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		<title>Groupon Tries to Pull a Fast One</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/groupon-tries-to-pull-a-fast-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're interested in the Groupon IPO, then I've got a bridge I'd like to sell to you.]]></description>
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		<title>management elvis style</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/management-elvis-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/management-elvis-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This little story isn&#8217;t so much about elvis&#8217;s management style as it is about how I learned to use a more effective style with him. 
He stole the ball from another dog. I was trying to get it back from him. We were deadlocked. I could have pulled on the ball all day and he <a href='http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/management-elvis-style/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Smart, attractive friends, click here!</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/smart-attractive-friends-click-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/smart-attractive-friends-click-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A real note written in response to real need, reposted here. Tell your smart, attractive friends!]]></description>
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		<title>Poor Journalism Fuels Controversy Over Video Game Violence</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/poor-journalism-fuels-controversy-over-video-game-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/poor-journalism-fuels-controversy-over-video-game-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Fox News interviewed Dr. Carole Lieberman about sex, violence, and video games she had no idea what she was about to step in. And then the trolls came out to play.]]></description>
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		<title>RSA 2011- Industry Focusing on Virtualization, Mobility and Data — CIOUpdate.com</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/events/rsa-2011-industry-focusing-on-virtualization-mobility-and-data-%e2%80%94-cioupdate-com/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/events/rsa-2011-industry-focusing-on-virtualization-mobility-and-data-%e2%80%94-cioupdate-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest blog post for CIOUpdate.com went live this morning.  I talk about some of the trends I saw at RSA last week including emphasis on securing virtual and mobile environments.
RSA 2011- Industry Focusing on Virtualization, Mobility and Data — CIOUpdate.com.
]]></description>
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		<title>I Kind of Love Avast</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/i-kind-of-love-avast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/i-kind-of-love-avast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The antivirus utility celebrates ITLAPD.]]></description>
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		<title>Why are people afraid of me?</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/why-are-people-afraid-of-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/why-are-people-afraid-of-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I hope that my compulsive need to identify and correct vulnerabilities is helpful.]]></description>
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		<title>The Cost of a Data Breach? &#124; Blog &#124; BreakingPoint</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/the-cost-of-a-data-breach-blog-breakingpoint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/the-cost-of-a-data-breach-blog-breakingpoint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.toptechdog.com/?p=2713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's interesting to me that a company that makes hardware to test network and server performance and security is asking questions about data breach.  I see the connection - an unsafe firewall isn't really complying with the PCI DSS and it isn't really protecting client data.  But to go from testing to finance is too big a jump. ]]></description>
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		<title>Get Outta My Head!</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/internet-memes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/internet-memes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year was 1996. College kids were online—using graphics-free VAX terminals for the most part—but their parents were not. Web pages loaded at rate you wouldn’t accept from your cell phone today. Not exactly the perfect scenario for a streaming video of a dancing baby to take off...]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to CNN</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/an-open-letter-to-cnn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/an-open-letter-to-cnn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spike</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.toptechdog.com/?p=2328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN, if I wanted my friends to know what I was reading at your site, I would tell them. If I wanted my Facebook friends to know what I was reading at your site, I would post a link. Or I would click the "Share on Facebook" link. It really takes very little effort to let people know what you're up to, these days. I bet you've even reported about this, haven't you?]]></description>
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		<title>The Recession is Killing Journalism</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/the-recession-is-killing-journalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/the-recession-is-killing-journalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.toptechdog.com/?p=2242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do cut rates mean cut integrity?  Does journalistic integrity still exist?]]></description>
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		<title>Why The Buzz Over Google Buzz?</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/why-the-buzz-over-google-buzz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/why-the-buzz-over-google-buzz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.toptechdog.com/?p=2124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All you are to Google is a sucker who will give away your privacy so they can make money serving targeted ads.]]></description>
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		<title>Your iPhone Was Built By Child Labor</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/your-iphone-was-built-by-child-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/your-iphone-was-built-by-child-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doesn&#8217;t everyone love the Apple image?  Did you know your iPod was built by a child in a forced labor camp?  Still love the image?  I found this article today Apple admits using child labour &#8211; Telegraph and I&#8217;ve got to say that I find it sickening.
This isn&#8217;t the evil Google, Microsoft, or Intel.  This <a href='http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/your-iphone-was-built-by-child-labor/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Done Right</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/social-media-done-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/social-media-done-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.toptechdog.com/?p=1861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social media customer relations rocks on.]]></description>
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		<title>Very Bad Things: Vista and Windows 7 Explorer</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/very-bad-things-vista-and-windows-7-explorer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/very-bad-things-vista-and-windows-7-explorer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spike</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.toptechdog.com/?p=1833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been a fan of Windows since version 3.1.  After playing with LOGO and Mac systems as a grade-schooler and then trying to work in BASIC (sans hard drive, no less), I met my first Windows 3.1 machine late in high school and suddenly everything made sense. Here were screens that showed me my <a href='http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/very-bad-things-vista-and-windows-7-explorer/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where Do All The Smart People Go Now That They Can&#8217;t Make a Living in Journalism?</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/where-do-all-the-smart-people-go-now-that-they-cant-make-a-living-in-journalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/where-do-all-the-smart-people-go-now-that-they-cant-make-a-living-in-journalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toptechdog.com/?p=1778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The value of the written word has plummeted now that every Tom, Dick, and Harry can get page views by using keywords.]]></description>
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		<title>This Isn&#8217;t Networking</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/this-isnt-networking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/this-isnt-networking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spike</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.toptechdog.com/?p=1770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook and Twitter are turning us into children and drones. We wanted to keep up with our friends but ended up becoming faceless recipients of, and undiscriminating fire hoses of, spew.]]></description>
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		<title>What Year Is This?</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/what-year-is-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/what-year-is-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spike</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://192.168.10.50/?p=1622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been bi-OS for a few years now. Historically, I’m a PC. Lately, I’m also a Mac.]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s Some Crap for That</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/theres-some-crap-for-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/theres-some-crap-for-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like you, I've spent the past few years knowing, "There's an app for that." And every time I hear it, it bugs me. PC users have had apps coming out of their ears for, like, ever. ]]></description>
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		<title>Wii Crap</title>
		<link>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/wii-crap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toptechdog.com/editorial-opinion/wii-crap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msarrel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ignorant fitness blogger ridiculously calls for obesity warnings on games.
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