Stories about: Pandemic

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    With pandemic alert, firms urged to review disaster recovery 12/06/2009 07:53:00

    With the first flu pandemic in 41 years officially declared today by The World Health Organization (WHO), companies are again being urged to make sure that business continuity plans are in place and they're prepared for the outbreak.
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    Google begins tracking swine flu in Mexico 30/04/2009 08:08:00

    Google Inc. is running an experiment of sorts to follow the swine flu's path through Mexico.
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    Swine flu: What did we learn from bird flu planning 29/04/2009 08:57:00

    Two years ago, financial services firms tested a pandemic scenario that began with a few flu cases and ended in a workplace absenteeism rate as high as 50%. There was also a breakdown in basic services, resulting in garbage piling up on the streets. The premise -- a worse-case senario designed to stress the response -- was that the World Health Organization (WHO) had reached alert phase 5, a pandemic, and escalated from there.
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    Is IT ready for a pandemic after mergers, layoffs? 28/04/2009 08:43:00

    The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is increasingly concerned about a quickly developing swine flu outbreak, with eight cases now in California and Texas, and hundreds more in Mexico.
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    Why products fail 05/01/2009 09:26:00

    Why do some people prefer Windows XP and Mac OS X over Windows Vista? After all, Vista is pretty and sleek and much more advanced than XP, and, in many areas, Mac OS X. Why is there so much love for Xbox, but none for Windows Mobile?
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    The Lord of the Rings: Conquest 12/05/2008 14:11:35

    A massive, rich, action-packed game where players may play as the heroic forces of good or as the legions of Sauron's evil army, including Cave-trolls, Oliphaunts, the Balrog and Sauron himself. Coming from Pandemic Studios in late 2008.
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    Getting employees clued in to disaster recovery plans 01/04/2008 09:32:36

    Last November, a fire broke out in one of the buildings on ISTA Pharmaceuticals' main campus, forcing about 50 employees to move to another location on the property. After the building's sprinklers kicked in, the entire network had to be shut down because the water threatened the equipment carrying the company's inbound data traffic.
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    Researchers dream up mobile chameleon device 26/02/2008 07:58:39

    Imagine tapping out text messages on a device the size of an index card and as flat as a piece of paper, then folding it in thirds to hold it to your ear and make a phone call. Refold it in a slightly different shape and wrap it around your wrist, where it becomes a watch and also communicates with an ear bud that lets you talk hands free.
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    Crackpot technologies that could shake up IT 20/02/2008 10:56:47

    It doesn't take a genius to catch on to the fact that in IT, innovation is a mandate. Push the envelope of what's possible, or find yourself relegated to wayside. But, to borrow a favored David St. Hubbins Spinal Tap aphorism, there's a fine line between clever and crackpot when it comes to making good on technological breakthroughs in the enterprise.
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    Researcher 'cracks' Yahoo anti-scam feature 21/01/2008 07:12:04

    A security researcher has claimed that Yahoo's system for blocking automated access to its systems - the CAPTCHA image-recognition system - has been effectively cracked.
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    Q&A: Pandemic head allays fears over joining EA with BioWare 16/10/2007 09:26:57

    Got the EA buyout blues? There's no reason for concern, Pandemic's Josh Resnick tells GamePro.
 
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