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Stand While You Work

As I plopped down in my office chair day after day, I started to hear a 1980s-esque newscaster in my head: "Your desk may be trying to kill you. Film at 11." I've read one too many articles about how leading an overly-sedentary life can have negative long-term health implications, and for years I've spent all day long sitting in front of my trusty iMac. Was my professional life shortening my actual one? Full Story »
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Coupons, 2.0: Ten Social Buying Sites That Add Up to Savings

With social buying sites such as Groupon, you round up friends to cash in on steep discounts on everything from restaurants to spas. Here's the lowdown on 10 sites that will hook you up with a variety of deals.

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Managing Your Reputation Online: 5 Essential Tools

You must monitor what people are saying about you in order to keep your reputation online intact. These five free tools will help you stay up to date whenever you're mentioned.

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How to Protect Your Reputation Online

With Google real-time search and sites like Facebook and Twitter continuing to grow, it's more necessary than ever to monitor your online reputation. Here are steps you can take to ensure you're viewed professionally -- and advice on what to do if you're associated with harmful content.

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Five Ways Techies Can Stay Motivated This Year

Have you heard? Americans hate their jobs more than ever. But from movies to games to Steve Jobs, IT troops can find inspiration even in dark career times.

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Five Great iPhone Photography Apps for the Holidays

To get the most from your iPhone 3GS camera, consider these five apps for the amateur shutterbug working overtime during the holidays.

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Navigation iPhone Apps Make Dollars and Sense

Navigation apps ring up some of the highest sales of all the apps in Apple's app store.

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Five Qualities of a Great iPhone App

Thinking about creating an iPhone app? A contest run by retailer Gap shows off five common strengths of winning iPhone apps. Here's a look at the lessons learned -- and the apps.

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Bill Draper Talks Philanthropy

Wealthy individuals like Silicon Valley's Bill Draper are following the lead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and becoming philanthropists.

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Not Bilingual? $25 iPhone App for That Translates Spoken English and Spanish

Jibbigo, which debuted last month, breaks new engineering ground for iPhone apps: It's the only speech-to-speech translation app in the App Store. Speak into the iPhone in either English or Spanish and in a few seconds a voice translates your words. This $25 app, which has humanitarian origins, packs sophisticated technology.

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Peter Drucker as Life Coach: New Book Shares Visionary's Wisdom

The "father of modern management" had as much to say about self-management and personal development as he did about innovation and organizational effectiveness, says Bruce Rosenstein, the author of a new book on Peter Drucker. In this revealing Q&A, Rosenstein shares what you can learn from Drucker's life, legacy and lack of e-mail.

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iPhone vs BlackBerry Owners: Survey Pits Sexy Against the Suits

If you're an iPhone, chances are you're a self-confident female, a new survey says. You may want to seek out a BlackBerry boy, because they're less likely to break up a relationship electronically. Read on for more on what your gadget may say about you.

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Droid vs. iPhone: Predictions, Weigh-ins, Pre-Bout Chatter

Google's Droid makes its debut and stares down the Apple iPhone.

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"A Bear Ate My iPhone!"

For CISO Kris Rowley, an iPhone comes in handy when a bear closes in. She just wishes Apple would be as helpful.

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Golfshot GPS for iPhone: More Bogeys Than Birdies

When one reporter takes Golfshot's GPS app for a stroll around the links, he discovers worrying about battery life can be a real distraction.

 
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