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Computerworld First Look
September 05, 2007
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In this issue:
* The 8 most dangerous consumer technologies
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* Pfizer confirms third breach involving employee data since June
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* Storage management tools let insurer cut IT head count
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* Microsoft releases Silverlight rich media player
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* Palm pulls plug on Foleo
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* Intel releases quad-core Tigerton processor
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* China denies its military hacked Pentagon network
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* Microsoft games exec hints at iPhone rival
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* American Blinds drops trademark infringement suit against Google
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* Toshiba, SanDisk have Samsung in their sites
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* Malicious Web: Not just porn sites
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* In case you missed it last week: 22 essential Mac utilities
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SHARK BAIT OF THE DAY
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Bureaucrazy
I've only been working in my current company (which I'm about to leave in two
weeks) for around five and a half months. I work in the IT Dev department, and
one time I sent a service request to the Unix SysAd department to perform a
certain SQL script, since we didn't have any access rights to do it ourselves.
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TODAY'S IT BLOGWATCH
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Microsoft mourns loss of ISO votes (and math jokes)
Welcome to Wednesday's IT Blogwatch: in which Microsoft loses the standards
vote on its Open Office XML spec. Not to mention Eric's favorite math jokes...
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
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FROM OUR TECH DISPENSER BLOG NETWORK
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The "dinosaur" lives on
I can still remember those distant days of the 1990s when everyone you spoke to
"knew" that mainframes were doomed to extinction, and dates were confidently
predicted when the last one would be turned off. These sit alongside, in terms
of accuracy, predictions about how many computers a country would need in the
future ...
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TODAY'S TOP STORY
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Moving from Windows to Linux? Here's how to take the good stuff with you
Here's how to take your documents, bookmarks, preferences and system settings
along when you switch from Windows to Linux. Also, tips on how to choose
replacement applications.
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THIS WEEK'S FRANKLY SPEAKING COLUMN
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Rewiring respect
Frank Hayes suggests that it would be easier for IT to get respect from users
if we delivered systems they would actually use to get things done.
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THIS WEEK'S COMPUTERWORLD EDITORIAL
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Building trust
It's time we addressed the obstacles to the recruitment and retention of
African Americans in the IT profession.
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TODAY'S POLL
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