This Weeks Links:
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1. Tips for Outsourcing IT
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This article provides some great insight as to when, how, and why outsourcing IT support can be a great way for some companies to save time and money.
http://www.sourcingmag.com/content/c050810a.asp
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2. Eleven Tips For Optimizing PDFs For Search Engines
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Many web sites have PDFs, but often making the content visible for search engines is left to chance. This article from SearchEngineLand offers some tips on how to optimize your PDFs for better exposure.
http://searchengineland.com/070912-095906.php
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3. Time Machiner
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Wish you could travel forward in time to remind yourself to do something later or remember to send someone that Happy Birthday greeting on the big day? Well here's a site that purports to let you do just that using e-mail. Just a Beta site, so use at your own risk but it would appear to be free for users.
http://www.timemachiner.com/
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4. Removing Hard Drive Data -- the YouTube Way
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The folks at ComputerWorld have put together a very amusing collection of interesting ways people have come up with to 'delete' data from their hard drives - or is it just delete the drive? See for yourself in this week's light side link.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9074139&taxonomyId=16&intsrc=kc_top
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5. How OSI Works
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Open System Interconnect (OSI) standards define how most networks today interact with data. This article from HowStuffWorks does a nice job of explaining the concepts and various layers involved. Even if you are a non-techie, you may find this useful to help explain terms you've heard before but did not fully understand.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/osi.htm
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