gary Bachula, vice president of external relations for Internet2. There are many factors beyond raw bandwidth, Bachula says. For example, an improperly configured router or a university firewall can affect performance and end up acting as a network bottleneck. “You need to have open networks, you need to publish your performance data, you need to have people troubleshoot your network remotely,” says Bachula.
  • It’s also not enough to build a fast hardware infrastructure, says Steven Low, a professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Caltech, and cofounder of the network optimization technology company FastSoft, based in Pasadena, CA. Low believes the protocols that move traffic through the network will also need to be updated to make effective use of very-high-speed capabilities.

Click the following link to read the whole article: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/24605/?nlid=2772&a=f

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Stopping Stealthy Downloads – A new tool blocks files that try to install without alerting the user.

February 22, 2010

According to an article from MIT Technology Review:
“Researchers at SRI International and Georgia Tech are preparing to release a free tool to stop “drive-by” downloads: Internet attacks in which the mere act of visiting a Web site results in the surreptitious installation of malicious software. The new tool, called BLADE (Block All Drive-By Download Exploits), [...]

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Adding Green Screen Video to Screencasts

February 8, 2010

Here is a helpful video by Scott Skibell  of MacScreencasting.com about adding green screen to video screencasts: http://www.macscreencasting.com/green-screen-video-in-screencasts.html
Here is a link to Wikipedia’s page on “chromakey” which says: “Chroma keying is a technique for mixing two images or frames together in which a color (or a small color range) from one image is removed (or [...]

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How to Succeed as a Consultant

February 8, 2010

Here is a great Wall Street Journal article by Richard Greenwald that is well worth reading with practical advice for success:
Excerpt:
“(Very successful consultants often) teach—whether at a regional business college, through university continuing-education programs or through workshops given by professional associations.
At first, it sounds counterintuitive to train others to do what you do. After [...]

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Inc. Magazine: “How to Advertise on Facebook Four tips for advertising a small business on social networks”

February 4, 2010

Jason Del Rey gives four tips for how to advertise on Facebook in this Inc. Magazine article.
1. Choose your target
2. Test, test — and test some more
3. Do your own tracking
4. Make your ads pop

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Great Resource for Adobe Acrobat Users

October 23, 2009

AcrobatUsers.com is a great resource if you need to learn about Adobe Acrobat, with forums, video tutorials, etc.

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“SEO Tips: How to Increase Traffic With Keywords” ~Small Business Computing’s James A. Martin

October 14, 2009

QUICK POST: “SEO Tips: How to Increase Traffic With Keywords” is a useful article from Small Business Computing’s James A. Martin.

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Cluebert’s “10 Most Useful Online Tools Ever”

October 14, 2009

Cluebert.com has identified their list of the “10 Most Useful Online Tools Ever!,” with a paragraph or two about each of them.
Here is a list of the 10 tools they cite:

Google as Calculator, Unit Conversion, Currency Conversion and Translator
Ta-Da List
Creative Commons Search
Clipart.com
Dafont and What The Font
Down For Everyone or Just Me?
Pandora
Vector Magic
Cachefly
Carbonite

Bonus: Iron Key

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“WordPress.com automates PicApp images for bloggers” ~VentureBeat

October 8, 2009

From VentureBeat, reported by Paul Boutin:
“For many bloggers, finding and uploading images for their posts are a pain in the neck. WordPress.com, the free blogging site that claims 7.5 million users, has added a way for its users to embed images … from PicApp’s free, legal, real-time library. PicApp includes Getty Images and Corbis [...]

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