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Do you know that --

       -- Windows keeps track of every web site you ever visit?
       --  Word and Excel documents contain secret embedded IDs that uniquely identify you?
       --  After you delete a file or your email someone could still read it?
       --  Your ISP and the web sites you visit might keep a complete dossier of your online activities?

This free e-book explains these and other security and privacy threats in simple, non-technical language.
It tells you what you can do about them.   All the software it recommends is free.

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Why buy a new computer when with a simple tune-up your current one can do everything you need?

This illustrated 50-page guide tells you everything you need to know... with easy explanations and many screen shots.

“Worthless” old Pentium III’s are useful!   ... if you know how to fix them up.

You can get them free from friends or companies or even www.freecycle.org.

Machines that are obsolete in “Windows world” work great for many tasks when running free software!  See how --

Here are some of my DBA articles --

Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft now give away free desktop versions of their databases!   Download them here... 

I developed a business model I call open consulting.    Decide for yourself whether it will work for you ---       

Years ago I wrote an article for an obscure technical publication.   The paper introduced a model for understanding how and why companies adopt new technologies.  Called the hype curve, this model identifies proven versus un-proven technologies.  It presents a simple methodology to evaluate how useful various technologies are to organizations.

The hype curve concept found widespread success.   It's been adopted and elaborated upon by the Gartner Group as their major paradigm for understanding technology evolution (as hype cycles).   Silicon valley venture capitalists employ it in evaluating and marketing technology.   Groups as far away as the Tasmanian and Russian governments have used it for managing technological change.  

Download the original, un-altered paper from 1992 below, and see the best-selling book that uses the paper as a starting point.

I cut my energy bill in half -- and you can too!   Just follow these simple tips...

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