Bob Brown

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Still trying to crack wartime German Enigma messages

A violinist is looking for people willing to donate spare processing power to help decode messages sent by German subs during the Second World War.rn

Does your company have a clue about Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 might mean something different to nearly everyone familiar with the term. According to

Critical questions

According to Fidelity Labs' Charles Berman, Web 2.0 could one day mean wider use of colorful, 3-D, graphical interfaces along the lines of what you see in virtual worlds like Second Life and popular games like World of Warcraft on business Web sites and desktops.

By any other name

Sometimes it seems like network companies grow on trees. Maybe that's because so many are named after them.

Tips to thwart ID thieves

When it comes to putting data and identity thieves in their place, Peter Costa says there

Security researcher says it

When a new virus strikes, some of us might fall ill, some might die and others will survive. That

Symantec exec: Veritas meshing into Symantec

Jeremy Burton joined Symantec last year via the blockbuster merger with Veritas. Now as senior vice-president of enterprise security and data management, Burton oversees about US$2 billion worth of business. In this interview he provides the inside story on how the merger is going.

Front desk friendlier with VoIP

You can say as much as you like about VoIP lowering costs or simplifying management, but for Fran Lorion, CIO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Boston, a key test for the technology was how front desk receptionist Lovey Pulsifer would react.

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