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Steve Alexander

Columnist/Reporter  |  Technology

Phone: 612-673-4553

E-mail: alex@startribune.com

Steve Alexander follows consumer and business technology trends, and writes a weekly question and answer column for consumers. He also is a general-assignment reporter for business news.

Recent content from Steve Alexander

• He's CSI: Cyberspace
  Jason Bergerson leads a successful business ferreting out thieves who skulk in hard drives instead of back alleys.
  May 11, 2008
• Blue Cross dropping its contract with Healthways
  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has decided to in-source and expand its phone service for medical advice.
  May 9, 2008
• After shakeup, Dairy Queen to move ahead on makeover
  There's a change at the top at Dairy Queen -- and we're not talking about the curls on the cones.
  May 8, 2008
• Her Hotmail address turns quite un-cool
  Q My Hotmail e-mail address has been hijacked. I am getting e-mails from strangers asking to be removed from my mailing list (I don't have one). What can do to stop this?
  May 6, 2008
• Rimage earnings skip off track
  The tech company hit a speed bump in its most recent quarter. But long-term, analysts are bullish.
  May 3, 2008
• Seagate chief backs flash memory
  Bill Watkins told the disk-drive maker's workers in the Twin Cities that they stand to gain jobs, not lose them, from the advent of computer chip technology.
  May 3, 2008
• Granite City to nearly double in size
  With its stock down and the economy stumbling, the St. Louis Park-based chain will add 22 restaurants between 2009 and 2012.
  May 2, 2008
• Yahoo resolves problem with Minnesota ISP -- finally
  For most of April, Yahoo blocked e-mail originating from Paul Bunyan's more than 10,000 Internet customers in northern Minnesota -- for no clear reason. It was solved this week.
  Apr 30, 2008
• Hutchinson posts loss as sales, market share slip
  The maker of disk-drive parts reported a surprising $6.2 million quarterly loss and said it would lay off 80 workers to cut costs.
  Apr 30, 2008
• Variable wi-fidelity
  We took a laptop out for a test drive of Minneapolis' new wireless Internet service and found that it can be pretty uneven -- unless you have a special booster modem.
  Apr 27, 2008

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