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Hey, thief! This laptop is locked (Tech Update)

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<div align="center"><font face="ms sans serif, geneva" size="-2" color="#666666">VITAL SIGNS FOR JULY 19, 2002</font><br></div>
<font face="arial, helvetica" size="-1"><b>David Berlind</b><br>
<b>Hey, thief! This laptop is locked</b></a></font><br>
Try stealing my notebook and <b>Caveo Anti-Theft</b> will yell at you louder and louder -- before resorting to an unstoppable, ear-piercing screech. It's motion detection on a PC Card.<br>
<a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=1d-6KTjIGQTqzqmQb3Rl28NRQSnqQPR" ><b>Also: Start-up has locks for Secure Notebook</b></a></font>
<a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=32-Gx5IIrQi8BLS9sqDFWVhZSgRXBnR" >Earnings: Breaking the bottom line</a><br>
<a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=47-ADmxIIZx2oK_THHOiJGu_NEsnEuR" >Feds set to enforce PC security</a><br>
<a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=5c-BnjPIZnWYPLR5LT53xlZk0f-IosR" >Movement grows to boost Wi-Fi hot spots</a><br>
<a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=71-GwdUIEZXeNyDzRJqwuBXvl3NU2FR" >States may be blocking e-commerce</a><br>
<a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=86-8fH1QCJm04gwpdpSjaeTldfVpf4R" >Microsoft's chief lawyer calls it quits</a><br>
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<B>Microsoft</B> will begin selling its directory technology as <B>a standalone product</B> separate from Windows. The move could be seen as Microsoft's attempt to satisfy those that have accused the software giant of monopolistic practices for integrating a multitude of software into its operating system. <B>Sun</B> and <B>Novell</B> already offer so-called lightweight directory software, so Microsoft is joining an already thriving marketplace for products that store and manage information about users, computer systems and networking devices.
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<font size="+1"><b>CRM's dirty little secret</b></a></font><br>
The goal of CRM is to reduce costs, increase revenues, and boost customer loyalty. But what if your <B>data is dirty</B>? Tech Update's <B>Adrian Mello</B> has tips on how companies can cut down on inaccurate and potentially damaging customer data.
<font size="+1"><b>Get your IT budgets approved</b></a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b>How a CTO faced his worst nightmare
After Sept. 11, investors worried whether the <B>stock market</B> would quickly get back to business. <B>NYSE technology chief Roger Burkhardt</B> was on the job faster than a trader can say "buy." But now Burkhardt and his technology team face a <B>new era of instability</B> marked by fears of terrorist attacks, corporate accounting scandals, and a stock market meltdown. CNET News.com recently spoke with Burkhardt about the technology challenges the NYSE regularly faces because of the whipsaw movements of the stock market.
<font size="+1"><b>In what business do we trust?</b></a></font><br>
In response to my recent column, "<a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=45-fNkJIKBij6jkp0x-EDvznhjonlZR" ><B>Desperately seeking chief ethics officer</B></a>," <B>David Boulton</B> writes: "We are missing the point when we focus on the executives of corporations and miss the underlying ethic of business in general." Boulton asks how we can possibly trust institutions that reduce human beings "to assets whose behaviors are fair game to manipulate?"
<b>Read his call for a new ethic</b></a>
<font size="+0"><a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=84-CCOyQ60FV7pnTgVZsihsBSWgp7yR" ><b>Microsoft: The real remedy</b></a></font><p>
<font size="-1" color="#990000"><b>-- Richard Spellman in response to <a href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=9a-b6_GQTMpSkXOga7Figi7yr9FKgnR" >"Embedded XP isn't the remedy."</a></b></a></font><br>
<b>New connections reshape the PC</b></a></font><br>
Big changes are coming in PC design. <B>Meta Group</B> thinks enterprises should begin to plan how these changes will affect existing projects and purchasing plans.
<b>The road to the real tech recovery</b></a></font><br>
Have falling stock prices and the tech meltdown got you down? <B>Eric Knorr</B> argues that the road to the real tech recovery is paved with back-to-basics innovation.
When Dan Farber's Web search on a leading IT exec came up almost empty, he was forced to rethink his use of search engines.
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