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I found this article very interesting in spite of the fact that I am a strictly Windows Mobile guy; my current phone is a Palm Treo Pro.  I have never used either a Blackberry OR an iPhone.  (My day-job company recently forbade users to use Blackberry for email access, citing the privacy dangers of the intermediate mail server).

…in light of a recent study that found that two out of five BlackBerry users are eager to switch from their Research In Motion (RIM) devices to shiny new Apple smartphones, I decided to revisit the iPhone v. BlackBerry war…

The people I hand-selected to appear in this story aren’t smartphone “newbies,” by any means. In fact, most of them have used not only one or two smartphones or BlackBerrys before making the iPhone switch; the majority of these gadgets geeks have employed handfuls of smartphones in the past, making them ideal subjects for this account…

And their experiences can serve to inform others curious about what a switch from BlackBerry to iPhone would mean to them–or vice versa. In addition to the six BlackBerry-to-iPhone converts profiled in this piece, I’ve included the accounts of two gadget-lovers who first swapped their BlackBerrys for iPhones, only to switch back to BlackBerry shortly thereafter.

via CIO Magazine: The BlackBerry-to-iPhone Switch: Converts Speak.

Click to see the chart and read the article at PC World.

I have concerns about touch-screen keyboards (but then, I am such a poor typist I wonder why I care? )

The rules of notebook design and the components that go inside are being rewritten to make the road a better place to work and play.

“Between now and 2015, we expect to see a series of big changes that will redefine what a notebook is and what it looks like” — Intel

via Meet the Laptop You’ll Use in 2015.

 OK, this has nothing to do with IT or Info Security, but I think it’s really cool.

Poulson Hybrid
Converts any new or used car into a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle, PHEV.

I was looking for information about customizing the “My Places” bar, and found this great article. It seems to actually be a sample chapter from a book. I found lots of great tips in here. I hope you do, too. BTW, customizing My Places is a real time saver if you have several efforts going on at once!

Office File Management for Experts

(Sample Chapter is provided courtesy of Que).

Without a sensible file-naming strategy and a clear understanding of where and how Office stores files, you’ll quickly be overwhelmed by the sheer number of files that Office programs generate. Fortunately, as you’ll learn in this sample chapter, Office 2003 integrates well with Windows Explorer, the essential file management tool used throughout the operating system.

In this chapter:

* What’s New in Office 2003
* Setting Up Office File Storage Locations
* Managing Files and Folders on a SharePoint Server
* Creating New Files
* Using and Customizing Common Dialog Boxes
* Storing Document Details
* Searching for Office Files
* Working with Multiple Files
* Setting Up Automatic Backup and Recovery Options
* Troubleshooting
* Secrets of the Office Masters: Details, Details