The 10 biggest gadget letdowns of 2010

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Not everything lives up to the impressive-sounding, bullet-point list of features that appeared on the internet six months before launch.

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http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/the-10-biggest-gadget-letdowns-of-2010-916069

MT Expert - Finance: Small firms can go automatic too

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Automated systems are no longer the preserve of big companies; they can now help SMEs get more efficient too.

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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1047128/mt-expert-finance-small-firms-go-automatic-too/

Buy-in, by John Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead

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Ever had a brilliant idea that never quite came to fruition? This is the problem John Kotter - Harvard Business School professor and one of the world's foremost business thinkers - hopes to solve with his new book, 'Buy-in'. Kotter's basic thesis is that there's a limited number of ways in which good ideas get shot down - 24, he reckons, to be precise - and he and his co-author Lorne Whitehead have come up with specific ways to combat all of them.

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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/books/1036901/books-buy-in-john-kotter-lorne-a-whitehead/

Do it right: Seven ways to sell your ideas

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Having a good idea is just the first step. Now you have to convince someone else it's good.

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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/985275/do-right-seven-ways-sell-ideas/