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It provides the latest business and personal technology news and analysis that affect your bottom line.&nbsp;Click&nbsp; <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/exectech/index.jsp?sb_code=rss'>here</a> to subscribe.http://www.smartbrief.com/news/exectech?sb_code=rsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/images/xml/generic/logos/sb_logo.gifSmartBrief on ExecTechhttp://www.smartbrief.com/news/exectech?sb_code=rssen-us23 Nov 2009 09:11:00 CSTVendors want IT staff to become business consultantshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D2923ED85-0844-4F8D-881D-64D23DFEB74F%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0Executives from Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, VMware and other giant IT vendors are urging companies to hire more business expe -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D2923ED85-0844-4F8D-881D-64D23DFEB74F%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTThe Game ChangerTech skills shouldn't be sacrificed for business savvyhttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D058D4115-FCD8-447F-9DBA-8AA487A51AD4%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0Adding more business-oriented professionals to the IT team could benefit an organization, but not if it's done at the expense -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D058D4115-FCD8-447F-9DBA-8AA487A51AD4%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTThe Game ChangerOlder versions of Internet Explorer are targeted by hackerhttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D7E9701FB-D311-41F1-AB0A-8AC1A33F9B89%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0A program capable of installing malware on computers running versions 6 and 7 of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser was po -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D7E9701FB-D311-41F1-AB0A-8AC1A33F9B89%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTToday's BytesWhat's so special about a "smartbook"?http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D91BAC52D-7CBB-4AF7-9A5C-D25AAFF972B4%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0Makers of "smartbook" devices hope users will appreciate smartphonelike features in a laptoplike package, but it remains to b -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D91BAC52D-7CBB-4AF7-9A5C-D25AAFF972B4%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTToday's BytesMicrosoft talks with publishers about getting off Googlehttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DFC2D005F-BE53-469C-B15C-8CF7D8BAB80A%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0Microsoft has talked with large online publishers, including News Corp., about preventing Google's search engine from listing -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DFC2D005F-BE53-469C-B15C-8CF7D8BAB80A%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTToday's BytesBanks' stories offer insight on insider threatshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DA8B54B9B-C103-441D-9FE5-5A8C4D16065E%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0Banking disasters caused by insider crimes, such as the ones that befell Barings Bank and Societe Generale, might have been  -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DA8B54B9B-C103-441D-9FE5-5A8C4D16065E%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTManaging ITSingle-vendor solutions: Another word for lock-in?http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D8BEE4505-C17A-49CB-B13D-ADFBA5548E6C%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0IT departments are proving more receptive to integrated vendors services that entail less hardware, according to a survey by  -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D8BEE4505-C17A-49CB-B13D-ADFBA5548E6C%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTManaging ITMore employees are likely to use their own phones for businesshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DFA82C582-E2CE-43A4-9B74-DFEE3B0DE183%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0By 2013, more than half of the mobile devices used by corporate employees will have been purchased by employees, who may then -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DFA82C582-E2CE-43A4-9B74-DFEE3B0DE183%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTMost ClickedGifts for the geek who has almost everythinghttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DD648E170-D435-4F8B-8EFD-67114831709C%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0For the techies on your holiday shopping list who buy themselves every latest gizmo and gadget, PC World suggests 10 geeky it -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DD648E170-D435-4F8B-8EFD-67114831709C%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTMost ClickedRecounting tech's most unforgettable quoteshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DCF59F9C9-ED3C-4C0E-95AF-E55CB0D06A4E%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0Harry McCracken presents a list of the 25 tech quotes he deems most unforgettable, including Steve Jobs' "One more thing ..." -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DCF59F9C9-ED3C-4C0E-95AF-E55CB0D06A4E%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTMost ClickedTips for boosting the IT team's moralehttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D20668C1A-C19D-4833-8D3A-CD80C84074FA%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0Many IT teams in the past couple of years have seen colleagues let go and budgets cut, and it has taken a toll on morale and  -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D20668C1A-C19D-4833-8D3A-CD80C84074FA%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTMost ClickedOne-third of laptops last just 3 yearshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3DC597D960-5ACE-4A41-9B3B-1189CEC0678E%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0Almost one-third of laptop computers malfunction or experience accidental problems within three years after being purchased, 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Cringely argues that Google is "dumbing down" the Internet with its list of trending topics.  -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D4E79EC09-847F-48F5-834C-AEBD19E340FB%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTGeeking OutLuis Pineda, senior vice president of marketing and product management at Qualcomm CDMA, as quoted by CNET's Nanotech: The Circuits Bloghttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D28828651-34E7-4023-BF3B-BF5BFCB1E3CC%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0In the kind of device we're promoting, the operating system won't be that relevant. -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F0%26copyid%3D28828651-34E7-4023-BF3B-BF5BFCB1E3CC%26brief%3Dexectech%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss&i=1E23D8F4-DBFC-4C3F-9F0B-3335431F53F023 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTSmartQuote