Stories by: Linda Musthaler

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    Lost: A $49,000 laptop computer 31/10/2009 08:30:00

    About fifteen years ago, my husband and his colleague had their laptop computers stolen out of a car. They were fearful of reporting the incident to their boss, largely because the laptops had cost the company about US$7,000 each. A $14,000 hit to the departmental budget was a serious blow. And back in those days, no one gave much thought to exposure of the data on the stolen devices.
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    Engineers fix the shortcomings of the traditional firewall 10/10/2009 08:00:00

    Sometimes, the problems we experience with computers are a result of a legacy design. Hardware or software might have been architected 10 or 20 years ago when the world of computing was vastly different from the way it is today. As a result, the product in use today isn't as effective as it could be because of aging or obsolete design.
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    What is .Net Server 2003? 14/11/2002 11:14:47

    Although Microsoft has been talking about its sweeping .Net strategy for at least a year now, many companies are still trying to determine what .Net means to them. In fact, many IT professionals have trouble articulating what .Net even is. That's because it's less of a specific product or tool than it is a "set of technology architectures and products, and a renewed developer and partner initiative," according to Aberdeen Group. "Simply put," says Aberdeen in its report 'Microsoft .Net: A Foundation for Connected Business,' ".Net is software that connects information, people, systems and devices."
 
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