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The lesson from LinkedIn's data breach? Most online passwords are easy nuts to crack.

Delivering desktop productivity to the iPad. OnLive Desktop, a free app available on iTunes, lets you run virtual versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on your iPad. The programs run on remote servers, but given a reasonably fast Internet connection, it feels as if you're working on a desktop.

The web still hasn't become its own operating system but, man, parts of it are close. Take these surprisingly powerful and useful app-like websites, for example. Do you remember how web browsers worked in 1998?

It's not all Super PACs and mudslinging. In fact, every business executive can learn valuable lessons from inside the Beltway and on the campaign trail. Just because every American seems to be fed up with politics and politicians doesn't mean every business executive can't learn valuable lessons from the Beltway.

Technology disasters happen.

Bre Pettis's MakerBot has attracted millions in financing and is selling its 3-D printers as fast as it can. So how big can his business get?

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second Mobile First, Web Second (continued) .

Your notes to yourself are a precious thing. These tools let you write quick and find ideas later, wherever you are.

Check out these four second-generation touchscreen desktops, and find out which one is right for you. When all-in-one touchscreen desktops debuted a couple of years ago, they were criticized for being sluggish and not responding well to gestures. These second-generation machines, all of which run on the Windows 7 operating system, come with faster processors and more responsive screens.

Forget holiday shopping; the online version of Black Friday is a great opportunity to score great deals on wares for your business. The online equivalent of Black Friday —minus the crowds, early morning hours, and badly behaving people—is here. What started as a made-up holiday several years ago has turned into a real event

On the next important front of The Great Tech War, 2012.

How to engineer your non-first-class flight into a comfortable chance to get serious work done.

We installed and tested out a very early build of Windows 8 so you don't have to. Here's what's notable and productive in this version.

Following a demonstration of Windows 8 at Microsoft's BUILD conference,

Risk and fear of the unknown are the biggest obstacles companies face when trying to convince other organizations to adopt new technology. Even if you have a compelling value proposition, unless there is convincing evidence that the product or service works as promised, companies won’t change. One of my clients is a South American company called HiddenBed , the developer of a cleverly designed bed/desk combination.