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...make no mistake: security is the most important reason that demand is growing for customized IM and group-chat tools. Unlike corporate e-mail systems, which typically use networks and servers controlled by the client company, instant messages on the consumer-oriented IM systems move across public networks and through servers controlled by AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo--an arrangement in which sensitive business information is considered more vulnerable to eavesdropping by hackers. Says John Tang, an engineer at Sun Microsystems: "Companies don't feel comfortable sending messages out through their firewalls to a server that somebody else has control over...
...corps of Internet police to block surfers from offending websites, there's no way a few hundred officers can filter the whole Web and maintain blocks that stymie users for long. In less than three minutes, Chen is able to access a blocked Chinese news site, using a proxy server that cloaks his online movements. Next to him, a friend uses the same technique to get to a porn site. Four seats down, a thirtysomething woman takes a covert look at the teachings of Falun Gong, the outlawed meditation sect...
Installing a new digital-projection system, which includes a server for storing the files and a PC for running the screening software, costs about $120,000 a screen, although the price could fall significantly as volume picks up. Even so, that sort of expense makes little sense to the operator of the local sixplex, which usually owns the projection equipment. Nick Mulone, who owns four theaters in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, praises digital-picture quality but doesn't expect it to draw crowds or justify higher ticket prices. "The average moviegoer is more interested in the movie than...
...various regions of Italy. When we visited, Centro was stopping by the Veneto region, which—according to the menu—is known for “its creative use of spices, fresh produce and the simple treatment of meat and fish.” Our enthusiastic server warmly introduced us to the menu, meticulously going through the ingredients and execution of each item...
...time and suggested the possibility of crafting a light meal from just the appetizers (though this did not include a warning to not let the mahi-mahi-potato-potato cakes enter the plan). Those thinking about using taking a date to the Blue Room should be forewarned that your server could very well be friendlier and more interesting than the person across the table...