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		<title><![CDATA[CIA World Fact On The Go (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1038559]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The CIA World Factbook, an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, is the perfect reference guide for any quick facts on a country. It provides almanac-type information. It is a collection of maps, flags, and comprehensive geographic information for every country and territory in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CIA World Factbook for BlackBerry LS (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1027817]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The CIA World Factbook, an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States , is the perfect reference guide for any quick facts on a country. It provides almanac-type information. It is a collection of maps, flags, and comprehensive geographic information for every country and territory in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CIA World Factbook for BlackBerry XLS (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1027815]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The CIA World Factbook, an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States , is the perfect reference guide for any quick facts on a country. It provides almanac-type information. It is a collection of maps, flags, and comprehensive geographic information for every country and territory in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11515-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=49365&messageID=923415&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy and food becoming global battlegrounds while high profile VC becomes lightning rod]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=1073]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Energy. Food. Money.  The nexus is fraught with political disagreement, high intensity accuations and lots of potential for profit, or disaster.  All depends on who you listen to.  If the era of cheap petroleum is truly and forever dead, then these battles shall only get more nasty,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:15:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[8 common lies told by enterprise software sales people]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-13604-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=45718&messageID=843847&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[8 common lies told by enterprise software sales peopleThe Truth Is Out ThereGreat post and great e-Book!  Its about time someone told the truth about enterprise sales!ObservationsHere on ZDNet I've posted:"The normal condition of software is broken."The author states:"The bottom line with custom software in the enterprise is that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[H-1B limits, outsourcing and Rome]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11048-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=32331&messageID=594580&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[H-1B limits, outsourcing and RomeWell said"Jumping from the frying pan into the fire"It is better to keep the H1B cap as it is and provide some flexibility to H1B visa holders to move the companies as they wish so that it won't hurt in lowering wages and Native-born americans won't...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lucent, Alcatel seek U.S. approval of merger]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=24668&messageID=463451&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lucent, Alcatel seek U.S. approval of mergerLucent/AlcatelI am absolutely appalled that my investment in Lucent, my money will now be controlled by a foreign country, if one considers France to be a foreign country. Alcatel has major accounts and works for countries that are a direct threat to the welfare...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bangalore woos foreign capital for face-lift]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore woos foreign capital for face-liftCheaper labor elsewhereI don't think the infrastructure is India's chief issue.  The main problem is that skilled labor is becoming scarce which has forced companies to pay more to employees for retaining them.  This cost is coming back to the cusomters.  But,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Akimbo CEO Josh Goldman gains $15.5 million venture funding to expand iVOD consumer footprint by 'millions']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro-markets/?p=167]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Akimbo Systems is aggressively establishing partnerships with telcos, cable companies, CE manufacturers and other content distributors to embed the &ldquo;first Internet video-on-demand service for television&rdquo; in a variety of devices. Cisco Systems Inc. and AT&T Inc. became investors in the San Mateo-based, iVOD start-up as part of a $15.5 million...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:32:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dell hooks up PC customers with online support]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dell hooks up PC customers with online supportDell support...strange that Dell has direct one on one support for its US customers & NOT Canadian sustomers, when its teck support originates in CanadaMissing a HUGE opportunity...Dell, and every other Box-Builder is missing a great opportunity. Instead of throwing $100 million at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The future of the Internet  - What role for developing countries?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11155-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=15415&messageID=307438&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The future of the Internet  - What role for developing countries?If the other countries don't like the U.S. running the Net......then let them build their own Net. U.S. tax dollars paid for the development of the Net and now the others want to control it. I say TAKE A...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dell opens controversial plant]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9584-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=13961&messageID=280269&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dell opens controversial plantDell opens controversial plantVery controversial.  The state gave them one heck of a bonus incentive if they built here.  They called me for an interview but I had to turn them down.SubsidyEarly in the article is this little misuse of English.    "The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[India faces U.S.-style labor pains]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9589-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=11461&messageID=228772&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[India faces U.S.-style labor painsI figure....With the growing pains, the demand (like us in the 90's) the salaries will rise, and then what are the companies going to do?With demand comes a rise in salary demands...This should turn out to be interesting.. How long will outsourcing last before it gets...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senators urge international copyright crackdown]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=10687&messageID=212863&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Senators urge international copyright crackdownYeah[i]"Before Russia enters the World Trade Organization, many of us are will have to be convinced that the Russian government is serious about cracking down on the theft of intellectual property," Hatch said during a hearing."[/i]"But if you're a US company such as Microsoft, you can...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 17:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple settles with Tiger leaker]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1040-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=9166&messageID=183083&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple settles with Tiger leakerCan you imagineCan you imagine if THIS company got to monopoly status instead of MS?  Not only will there be a monopoly on software, but also on hardware (see: killed clones), as well as everything you dared to speak online.I shudder at the thought of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report: Offshoring only one drain on tech jobs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report: Offshoring only one drain on tech jobshow about if we fire all the guys who did the studyshipped those jobs overseas and THEN asked them to re-evaluate their findings ?Successful businesses hire far awayFrom the article:"Companies founded in the Bay Area will typically maintain the majority of their workforce...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
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