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Editor's note It's 2012, and yet all too often we see blurry text full of artefacts from JPEG compression. Check out our piece on it this week for a couple of examples, and why you should also double-check locations returned by geographical services. Next week, ZDNet is running a panel on December 4 in Sydney, which will discuss the perspectives of tech leaders on being marketed to. If this topic interests you, send us a question you want answered or even nominate yourself to join the panel. Email your interest to chris.duckett@techrepublic.com to have your say or nominate. Have a good week, everyone. -- Chris Quit serving text with images already In 2012, we shouldn't have much need to serve up what appears as text on a web page with an image. Read more Resource of the day Live Webcast: Emerging Customer Support Channels - The Who, What and Why Join this live, interactive webinar to learn the practical ins and outs of implementing social media and mobile apps as customer service channels. Additional TechRepublic resources   Build it yourself iOS Twitter client Part 3 In the final part of our Twitter app, we move on to the mentions feature, which is mostly the same code, only with a different Twitter API resource. Read more Windows Server 2012: Tips for setting share vs. NTFS permissions Scott Lowe offers some tips on how NTFS and share permissions sometimes overlap. Here's how to make sure you grant the right set of permissions to users. Read more How Cyanogen lost their online presence: Don't let it happen to your business Patrick Lambert sounds a warning about protecting your web infrastructure from insider threats. Here's what happened to CyanogenMod. Read more Open source community up in arms over proprietary software for Ubuntu Portions of the Linux community are up in arms that proprietary software has started appearing in the Ubuntu Software Center. Jack Wallen sees this as a sign of great things to come. Read more Getting the right ROI on Big Data Some organizations are obsessed with spending money on Big Data without any concern for the value it represents. John Weathington tells you what sequence of actions to follow to mitigate this. Read more LinkedIn endorsements: I'm not sure I approve Social media can be very effective and very positive. But there's a fine line between networks moving things forward and simply devaluing the currency - or even putting your reputation at risk. Read more Making sense of computer forensics Alfonso Barreiro goes over the basics of computer forensics that all IT pros should know. Preparing your organization for the possibility of a legal investigation should be part of any security incident and response plan. Read more Featured multimedia   Five free social networking tools for the desktop Having the proper tools allows you to keep your business on top of social networking and keep you one step ahead of the competition. View on site Today's recommended downloads Free 30 Day Trial: Get Onboard With Intuit QuickBase - The #1 Online Database Solution. (Intuit) Making Choices with DNS-Based Traffic Management (Dyn) Enforcing Enterprise-out Security for Cloud Servers (Centrify) Live Webcast: The Future is Now - Key Steps to a Game-Changing Data Management Strategy (SAP) Fix Computer Issues Fast with GoToAssist Remote Support by Citrix (Citrix Online) Connect with TechRepublic How Cyanogen lost their online presence: Don't let it happen to your business Patrick Lambert sounds a warning about protecting your web infrastructure from insider threats. Here's what happened to CyanogenMod. TechRepublic newsletters   Get programming, mobile development, and design tips and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Software Engineer App Builder Web Designer IT Consultant

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