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Paul Allen: My book isn't about revenge on Bill Gates Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on Sunday will talk to 60 Minutes about his book, "Idea Man," which caused a bit of a ruckus given his not-so-complimentary take on Bill Gates. Read more Resource of the day How to Start a Remote Work Program Where are your employees? They're working at home, at client offices, in coffee shops, even across the globe. Get practical tips for starting a telework program and learn best practices for managing a workforce you can't see. More from TechRepublic   Ask Jack Wallen your DIY IT questions If you're an IT pro in a small business or a mom-and-pop shop with a tech question, DIY IT Guy blogger Jack Wallen might be able to help. Here's what you need to know about submitting questions to Jack. Read more Tips for optimizing your web images Ryan Boudreaux explains the importance of optimizing your images for the web in order to balance quality and load times. Here are his rules of thumb for optimizing images and using appropriate file types. Read more Troubleshooting tricks for Android Exchange connection problems When there is a problem with an Android-Exchange setup, it can be difficult to figure out what has gone wrong. Jack Wallen offers some troubleshooting tips for common Exchange-Android configuration issues. Read more Geeks, functional deviant behavior, and evolution TR member dcolbert looks at the stereotypes between deviant behavior and antisocial nerds. He thinks it's possible that functional deviant behavior may even give some people an advantage by being more effective at their jobs. Do you agree? Read more News from ZDNet   Why is Chrome so important to Google? It's a 'locked-in user' Google execs say the lifetime value of a Chrome user is extremely valuable to the company. "Chrome is a guaranteed locked-in user for us in terms of having access to Google," says CFO Patrick... Read more Hands-on look: BlackBerry PlayBook (photos) RIM held a special media-only event in New York City on Thursday showing off the new BlackBerry PlayBook. Here's a hands-on look. Read more CIOs pay attention: Gartner says over half of innovation will be gamified by 2015 Whether you like it or not, gamification is hot, hot, hot. And CIOs and other IT types who aren't paying attention (or are busy pooh-poohing this trend) will be missing the boat, says Gartner.... Read more Google's first quarter earnings miss projections as expenses spike; Page makes brief appearance Google's first quarter earnings fell short of Wall Street expectations as the company continued to invest heavily in data center infrastructure and headcount. Read more Weak PC sales likely to ding Microsoft's Windows cash cow Both IDC and Gartner reported weak first quarter sales for the PC industry and that's likely to translate into some profit headwinds for Microsoft in its fiscal third quarter. Read more Apple releases iOS 4.3.2, Verizon iPhones get 4.2.7 Apple today released iOS 4.3.2 today for iPhone and iPad users fixing issues with blank/frozen video during FaceTime calls and international 3G issues with the iPad. Verizon iPhone users get iOS... Read more Tablet/ smartphone synergy: Ready for the next level I want my tablet and smartphone to work together to make them both better. I am ready for each device to play off the strengths of the other to make a more complete package. Read more Still Winning: Toshiba's Portege R830 picks up where the highly-rated R700 left off The Portege R830, which Toshiba released this week, has some big shoes to fill. Its predecessor, the Portege R700 received numerous accolades. Several sites have already reviewed the new version... Read more Mystery jump in GOOG revenues as AdSense publishers weaken Why have Google sites grown far faster than partner sites in Q1 when for all of 2010 Google sites could barely keep up? Read more VMware's Cloud Foundry must deliver on openness pledges VMware promises to make its Cloud Foundry open to any development framework, application service and cloud infrastructure. Delivering on those promises will determine whether VMware plays a bigger... Read more YouTube launches reform school for copyright violators: You're welcome, Hollywood Google launches a program that involves schooling - and a test - to allow copyright violators back on the site. Read more Featured multimedia   Windows 8 Milestone 1 Build 7850 Yesterday you might have read that an early Milestone 1 build of Windows 8 was leaked and made its way to the usual download locations. You migth be interested in grabbing yourself a copy so you could live on the cutting edge and take the new OS for a spin. My advice - Don't bother! 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