Welcome to a special edition of Business, Technology and Knowledge. I’ve titled this a special edition to the high volume of quality content that has come in while I was out of the country — we keep growing with every issue.

Due to the fact that we got so much content in the past few weeks, I’ve published this edition a day early. Like I said, we’ve got lots of great content, so let’s get right into it.

Leon Gettler tells us Why most document retention policies are useless posted at Sox First, saying, “With e-discovery now commonplace and new rules coming in for handling electronic documents during litigation, legal experts say most businesses are behind the times. Most document retention policies are ineffective.”

Anna Farmery presents Blogging can change your life and your weight! posted at The Engaging Brand.

Daniel Scocco presents What do Google, Apple and Harley Davidson have in common? posted at Innovation Zen.

SJ helps us to Understand Taxes - Part 1 posted at Rant About It.

Business Strategies Magazine presents Passwords - important security tools posted at BizStratBlog, saying, “Useful tips on making passwords.”

Melia presents How to Place Home Theater Speakers posted at Personal Technology Information.

Business

Ruben presents 2 Major Things You Must Do To Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine - The Triage Principle of Successful Blogs posted at Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine.

Chris Minnick presents Long Live The King posted at ChrisMinnick.com.

Big Picture Guy presents His Father’s Son posted at Big Picture, Small Office, saying, “The new IS supervisor presented his State of the Nation to the IT Steering Committee. He talked about interfacing and interlacing, about ticketing systems and OPC upgrades. In the end, though, he talked the slow walk, suggesting that we not move forward but stay more effectively in the same place.”

Steven Silvers presents Wal-Mart must use advertising to keep its reputation from becoming an even bigger liability. posted at Scatterbox at stevensilvers.com, saying, “There are three good reasons why any company in Wal-Mart’s position must use political-type commercials to defend itself in the court of public opinion.”

Michelle presents Choose the identity that defines your entity posted at Aridni, saying, “This is an article about how you can structure your business with regard to entity types. I hope it helps!”

Dr. Rachna D. Jain presents Business Wisdom for 2007 posted at Sales and Marketing Secrets, saying, “Ten principles of business wisdom for a more profitable 2007.”

Becky McCray presents Resource: Small Business Ideas for Small Towns posted at Small Biz Survival.

Knowledge

Murad Ali presents Most Executives Think Outsourcing Will Destroy America posted at The New Business World.

Anna Farmery presents Podcast Freq » Blog Archive » Podcasting in the UK posted at Podcast Freq.

Murad Ali presents Diversity is Profits posted at The New Business World.

Vahid Chaychi presents Why You Should Trade ETFs & Mutual Funds Rather Than Individual Stocks posted at Work at Home Entrepreneurs.

Craig Harper presents 35 tips for creating and maintaining a successful startup posted at Renovate your life with Craig, saying, “At some stage, every successful business was simply an idea floating around in someone’s head. Nothing more. And then one day someone took that idea, wrapped it in an action plan, made some decisions, got off their butt and turned a theoretical concept into a practical, living, breathing reality.”

Will Chen presents Car Buying Part 1 - Going for Broker posted at Wisebread, saying, “A new way to buy cars will save you money, time and hassle.”

Emmanuel presents So, you are thinking about starting a business? posted at Comments on: There is a science to get rich.

Other

Murad Ali presents Easy Sites to Increase Blog Visits posted at The New Business World.

Evo presents Fair - mindedness posted at ..:: www.evolution-blog.com ::.. Evolution.

Technology

Jason Kolb tells you How to Protect Your Online Identity posted at JasonKolb.com, saying, “How to control your online identity and safeguard it so that you ultimately control it. In the process learn some pretty cool tips and tricks that make the Internet far more enjoyable to use.”

Michael Fitzpatrick presents Motorola unveils cell phone for the developing world posted at The Sustainable Future.

Corey talks about the Apple iPhone posted at myopiniononeverything.com.

Charles Rollo lets you know how to Get Your Favorites In Order! posted at Computer Problem Solutions, saying, “Keeping life simple by knowing simple things”

Jason Kolb talks about Network-Oriented Architecture posted at JasonKolb.com.

Evolving Wheel presents Will InPhase’s holographic storage fly? posted at Looking Beyond The Horizon.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Wesabe: Financial Software Goes Web 2.0 posted at The Digerati Life.

Azmi Mufti presents Screaming for the Apple’s iPhone posted at Azmi M..

That concludes this edition. Thanks to everyone that submitted great content this time around. Look for the next edition some time in early February.

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