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		<title>What is Managed Services?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are asked this question quite often and the best way to describe it is: Managed Services is a way of monitoring, maintaining and supporting business networks &#8211; remotely, securely and proactively.  Servers, workstations and networks are not “plug it in and forget it” devices.  Just like your car, they require routine maintenance to keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/25/what-is-managed-services/</link>
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		<title>Android Phone Tips from PCWorld</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If (like me) you are a recent convert to a smart phone powered by Google&#8217;s Android operating system, you may be struggling to harness its substantial power.   The current (March 2010) issue of PCWorld magazine and its on-line counterpart have a nice article by JW Raphael that will get you started with tips on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/19/android-phone-tips-from-pcworld/</link>
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		<title>Columbus Office Celebrates Tenth Anniversary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 14, 2010 marks the ten year anniversary of the Columbus-based Affinity partner, HMU Consulting. Clients, friends, family and staff gathered on Thursday, February 4th to celebrate this milestone at an Open House.&#160; 

The Columbus team kicked off the evening with a champagne toast to founders, Barron K. Henley, Esq. and Paul J. Unger, Esq. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/16/columbus-office-celebrates-tenth-anniversary/</link>
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		<title>Law Office Tech Bargains this Week (Feb. 14-20)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite office supply superstores, Staples, has a few nice bargains this week that will appeal to law office tech users.  The Seagate 1TB external USB hard drive is on sale for $89.99.  My favorite wireless notebook mouse (that I&#8217;ve used without fail for several years), the Microsoft 3000, is on sale for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/14/law-office-tech-bargains-this-week-feb-14-20/</link>
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		<title>Google Buzz: Is it a Logical Choice for the Social Web?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you use Gmail as an email client, you probably recently received a link to Google's new social notification application called Google Buzz.  Buzz is another attempt by Google to grab some share of the social web market.  Do they have something this time? ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/10/google-buzz/</link>
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		<title>LexisNexis Announces Maintenance Plan Requirement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Users of the LexisNexis products PCLaw™ and Time Matters® and Billing Matters®&#160; may have recently heard that LexisNexis is requiring customers to purchase or reinstate their Annual Maintenance Plan (AMP) by May 1, 2010. While news of additional software costs can sometimes be alarming, it’s important to remember that purchasing an AMP is something that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/08/lexisnexis-announces-maintenance-plan-requirement/</link>
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		<title>Word 2007 Tip: Simultaneously Viewing Multiple Parts of Your Document</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it is helpful to view two different parts of your document at the same time.&#160; In Word 2007, there are two ways to do this.&#160; 
(1) Split Screen.
The first way is to use the split screen view.&#160; The split screen view “splits” the screen in two, and presents two different views of the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/05/word-2007-tip-simultaneously-viewing-multiple-parts-of-your-document/</link>
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		<title>External battery for your 3-cell netbook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you messed up and bought a netbook with the low-capacity 3-cell battery and are now stuck with just three hours of battery life instead of 6, 7, or even 9 hours you could have gotten from the optional 6-cell battery, all is not lost.  Starting Sunday, Feb. 7, Staples has the Energizer Xpal XP8000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/05/external-battery-for-your-3-cell-netbook/</link>
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		<title>Free Webinar: Mindmapping for the Law Office: February 26, 2010, 1 p.m. EST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free Webinar February 26, 2010, 1 p.m. EST
What is a mindmap?
A  mindmap is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other  items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea.  Mindmapping has been used for decades for task management, project  management and knowledge management. Mindmapping technology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/03/free-webinar-mindmapping-for-the-law-office-february-26-2010-1-p-m-est/</link>
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		<title>Why online backups are not enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online data backups such as Mozy, Carbonite, IDrive, Amazon S3 and others provide excellent protection for your data.&#160; We use Amazon S3 ourselves.&#160; But, as this time, we still strongly recommend an on-site backup as the primary backup method and online backup only as a secondary solution.&#160; 
Case in point, one of our clients (a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/02/why-online-backups-are-not-enough/</link>
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