A Look at InformationWeek's Most Interesting Stories from the Past Seven Days

Following are our editor's picks for the top stories on InformationWeek (www.informationweek.com) for this week:

1) Tech Review: 5 Things To Do With Dead PC Hardware

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?art icleID=217100142

2) Column: Global CIO: Upheaval In The IT Industry: The End Of The World As We Knew It

http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtm l?articleID=217200574

3) Interview: Q & A: Gen. Colin Powell On Leadership In Times Of Change

http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtm l?articleID=217200369

4) Tech Review: Windows XP's Final Days: A Practical Guide

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.j html?articleID=215900315

5) Video Blog: Intel Speaks Truth To Healthcare

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/04/intel_speaks_tr. html

6) Blog: Google Not Connecting Swine Flu Dots

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/04/google_not_conn. html

7) Research: IT Pros Get Meager Raises As Median Pay Hits $80,000, Our 2009 Salary Survey Finds

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/04/google_not_conn. html

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