ITworld.com Wrap-Up

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ITworld.com Wrap-Up
March 6, 2008
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In this issue:

House panel kills controversial copyright provision
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Who should bear cost of tomorrow's broadband?
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iPhone opens to Exchange e-mail
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'Intelligent' 3-D animation for security, architecture?
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Google-DoubleClick approval expected in Europe
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Microsoft buys U-Prove technology
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Oops! Repetitive Strain Injury
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Poll: The first computer I ever owned...
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Data Protection and Disaster Recovery with iSCSI and VMware
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Making Your Business Disaster Ready with Virtual Infrastructure
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Case Study: Consolidating Servers While Keeping Them in Sync with DR
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OPINION
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Oops! Repetitive Strain Injury
By Sean McGrath, ITworld

Twenty five years bashing a computer keyboard has finally caught up with
me I'm afraid. Movable aches and pains running up and down arms, in and
out of my wrists, through my fingers, shooting pains in my shoulder and
arm muscles...the works! What's a geek to do?
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IN THE NEWS
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House panel kills controversial copyright provision
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2892222/158421455/101902/0/
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has stripped out a
provision in a copyright enforcement bill that would have increased
fines for compilation CDs containing pirated music by 10 times or more.

Panel: Who should bear cost of tomorrow's broadband?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2892222/158421455/101903/0/
As the volume of Internet traffic grows explosively, driven by factors
like rampant demand for online video, a new question is arising: Who
will get the bill for the mega-sized data-pipes of the future?

iPhone opens to Exchange e-mail
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2892222/158421455/101904/0/
Enterprise bans on iPhones may be lifted with the announcement on
Thursday that the iPhone will support Microsoft Exchange e-mail.

'Intelligent' 3-D animation for security, architecture?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2892222/158421455/101905/0/
If you've watched 'The Lord of the Rings' or many other visual
effects-driven Hollywood films, you have seen Massive Software's 3-D
animation software at work.

Google-DoubleClick approval expected in Europe
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2892222/158421455/101906/0/
The European Commission is expected to approve Google's planned
acquisition of Internet advertising company DoubleClick in the coming
weeks, according to people following merger reviews by Europe's top
competition authority.

Microsoft buys U-Prove technology
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2892222/158421455/101907/0/
Microsoft hopes to beef up online privacy with the acquisition of the
U-Prove technology, the company announced on Thursday.

iPhone ready to take on BlackBerry with enterprise push
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2892222/158421455/101908/0/
Apple on Thursday announced a strong push to help companies incorporate
the iPhone into their enterprise environment, putting RIM's popular
BlackBerry handheld devices squarely in its sites. The changes will come
in a forthcoming release of iPhone software.

TOP STORIES
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Over 50% of companies fire workers for e-mail, 'Net abuse
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Where Microsoft lost its way - Google obsession
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Windows Vista SP1's error-filled saga
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Windows XP: The operating system that refuses to die
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LinkedIn users question Gates query
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ITWHIRLED
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Geek Comic of the Week: Pictures for Sad Children
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Some harsh words for nerds in the most recent set of comics on this one.
But isn't it something nerds need to hear? We'd say yes!

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POLL
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The first computer I ever owned...
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- Ran Windows XP/Vista
- Ran Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000
- Ran Windows 3.x
- Ran DOS
- Ran OS X
- Ran the Classic Mac OS
- Was made by Commodore
- Was made by Atari
- Took up the better part of a room

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